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19/12/2025 / General News / Comments Off on Re-Engineered X-ray Tubes

Re-Engineered X-ray Tubes

AXT had its origins in re-engineering X-ray tubes back in the early 1990’s.

We previously re-engineered this one back in 2002 and it has just come back in for another makeover. This time it just needed a water leak fixed and it will be checked over to ensure it will still peform to satisfactory levels, before being sent back out into service……. possibly for another 20+ years.

X-ray tube remanufacturing

Re-engineering of X-ray tubes is sometimes the only option to keep instruments running. Some older instruments use X-ray tubes that are simply no longer available.

In case you are intersted, this particular X-ray tube is an an Aracor B700 series that would have been originally manufactured back in the 1960’s.

Aracor B700 series x-ray tube
23/04/2014 / General News / Comments Off on X-Ray Tube Museum

X-Ray Tube Museum

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While it might seem a little obscure, a museum for X-ray tubes actually exists.

The Opole University of Technology in Poland houses a remarkable collection of X-ray tubes and associated equipment used with X-rays. They have tubes related to all aspects of X-ray analysis including medical, industrial, security, XRD and XRF as well as apparatus, parts, literature and photos relating to all these field.

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The collection of X-ray tubes includes examples from many manufacturers, several of whom no longer exist. AXT has donated some pieces to the museum that we thought were of historical significance.

So if you are in the area, or have a genuine fascination with X-ray tubes, you should visit the museum.

For more detail click here and here.

16/04/2014 / New Products / Comments Off on OEG Replacement X-Ray Tubes for the Bruker S4 Pioneer

OEG Replacement X-Ray Tubes for the Bruker S4 Pioneer

OEG-rear-view2AXT now offer a direct replacement X-ray tube solution for the Bruker S4 Pioneer XRF spectrometer. The replacement incorporates a proven OEG X-ray tube that offers the equivalent performance with a lower price tag.

The replacement tube is shipped with an adaption kit and clear installation instructions so that the end-user or service engineer can easily carry out the required works.

For more details please refer to the attached PDF.

03/03/2014 / General News / Comments Off on AXT launches a new X-Ray tubes website

AXT launches a new X-Ray tubes website

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AXT Pty. Ltd. has recently launched a new website dedicated to their x-ray tube business. This new website is located at www.axtxraytubes.com and focuses on replacement x-ray tubes for analytical, industrial and medical applications.

AXT has been involved in the x-ray tube market since their inception in 1991 when they became the first manufacturer in the world to offer refurbished side window x-ray tubes for XRF spectrometers. Since that time, AXT’s x-ray tube business has flourished and they now supply x-ray tubes from various manufacturers for a range of applications including x-ray diffraction (XRD), x-ray fluorescence (XRF), non-destructive testing (NDT) including baggage inspection, all the way to medical.