Tribogenics Scientists Present Two Papers on Breakthrough X-Ray Technology at Annual SPIE Optics and Photonics Show in San Diego

July 15, 2015 | By Business Wire News

LOS ANGELES

X-ray technology innovator Tribogenics announced today that two of its top scientists have been invited to discuss the company’s breakthrough new X-ray technology at the annual SPIE Optics and Photonics conference in San Diego next month. Dr. Carlos Camara, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Tribogenics, will present a paper on day two of the conference entitled “A Novel Technique for Producing X-rays for XRF, Industrial, Scientific and Medical Purposes.” In addition, Dr. Eli Van Cleve will present a paper entitled “A Triboelectric Closed Loop Band System for the Generation of X-Rays.”


Paper 1:						A Novel Technique for Producing X-rays for XRF, Industrial, Scientific and Medical Purposes, Session 1, Paper 9590-4
Where:						San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
When:						8:40 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., August 10, 2015
Chairs:						Ali M. Khounsary, X-Ray Optics, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
						Carolyn A. MacDonald, University of Albany, USA

Paper 2:						A Triboelectric Closed Loop Band System for the Generation of X-Rays, Session 4, Paper 9590-14
Where:						San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
When:						4:00 p.m. – 5:40 p.m., August 10, 2015
Chairs:						Ladislav Pina, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
						J. Scott Price, GE Global Research

“We are excited about the evolution of our new technology and look forward to sharing our discovery and its potential with SPIE – an organization steeped in scientific and engineering talent with a laser focus on discovery and information exchange,” said Dale Fox, Co-Founder and CEO, Tribogenics.

Since its inception in 2011, Tribogenics has improved its X-ray technology by six orders of magnitude. In June, the company commercialized its first X-ray product, a handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument that performs nondestructive elemental analysis of all metal alloys for positive material identification (PMI), scrap metal recycling, and QA/QC manufacturing at a fraction of the cost of conventional X-ray technology.

“As one of the inventors of this new technology, I’m very excited to discuss the path to miniaturization, the challenges faced, and some of the applications that we will enable,” noted Dr. Camara.

About Tribogenics

Tribogenics is a leading innovator of X-ray technology that performs nondestructive identification, analysis, and testing of metals and alloys in a broad range of industrial applications that include PMI, scrap metal recycling, QA/QC metal fabrication, and machining. Using its new proprietary X-ray technology, Tribogenics eliminates the need for costly, high voltage by using a process similar to static electricity (known as the triboelectric effect) to generate X-rays. It has successfully commercialized the technology, launching a family of Watson™ high performing, XRF spectrometers at a fraction of the cost of competing products.