Bruker TITAN 350 Handheld XRF Analyzer

Handheld XRF for Alloy Sorting & Precious Metals Analysis

The Bruker TITAN 350 Handheld XRF Analyzer provides fast, nondestructive elemental analysis for metals identification, alloy sorting, and precious metals testing. Designed for straightforward operation in industrial and commercial environments, the TITAN 350 allows users to identify materials and evaluate elemental composition directly at the point of use.

For scrap yards, metal recyclers, alloy suppliers, precious metals buyers, jewelry businesses, and other metals-focused applications, the TITAN 350 puts rapid XRF analysis directly in the operator's hands.

Instead of relying on appearance, markings, supplier documentation, or sending samples to a laboratory, users can analyze the material directly and make more informed decisions in seconds.

Alloy Sorting & Identification

The TITAN 350 is an excellent solution for businesses that need to identify and separate metal alloys quickly.

Handheld XRF measures the elemental composition of the material and uses that information to assist with alloy identification. This makes the TITAN 350 particularly useful anywhere mixed metals need to be sorted, verified, purchased, sold, or processed.

Common Alloy Applications

Use the Bruker TITAN 350 for applications including:

• Scrap metal sorting
• Alloy identification
• Stainless steel sorting
• Nickel alloy identification
• Cobalt alloy identification
• Copper, brass, and bronze sorting
• Titanium alloy identification
• Incoming material inspection
• Metal purchasing and receiving
• Material verification
• Recycling and material recovery
• General metals analysis

For recycling operations, rapid alloy identification can help separate higher-value materials, reduce material mix-ups, and improve the consistency of outgoing scrap.

Precious Metals Analysis

The Bruker TITAN 350 can also be configured for precious metals analysis, providing a fast and nondestructive way to evaluate valuable metal items.

XRF allows the operator to analyze an item without cutting, drilling, filing, or otherwise destroying the sample.

The analyzer can be used to evaluate precious metals including: Gold (Au), Silver (Ag), Platinum (Pt), Palladium (Pd), and many more.

as well as the other alloying elements present in jewelry and precious metal materials.

Gold & Jewelry Testing

Quickly evaluate the composition of gold jewelry and other precious metal items directly at the point of purchase.

This makes handheld XRF particularly useful for:

• Gold buyers
• Jewelry stores
• Precious metals dealers
• Pawn shops
• Refiners
• Precious metals recyclers
• Estate jewelry evaluation
• Coin and bullion businesses
• Jewelry manufacturing
• Quality control

Rather than relying exclusively on acid testing or visual inspection, XRF provides quantitative elemental information that can help determine what an item is actually made from.

Know What You're Buying Before You Buy It

Material identification becomes especially important when the value of the material depends directly on its composition.

For a scrap recycler, confusing two visually similar alloys can mean losing the value of a higher-grade material.

For a precious metals buyer, differences in gold concentration can significantly affect the value of an item.

The TITAN 350 gives operators elemental information at the point where purchasing, sorting, and processing decisions are being made.

Measure the material. Identify the composition. Make the decision.

Fast, Nondestructive XRF Analysis

X-ray fluorescence is particularly well suited for metals applications because measurements can be performed directly on solid materials with little or no sample preparation.

Simply position the analyzer against the material and initiate the measurement.

Within seconds, the TITAN 350 can provide elemental information that would otherwise require significantly more time or laboratory analysis to obtain.

Because the technique is nondestructive, the tested component, scrap material, jewelry item, or precious metal object remains intact after analysis.

Built for Everyday Metals Analysis

The TITAN platform is designed around practical handheld XRF operation, combining application-specific calibrations with an integrated touchscreen interface.

This makes the analyzer suitable for measurements performed where the material is actually located — whether that is at a scrap yard, receiving department, warehouse, jewelry counter, production facility, or purchasing location.

Operators can quickly move from one sample to the next without transporting materials to a dedicated analytical laboratory.

One Analyzer. Multiple Metals Applications.

For businesses working across multiple categories of metals, the TITAN 350 can provide substantially more information than a dedicated single-purpose testing method.

A recycler may encounter stainless steel, nickel alloys, copper alloys, and precious metals during the same workday.

A precious metals business may need to evaluate gold jewelry followed by silver, platinum, palladium, or base-metal items.

Handheld XRF provides a flexible analytical platform for these changing measurement requirements.

Ideal For

The Bruker TITAN 350 is particularly well suited for:

Scrap & Recycling Operations
Quickly identify and separate valuable metal alloys.

Precious Metals Buyers
Evaluate gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and associated alloying elements before purchasing material.

Jewelry Businesses
Perform nondestructive elemental analysis of jewelry and precious metal items.

Metal Distributors
Verify incoming and outgoing materials and investigate questionable or unidentified alloys.

Manufacturers
Confirm metal composition during receiving, production, quality control, and material verification.

Refiners & Material Recovery Operations
Screen incoming materials and improve material segregation before processing.

Why Use Handheld XRF?

The biggest advantage of handheld XRF is simple:

You can bring the analyzer to the material instead of bringing the material to the laboratory.

Measurements are:

• Fast
• Nondestructive
• Quantitative
• Portable
• Easy to perform
  

For organizations regularly purchasing or sorting valuable metals, having immediate compositional information can become an important part of the material acceptance and verification process.

Buy the Bruker TITAN 350 from Alloy Geek

Alloy Geek specializes in handheld XRF instrumentation, applications, training, reference materials, accessories, and technical support.

We don't just sell XRF analyzers. We work with handheld XRF technology every day and can help determine whether the Bruker TITAN 350 is appropriate for your specific application.

Need to identify a particular alloy?

Trying to determine whether XRF will work for a specific precious metals application?

Not sure which calibration or configuration you need?

Contact Alloy Geek before ordering.

Tell us what materials you need to analyze, and we'll help you determine the appropriate TITAN 350 configuration for your application.