Designing and Manufacturing X-Ray Microanalysis Systems in Austin, Texas
IXRF designs and manufactures high-end X-ray microanalysis systems fitted to scanning electron microscopes.
We specialize in SEM/EDS, SEM-XRF, and microXRF, built and supported by a team with more than a century of combined experience in x-ray, mechanical, and electrical engineering.
Three Techniques, One Team
IXRF offers free software upgrades for the life of the system, so the analyst is never out of date. There is no advanced tier to unlock and no per feature license to renew. IXRF can also update your computer to a current Windows 10 environment, with Office interoperability for fast report generation and compliance with modern institutional security protocols.
SEM/EDS
Complete detector, electronics, and software systems for scanning electron microscopes.
SEM-XRF
Microscope attachments that add broader elemental analysis coverage to an existing SEM.
MicroXRF
The ATLAS Apex series of general purpose spectrometers for elemental analysis and hyperspectral imaging from carbon through uranium.
Built in Austin, Texas
Every IXRF system is designed, engineered, and built in Austin, Texas. Keeping design and manufacturing under one roof means custom features and hardware integrations move quickly, and support comes directly from the people who built your system, not a third party reseller.
Three Techniques, One Team
IXRF systems are installed in universities, national laboratories, and industrial and commercial organizations worldwide.
Frequently
Asked Questions
IXRF Systems is a U.S.-based manufacturer of advanced X-ray microanalysis instrumentation and software. We specialize in microXRF, MacroXRF, SEM-EDS, X-ray detectors, and elemental analysis solutions for research and industrial laboratories.
IXRF Systems was established in 1993 and has more than 30 years of experience developing X-ray microanalysis technology for elemental analysis and materials characterization.
IXRF Systems is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, where our analytical systems are designed, integrated, assembled, tested, and supported. Our manufacturing network includes specialized machining, prototyping, component manufacturing, and final system integration.
IXRF develops instrumentation and software for microXRF and MacroXRF elemental mapping, SEM-EDS microanalysis, silicon drift detector systems, quantitative elemental analysis, and hyperspectral X-ray imaging.
IXRF technology supports applications in geology and mining, critical minerals, materials science, metals, semiconductors and microelectronics, batteries, cultural heritage, environmental research, building materials, manufacturing, and other advanced research fields.
Yes. IXRF develops its instrument platforms and Iridium Ultra analytical software as an integrated system, combining X-ray instrumentation, automation, acquisition, elemental mapping, quantitative analysis, and data processing. Specialized components are selected and integrated to meet each system’s analytical requirements.
IXRF is focused specifically on X-ray microanalysis and elemental mapping. By combining instrument development, software, applications expertise, customization, and direct technical support, IXRF can work closely with customers to configure analytical solutions around their samples and research objectives.
Yes. IXRF provides analytical instrumentation and technical expertise to universities, research organizations, government laboratories, and industrial customers internationally, with remote support and training capabilities available regardless of location.