Alpha/Beta Counters | ORTEC Scientific Equipment

Gross Alpha/Beta Counting
(Available only in the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, South Korea, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, and Switzerland. For other countries, contact Protean Instruments.)

ORTEC provides the gross alpha/beta counting capabilities of Protean Instruments Company to the counting laboratory customer.

Manual Counting Systems

Single detector manual systems for Health Physics (MPC-1000, MPC-900 series)
Multi-detector manual systems for ultra long counting of environmental samples (MDS-4/8/12/16)
Windowless counting system for highest efficiency counting with lowest detection limits AND shorter counting times (MPC-1000)

Automatic Counting Systems

2" automatic counting systems for air filter and swipe counting (WPC-1050 series)
5" automatic systems for large area air filters (WPC-1150)
Windowless counting systems for highest alpha efficiency counting for low detection limits AND shorter counting times (IPC-650)

Accessories
Many accessories and add on products are available for the Gross Alpha/Beta Counters. These include:

Planchets in 1/8", 1/4", and 5/16" depths
Stainless steel and Aluminum planchet carriers (fit the round planchets and the NFS/RPS rectangular samples)
Extra control (protocol) and QC plates
Extra sample stacks (for remote loading) for the WPC-1050
100 Sample stack option for the WPC-1050

Custom Solutions
Many special systems for customized applications are also available.

Systems
Manual Gross Alpha-Beta Counters Applications include health physics, decommissioning and environmental monitoring Low cost Simple to operate Excellent performance for Alpha counting Used in applications where high Beta counting sensitivity is not required Gas-Flow Proportional (GFP), Dual Phosphur (DP) and Geiger-Muller (GM) detectors Option of “windowless” GFP detector for use in low energy Beta counting (3H & 14C) MPC-900 Desktop Alpha Beta Counter

Automatic Gross Alpha-Beta Counters Applications include health physics, decommissioning and environmental monitoring High sample throughput Simple to operate Excellent performance for Alpha counting Used in applications where high Beta counting sensitivity is not required Gas-Flow Proportional (GFP), Dual Phosphur (DP) and Geiger-Muller (GM) detectors ASC-950 High Speed Automatic Swipe Counter

Automatic Low Level Alpha-Beta Counters Applications include radiochemistry, health physics and decommissioning High sample throughput where a low detection limit is required Ultra-low Alpha and Beta background Passive and active shielding Used in applications where high Beta counting sensitivity is essential Gas-Flow Proportional (GFP), Dual Phosphur (DP) and Geiger-Muller (GM) detectors WPC-1050 Automatic Low Background System WPC-1150 Automatic System

Manual Low Level Alpha-Beta Counters Applications include radiochemistry, decommissioning and environmental monitoring and Ultra-low Alpha and Beta background Passive and active shielding Used in applications where high Beta counting sensitivity is essential Gas-Flow Proportional (GFP) detectors Option of “windowless” GFP detector for use in low energy Beta counting (3H & 14C) MPC-1000 Manual System MDS MultiDetector Manual System