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National Conclave On CementHICC, Hyderabad

Robin Oswal – Vice President Business Development.XRSciences LLC, USA

CONTENTS

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• Applications in Cement Industry• XRSciences Background• Ideas from Industry Experts• Developments by XRSciences• Summary & Conclusion

Applications in Cement Industry

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• Stockpile Monitoring & Control➢ Continuous minute by minute analysis of Stockpile material➢ Consistently “on-spec” stockpile building➢ Improvement in mine life and reduced rejects

• Raw Mix / Raw Meal analysis & Control➢ Continuous minute by minute analysis of raw mix / meal➢ High frequency (up to every minute) control of feeders to

consistent on target raw meal quality.➢ Improved kiln feed homogeneity and stable kiln operation.➢ Reduced heat consumption and improved kiln refractory life.➢ New product for bulk material analysis on Air slide

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XRSciences Background

• XRSciences formed 2009• Co-founders:

– Dr. Tom Atwell– Colin Charette

XRSciences LLC sales@XRSciences.com robin_Oswal@XRSciences.com

Carlsbad, CA, USA www.XRSciences.com (website under development) +91 8983053316

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Co-founder – Colin CharetteColin Charette – President, CEO

– B.Sc, M.Sc, MBA– HP/AGILENT (12 years)

– Field service engineer, software engineer, product manager, program manager, regional manager

– Technologies– Computed Tomography, Laminography, X-ray, Robotics, Vision, Magnetic Resonance– Ground Penetrating Radar, Gamma Resonance– Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA)

– SABIA (3 years)– R&D Engineer– Field service– Project manager– Provided 24x7 support, calibration support– Top technical expert on system.– Director of Marketing, VP Bus Dev

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Founder – Dr. Tom Atwell

Dr. Tom Atwell - Chief Technology Officer– Ph’D Nuclear Engineering, – Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Lab – Chief Scientist at Gamma-Metrics and ASYS– Lead development of the World’s 1st PGNNA Anlayser BMA

through to CBA, ASYS, OMNI* analyzers

Expectedly is referred as the ‘father” of PGNAA technology having so many PGNAA 1st like BMA,CBA…..last Apex Air

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XRSciences Tom Atwell - Experience

Some of PGNAA systems Tom developed after leaving Gamma-Metrics

Developed OMNI* system 2003-2006 for Analyser Systems Inc. …Sold to Thermo Fisher in Q4 2006

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XRS Staff Pioneered Every major Development in PGNAA Technology

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XRSciences Personnel

Dr. Tom Atwell, led design of– BMA (1st/Original PGNAA system)

– CBA (worlds first cross belt analyzer) – ASYS EBA– ASYS FSA– OMNI* analyzers (sold to Thermo and now

their flagship product)

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XRS - History

• 2011 – 2012 – Phase I Funding by National Science Foundation– Funded to design Clinker Analyzer– Designed Clinker Analyzer to provide elemental msmt plus free lime– Near end of Phase I:

• Contacted 35 cement plants to judge interest• Visited technical centers of Lafarge, Italcementi, Buzzi Cement, etc to judge interest• Conclusion: Raw Meal Analyzer would be a better product

• 2012 – Phase II Funding by National Science Foundation (>$1M)– Based on extensive market analysis, Switch to Raw Meal Analyzer (RMA)– Raw Meal in transport is an aerated Powder,

• Never been analyzed because of low density.– Analyze while in “air slide”, thus called APEX “Air” Analyzer

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FUNDED TO DEVELOP RAW MEAL ANALYZER

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XRS - History• 2017

– 5 years of development, 50,000 man-hours– ~$7M invested

– 40,000 man-hours R&D on electronics– MCMP Modeling - 61 CPU Farm – 30.5 CPU-years modeling– Prototype built

• Latest & most advanced ‘Apex engine’ developed• Apex lite developed.• Advanced engine made new analyser APEX – “Air” possible

• Call (+91 8983053316) for a presentation including for this revolutionary new analyser type / application to now analyse 100% material in ‘powder’ form while in Air slide viz. The “Apex Air”

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Business Approach

• Fund R&D using government funds

• Set up service business

• Build products customers ask for

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IDEAS FROM MARKET EXPERTS

James Bond

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APEX “AIR”, World’s 1st PGNAA AIR SLIDE ANALYZER

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Back to the key enabler of this newest application viz. the latest generation of electronics The “APEX”

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XRSciences ‘APEX’ Electronics

• 5th generation electronics– 40,000 man hours developing– Cleaner signal, significantly

better stabilization, better filtering

– Less noise due to electronics– Most advanced in the market

• Benefit: – More accurate and repeatable

measurement system performance

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• More stable, less variation

• Benefit: – For a given source strength

more accurate and repeatable measurement system

Before After

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APEX Analyzer

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APEX- Most accurate analyzer in market- Can run for more than 5 years, without source replenishment- Alternatively use lower source strength & so lower cost of ownership

Products APEX “Lite”

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- APEX “Lite”- Lightest PGNAA system in market- Lowest source usage- Lowest cost of operation

Products APEX “Lite”

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- Fits solely on conveyor structural rails, no need to cut belt or for return idler- One size fits multiple belt sizes- Designed to run at lower strength for Raw Mix application e.g ~ 40 instead of 58µg- Californium 252, or on - Upcoming Neutron Generator (NG) or on- Both Cf-252 and the upcoming NG- So in conclusion current design is future ready to run on any or both excitation sources

Upgrade Electronics

Detectors and Electronics

Power Cabinet

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Upgrade Electronics

• Next generation electronics• Due to improved stability ~30% more efficient than standard electronics• Resulting sensitivity improvement leads to lower source need & so costs• Example:

– 40 ug analyzer– Down to 30 µg upon Upgrade – because of 25~30% efficiency boost– Normally needs 20 µg sources for replenishment– Needs 15 µg replenishment upon Upgrade

• Less expensive than Thermo Upgrade• If electronics are upgraded, can upgrade body later

– Analyzer can be upgraded (analyzer body) later with these electronics– Lower than the cost of new system– CBX/CBGN - Better performance on Alkali, Mg

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Service

• We have been providing service for 4 years

• ½ Revenue of XRS is service revenue

• Work in Africa, Europe, USA

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We have a backlog of Orders

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XRSciences Other Products

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• Neutron Generator - Upcoming

XRSciences Other Products

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• Clinker analyzer (with free lime)

– Designed, can be built at short notice for interested parties

• Other products?

– We have the “Apex engine” so we can build any type you want (e.g for the waste fuel etc).

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Summary

• We have developed a new type of PGNAA Analyzer

• APEX “Air”

• 3 patents and more pending

• Key development - we have also developed the next generation of electronics– Upgrades

– New systems

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XRSciencesadvanced products available in India Now

Please contact:robin_Oswal@XRSciences.comrobin.Oswal@radprosas.com

+91 8983053316

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