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Coastal Exploration and Spectral Vision
Coastal Exploration with Hyperspectral Imaging Valued PAS customer, Queensland University of Technology is using Headwall’s hyperspectral sensors to examine the beautiful Ningaloo Reef on Western Australia’s mid-north coast which has received a very positive conservation rating from World Heritage Outlook.
Eureka! Portable XRF and Gold Exploration
Eureka! Modern gold exploration takes advantage of technological advancements including Portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysers. XRF sampling techniques in gold exploration map the distribution of gold and in particular, the various pathfinder elements associated with gold (silver, copper, zinc, nickel,
Spectral Imaging Transforms Recycling
PAS brings spectral imaging to the growing recycling and waste management industry. For the recycling industry, legacy ‘RGB’ technologies are unable to pick out the precise spectral characteristics that distinguish similar-looking types of plastic or paper products. Although hyperspectral imaging
Niton XL5 User Video from Acuren
Thermo Fisher Scientific Niton XL5 users are happy users, which makes the team at PAS very happy as well. Acuren Industrial is a leading provider of non-destructive testing and examination services to industries throughout the US and Canada. Watch this
ASD 2018 Goetz Program Winners
PAS congratulates all the winners of the ASD 2018 Goetz Instrument Student Support Program and especially Gustavo Togeiro de Alckmin from the University of Tasmania and Ai Hwee “Elise” Kho from the University of Queensland. “They are testament to the
Mining & Energy Instrument 2018 Program Winners
PAS is pleased to acknowledge this year’s winners of the ASD Students in Mining & Energy Instrument Support Program, announced recently by Malvern Panalytical. The Students in Mining & Energy Instrument Support Program allows Masters and Ph.D. students from around
PAS to exhibit in RIU Explorers mining conference
Portable Analytical Solutions is excited to be part of the RIU Explorers mining industry conference to be held in Fremantle from 20-22 February 2018. The popular conference, now in its 17th year, has grown from two to three days in
Important news for our ASD customers
ASD & Malvern Panalytical Merge Customers familiar with ASD’s online resources, webinars and technical background will soon see a complete change as the company’s merge with Malvern Panalytical takes effect The Malvern Panalytical website will be launching soon; you’ll be
Interest in portable analysers grows in new mining boom
Portable analysis solutions for mining applications on the rise The following article from this month’s Bulk Handling Review may help to explain the noticeable increase in calls to our Service Department in recent times. As well as new enquiries, we’ve
Why does the world end at 2.5 micrometres?
Why does the world end at 2.5 micrometres? This informative article by Jon Huntington, consultant at Huntington Hyperspectral Pty Ltd and CSIRO Hon. Fellow, was published on LinkedIn.com on October 29, 2017. Portable Analytical Solutions provided an Agilent 4300 FTIR spectrometer
Niton XL5 Mining & Exploration Comes To Australia
Exciting News! PAS has access to the first Niton XL5 Mining & Exploration unit in Australia. UTILISE MINING MODE TO GATHER ACCURATE, REAL TIME GEOCHEMICAL DATA AND MAXIMISE OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY. Mining mode enables users to determine the concentration of elements
Scrap Metal is Serious (Environmentally Responsible) Business
Scrap Metal is Serious (Environmental Responsible) Business When people today think of recycling, they may not automatically think, ‘Scrap Metal’. Yet this was the earliest form of recycling and continues to be a major contributor to environmental sustainability. Thanks to
Monitoring Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef with Hyperspectral Cameras and UAVs
A recent article in UAS Vision, an online UK-based publication specialising in UAV news, has highlighted the revolutionary use of UAVs with Hyperspectral Cameras as demonstrated by two of our many innovative clients in Australia. QUT’s remote sensing and unmanned
PAS Opens in New Zealand
PAS is pleased to announce the opening of our first New Zealand office and we would like to introduce Jason Parker our New Zealand Sales Manager. Jason who has recently moved from Johannesburg to Auckland has years of experience selling
ASD Inc release Fieldspec Dual Collection Software
Stop waiting for “ideal” weather to get your fieldwork done. The FieldSpec® Dual collection software system leverages the value and utility of the world’s most trusted line of portable field spectrometers. The software intercalibrates and wirelessly synchronizes two ASD FieldSpec
