The Katanax^® X-100 fluxer is a key part of our new offering in next-generation electric fusion, providing exceptional flexibility for outstanding ease of use and unparalled results.

This single position fluxer is perfect for the needs of today’s entry level modern laboratories.

Katanax Fusion Fluxer – An indepth View

The X-100: Features

Special features

• Productivity
  • Featuring CPLive™ networking functions !
• Innovative heating elements
  • Impervious to flux and other chemical projections
  • Robust and non-brittle (instrument can be moved without element damage)
  • Cartridge type for easy replacement
  • Can be changed individually, with minimal interruption
• Advanced furnace
  • PID temperature control to ensure stability, combined with a unique temperature calibration via molten flux
  • Fast heat-up (<15 minutes)
  • Strict use of ceramic eliminates metal contamination
• Advanced movement control
  • Movement recovery in case of stall
  • All movement axis are driven directly
  • Uses encoders as movement feedback (no sensor)
• Other
  • Industrial PLC interface (does not depend on Windows updates)
  • Requires no external supplies (no power supply box, no cooling fluids)
  • Works on 115 or 230V single-phase power (no need for 3-phase)
  • Ambient status light (red when processing, blue when completed)

Reliability

• Built with thoughtful engineering
• Heating elements impervious to flux and chemical projections
• Robust, all-ceramic platinumware holders
• Industrial-grade motors and electronics
• Shares several components with the expendable X-300 and the heavy-duty X-600

Safety

• No gases used, so no post-combustion toxic products released
• Minimal heat dissipation; only a standard vent hood is required
• Integrated, auto-locking protection shield with safety glass viewport

Accuracy

• Extra-precise temperature control achieved by PID temperature control, combined with a unique temperature calibration via molten flux
• Entirely automated, cold-to-cold
• Fully reproducible fusion methods
• Outstanding reproducibility: the crucible and mold are at the same temperature
• Real-time temperature display
• Optimum pouring conditions, since the mold is in the furnace with the crucible

Versatility

• Makes glass disks for XRF
• Can also make solutions (including peroxide or pyrosulfate fusions without modification)
  • Optional variable-speed embedded solutions stirrer available
  • Prepares one sample for XRF or one solution for ICP
  • Switching from disk to solution mode is quick and easy
• Ready to fuse with built-in methods
• Can perform solid or liquid oxidations
• Fully customizable fusion methods

Simplicity

• Advanced engineering
• Easy installation
• Intuitive graphical interface with multiple languages
• Easy icon touch-screen navigation
• Virtually maintenance-free; easy component access

Installation

Installation is fairly simple, just like another lab furnace:

1. Run a 115 or 230 VAC wire from the 15A breaker box to the installation site. (You might well have such an outlet already installed.)
2. Connect instrument to this standard wall outlet and turn on.
3. Enjoy !

What is in the X-100 box

• 1 fluxer (X-100 main unit)
• 1 tool kit (hex keys, spare fuses…)
• 1 instruction manual
• 1 USB memory stick (for firmware upgrades and program backups)