Traditionally, Scintacor has produced FOS caesium iodide (CsI) X-ray scintillators. These are made up of a layer of CsI deposited on a fibre-optic faceplate (FOP) and then coated over with a protective film. The faceplates are composed of compressed bundles of glass optical fibres which transfer the photons created in...
Scintacor were delighted to welcome Daniel Zeichner the Member of Parliament for Cambridge, to their facility last week. Ed Bullard CEO of Scintacor, and the team explained some of the high technology processes behind scintillator manufacturing. This photo highlights the pouring process involved in the preparation of Lithium-6 glass. The...
Scintacor is proud to collaborate with eXaminArt on the Nasa funded PIXI project to develop an in-situ high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (microCT) instrument to analyse geological samples on the surface of Mars. PIXI (Planetary In-situ X-ray Imager) is a microCT instrument concept intended for deployment to Mars, cometary nuclei, or other planets/planetesimals....
RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, today announced the addition of the Scintacor “Visualize” range to its portfolio. Renamed last year as Scintacor and previously known as Applied Scintillation Technologies, the company’s wide range of products offers high levels of sensitivity...
Increasing regulatory and consumer demands have intensified the pressure on the food industry to implement reliable methods of food inspection to ensure product safety and quality. Xray technology can be used in food inspection to detect physical contaminants and to study the internal structure of food products for quality purposes.Food...
Scintaocr announces it has incredible x-ray screens that look at the bones in ants
The goal of the SoLid experiment is to resolve the current experimental anomalies that hints at the possible existence of one or more purely neutral particle with a mass of ~ 1 eV called a sterile neutrino.SoLid will search for the disappearance of electron antineutrinos into this new state by...
Scintacor, a global leader in phosphor and scintillation technologies has announced that it will move its trading address from Harlow to 125 Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DL – UK on 1st March 2017. The new 30,000 sq. ft. Scintacor headquarters boasts a world-class manufacturing facility that includes class 10,000 laboratories...
OHYO KOKEN KOGYO CO., LTD, (OKEN) recently exhibited at the International Conference on Neutron Optics in the beautiful city of Nara, Japan. Shinya Furusawa, Sales Manager of the Crystal Optics & Scintillator Crystal Division of OKEN commented "It was a great exhibition. We had many visitors from all over the...
Scintacor Ltd announces the appointment of Ed Bullard as CEO. Ed is a well-recognized leader in the X-ray detection industry. In 2003, Ed co-founded Dexela Limited to develop the 3D X-ray breast imaging technology. Ed was CEO of Dexela until the company was acquired by PerkinElmer in 2011. After the...
