Hello All
My company recently received an x-ray machine (used for industrial analysis) from another corporate division. We contracted with a laboratory to supply and develop x-ray badges quarterly. The machine passed state inspection.

Our manager's concern is that if there is an over-exposure while operating the equipment, we (and the employee) would not know about it until the badge was sent to the lab and the report came back.

Does anyone know if there is a badge or device that would give an immediate signal of over-exposure? Where can we get them?

Thanks very much
daj

Hello All
My company recently received an x-ray machine (used for industrial analysis) from another corporate division. We contracted with a laboratory to supply and develop x-ray badges quarterly. The machine passed state inspection.

Our manager's concern is that if there is an over-exposure while operating the equipment, we (and the employee) would not know about it until the badge was sent to the lab and the report came back.

Does anyone know if there is a badge or device that would give an immediate signal of over-exposure? Where can we get them?

Thanks very much
daj

Here's one example: http://www.feinfocus.com/index.php?id=459

Google "real time dosimetry."

Thank you Mr. Wynne!!!
This looks like just what we need.

Thank you Mr. Wynne!!!
This looks like just what we need.

You're welcome:D

Dave, look at pocket dosimeter (http://www.ndt-ed.org/educationresources/communitycollege/RadiationSafety/radiation_safety_equipment/pocket_dosimeter.htm). If you google it you will find plenty.

Hello All
My company recently received an x-ray machine (used for industrial analysis) from another corporate division. We contracted with a laboratory to supply and develop x-ray badges quarterly. The machine passed state inspection.

Our manager's concern is that if there is an over-exposure while operating the equipment, we (and the employee) would not know about it until the badge was sent to the lab and the report came back.

Does anyone know if there is a badge or device that would give an immediate signal of over-exposure? Where can we get them?

Thanks very much
daj

There are also some electronic dosimeters out there that you can set an alarm threshold and they will give an audible warning. We use some of those out here at the Hanford site.

Hello Dave,

If you haven't found what you're lookin' for yet I might have what you need.
Attached you'll find a dosimeter which we sell and could very well be what you're looking for.
We are a company specialized in the area of nuclear industry and nuclear medicine.
Please contact our international sales manager Henk Doevendans at the following:
e-mail Henk(at)veenstranet(dot)com (Henk@veenstranet.com)
Tel +31 513 41 69 64
Web http://www.veenstranet.com

Best regards,

Jerome

Jerome, is it available in the US?

We only have film badges here (we use Xray and Beta Isotopes). But I remember pocket dosimeters when I was in the Navy. You had to be careful, because if you banged them against something, they "discharged" and caused a false high reading...

Jerry

If you type "electronic dosimeters" into Google, you get a lot of manufacturers. Here's one:

http://www.saic.com/products/security/pd3i/pd3i.html

I don't know what brand(s) we use here at Hanford.

Jerome, is it available in the US?
Sure, we sell across the whole planet.
Just contact Henk Doevendans as described earlier and he'll probably put you in contact with a U.S. based sales point.
(I'm no salesman, just the quality-paper-pusher... :biglaugh: )

Landauer carries these and monitors
www.landauerinc.com

we are pretty busy with our machines....

The largest and least expensive supplier in the USA for safety items

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