News – SPECTRAL Industries

Assembly room upgrade

With four LIBS systems being delivered before the end of the year, SPECTRAL had to expand its manufacturing and assembly facility. Likely it will be too small already within one year, but at least for now we have sufficient space to serve our…

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6 years anniversary

SPECTRAL celebrating its 6 years anniversary with a dinner party for employees and family. 6 Years ago we started with a dream - now we have a passionate team of 12 specialists, customers on 5 continents and business is growing exponentially!…

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SPECTRAL continues to grow

And the growth continues. Rick Boks just finished his MSc in artificial intelligence and started on the 1st of August to strengthen our software department. Welcome Rick!

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New employee

Dr Sadia Manzoor has joined the SPECTRAL team!

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Succesful Msc thesis defend

Arne van der Aa received a MSc degree from Delft University of Technology! Arne performed his graduation work at SPECTRAL designing an extremely robust LIBS system, which is currently in operation at one of our industrial customers. After celebrating…

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New employee started

Happy to have Neil Jaschinski in the SPECTRAL Team as of today! SPECTRAL is expanding: if you are interested in global challenges, let us know.

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Another SPECTRAL LIBS unit shipped

You cannot tell from its looks, but the unique LIBS system shown in the picture will be mounted on heavy duty mining equipment in operation. Expect forces up to 40G! The system just left our production facility and will be tested by our customer…

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Another continent served!

After Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, SPECTRAL now also has a business contract in Africa. We are excited to announce that SPECTRAL will install its on-line LIBS system at a mining operation in South Africa! To celebrate this milestone…

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SPECTRAL joins European Lithium Institute

SPECTRAL Industries became full member of the The European Lithium Institute (eLi). ELi is an international non-profit organization with headquarters in Brussels and Würzburg. The virtual institute links up competences and infrastructure along…

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SPECTRAL holiday greetings

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Desktop LIBS analyzer available now!

The SPECTRAL desktop LIBS analyzer is now ready to order. This plug-and play LIBS system can be positioned on a desk or next to the production location. Simply open the door, place the sample on the sample holder, move the sample to the desired…

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SDK available

It was a strong desire from our distributors and customers: an SDK for our IRIS Spectrometer. We are proud to say that the SDK is available now. The SDK allows the user to integrate our IRIS echelle spectrometer into their own software. The…

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SPECTRAL continues to grow

We are looking for talented people to join our team. SPECTRAL Industries is a fast-growing high-tech company that develops unique optical sensor systems for non-contact chemical analysis. We apply our robust and sensitive sensors…

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SPECTRAL in new EDA project "AIDED"

SPECTRAL Industries is part of a European consortium of 5 partners, that was awarded the AIDED (Artificial Intelligence for Detection of Explosive Devices) project by EDA (European Defence Agency): AIDED will use a set of state-of-the-art Artificial…

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AUSOM project kick-off successful

In January we had the successful kick-off of our EIT Raw Materials project AUSOM. The AUSOM project aims at bringing automatic sorting technology for metal alloys based on laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to the market. It will bring…

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Member of parliament visits SPECTRAL

Jan Paternotte, Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, visited SPECTRAL together with a delegation of party members that are interested in innovation. Apart from a laboratory visit, discussions were held on how the Dutch…

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SPECTRAL is expanding

Due to the successful acquisition of a number of business to business development contracts, SPECTRAL is expanding its capabilities and manpower. A few highlights: We tripled our working space. Now we have one laboratory dedicated for…

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Major of Delft visits SPECTRAL

As part of a tour along high-tech companies in Delft, Marja van Bijsterveldt, major of Delft, visited SPECTRAL. After an introduction to the company and our products, we visited our LIBS laboratory to show our hardware and demonstrate our LIBS…

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SPECTRAL in Dutch newspaper

Dutch newspaper Leidsch Dagblad published a major article on SPECTRAL Industries. The publication was part of a series covering high-tech innovation in the greater Leiden area. SPECTRAL’s CEO Ad Maas explains the technology and talks about…

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Drill core element mapping

Chemical element mapping of drill cores is a new service SPECTRAL Industries is offering now. We can perform up to 50 x 50 mm² area scans with down to 100 x 100 µm² spatial resolution, visualising any element, including light elements…

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Dr. Marinus Dalm successfully defended his PhD thesis

On November 2nd, SPECTRAL employee Dr. Marinus Dalm successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Sensor-based sorting opportunities for hydrothermal ore deposits” at Delft University of Technology. Marinus joined SPECTRAL in September…

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Avaatech’s XRF Core Scanner extended with LIBS capability to scan all elements – from Lithium to Uranium

Avaatech and SPECTRAL Industries are happy to announce the start of a project for the integration of a Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument into the well-known Avaatech XRF Core Scanner. Like XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence),…

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Successful LIBS demonstration down in a mine

We successfully demonstrated SPECTRAL's LIBS sensor 150 meters below the surface in an old silver mine. We showed that our LIBS sensor equipment is robust and transportable for operation down in the mine and that it delivers high…

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IRIS echelle white paper available

IRIS is the first echelle spectrometer without compromises: high resolution, large bandwidth, high throughput, accurate gating, compact and robust. To show the benefits and possibilities of the IRIS echelle spectrometer we have published a white…

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LIBS In-line Grade Scanner for Ore Sorting

To demonstrate the capabilities of our LIBS In-line Grade Scanner for Ore Sorting, we have made a YouTube video: you can find the video here. SPECTRAL has realized the in-line grade scanner in close collaboration with Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill…

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We are Rockathon finalist!

The SPECTRAL Industries team was selected for the Rockathon final, 4-5 September in Tampere, Finland! The Rockathon challenge - organized by EIT RawMaterials and Sandvik - seeks a solution to increase mineralogy and ore quality information…

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SPECTRAL winner Rockathon 2017

We hacked the rock! Sandvik Mining and EIT RawMaterials (https://eitrawmaterials.eu) organized the first ever Rockathon Mining Challenge on 4 and 5 September in Tampere, Finland. The aim was to find innovative concepts and solutions…

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And the winner is …

In the week of 28 August, 6 teams of 5 international MSc students competed in ESA BIC Noordwijk to achieve the best consult for start-up companies in the incubation programme. This was part of the CEMS 2017 MSc block seminar in International…

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100th partner of Holland Instrumantation

With a handshake and cake, SPECTRAL Industries was welcomed as the 100th partner of Holland Instrumentation. Holland Instrumentation is a networking organization that connects high-tech companies in the West of the Netherlands. Its goal is to…

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Moving towards continuous process management in mineral resource extraction

Our European framework project "Real-time Mining" has published a very nice paper describing our project ambition and the impact the results can have on mining operations. The publication was also presented by our project leader Jörg Benndorf…

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IRIS deep UV units are ready for shipment

It took a while to prove that our in-house developed UV-CMOS camera is indeed operating below 200 nm, but the proof is here now. LIBS measurements on steel, arsenic and phosphor samples showed high signal-to-noise ratio emission peaks. Also…

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Flash Photonics now partner for US and Canada sales

SPECTRAL Industries is proud to announce that it has selected Flash Photonics as its exclusive sales and distribution partner in the United States and Canada for its revolutionary UV-CMOS echelle spectrometer. The new UV-compatible…

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SPECTRAL first runner-up best tech-idea 2016

During a live event in the oldest observatory of the Netherlands, SPECTRAL finished first runner-up in the finals for best tech-idea of 2016! We congratulate Medical Delta with their first place. An impression of the event and…

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SPECTRAL is finalist "best tech-idea of 2016"!

The votes from the public have been counted and the professional jury has come to a conclusion: SPECTRAL Industries' innovative spectrometer is one of the 5 finalists for the best tech-idea of 2016 competition! During a live event in Utrecht on…

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Help us to become the Best Tech-Idea of 2016!

Spectral Industries' compact, high accuracy spectrometer and its unsurpassed abilities in robust, portable, non-invasive inspection have caught the attention of Kijk Magazine - please vote now to help us win 'Best Tech-Idea of 2016'! http://wshe.es/xnAiPpa8

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Our LIBS spectrometer is ready to ship!

The first SPECTRAL Industries spectrometer is now available. Inspired by R&D for the ExoMars mission to Mars, we developed a very efficient and robust spectrometer for application on Earth. Our unique technology offers space technology…

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Spectral Industries successful in EU project

Together with 12 partners originating from 5 different European countries, Spectral Industries was selected as one of the winners of EU Call: H2020-SC5-2014 on “Mining of small and complex deposits and alternative mining”. The aim of…

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