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 on their mining application next month. We are confident the unit […]

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 our new employee, Jorgina Akushika, plated a flag on our map. Jorgina holds a Master’s […]

  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), LIBS is a well-established analytical technology for chemical analysis. The LIBS-technique uses a laser to create a high temperature […]

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 2018 strengthening our team with mining and sensor-based sorting expertise. For an animation on Marinus’ PhD work please visit: https://vimeo.com/255521448

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 (www.sonicsampdrill.com).

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 of the rock mass in real-time onboard high-tech mining equipment. SPECTRAL’s robust and sensitive LIBS-based concept is recognized as […]

  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 to create on-board analyzers to be integrated with their mining equipment. SPECTRAL was one of the four teams (out of […]