LEUVEN, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2006--At the ECM 23 (European Crystallographic Meeting), Incoatec GmbH from Hamburg, Germany, an innovative manufacturer of X-ray optics, and Bruker AXS Inc., a leading global provider of advanced X-ray solutions for life and advanced materials sciences, today launch their novel IuS(TM) X-ray microsource, the brightest sealed-tube X-ray generator ever. IuS is an optimized, high-brilliance X-ray source incorporating a 30 W micro-focus sealed tube together with high-performance Montel multilayer X-ray optics. The IuS offers numerous benefits: it has no moving parts, has a very long lifetime without maintenance, is extremely stable, does not require water-cooling, is easy to replace, and has low cost of ownership comparable to common sealed tubes. The IuS is significantly more intense than previous microfocus source designs and provides a photon intensity which is up to five times higher than a conventional sealed tube system that is comparable to a conventional 5.4 kW-class rotating anode generator. The IuS is thus a highly affordable replacement for older high-power rotating anode sources, offering high performance together with customer convenience and low operating costs.
