Company Status and Overview of
Recent Development Projects
May 2011 to September 2012
David Baltz
Chief Technologist
Bladewerx LLC
Achievements
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Marked 10-Year Anniversary in May
Compact Hand and Foot Monitor
SabreBZM successor
UAV Sampler Development
Implemented QA Program
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Company Status
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Continued and steady overall growth
14 Employees
10-Year milestone
Shielding business is growing
Instruments business is growing
Entering new markets in instruments
Facility expansion in 2013
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Compact Hand & Foot Monitor
• cHFM™ is a small-footprint,
H&F or small article monitor
• Highly configurable—
supporting up to 4 detector
channels
• Supports gas proportional,
air proportional or
scintillation probes.
• Exceptional ease of use with
integrated touch-screen
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• cHFM design incorporates three new
Bladewerx-designed PC boards
– SDB. A “simple detector board”
– 4CHAN. 4-Channel counter board
– PES. Photo electric sensor
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Simple Detector Board
• Microprocessor-based
detector board
• 100 – 2000 VDC high
voltage supply (3000
VDC optional)
• 3 Thresholds (beta,
alpha, & upper alpha
(i.e. radon)
• ASCII command-based
communications
• No internal
adjustments
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4-Channel Board
• Microprocessor-based
counter board
• Supports digital count
inputs from up to 4
SDBs
• SDB ‘pass-thru’
communications
• ASCII-based
commands
• Support for hand/foot
PES sensors and
switch closure
• Selectable ‘clicker’
speaker drive
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PES
• Infra-red (IR) proximity sensor
• Pulsed frequency output
• Low power
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Four more building blocks
• Customer-driven development for a UAV
sampler
– In-Line head featuring dual detectors (alpha-beta,
and gamma guard)
– New 2-channel preamp board
– 2-Channel amplifier/detector board
– Redesigned SabreMCA with 2-Channel detector
board interconnect fits SabreMCA extrusion
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EpeéCAM™
• SabreBZM™ is nearing end of life
• Electronic Personal (EP) CAM/BZM goals
– Smaller and lighter than SabreBZM
– More rugged and reliable
– Support beta measurement
– More ergonomic (multiple mounting/carrying
options)
– More suited to mass production
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Features
– Alpha/beta measurement
– Radon mode option
– With integrated ‘sansplumbing’ head, or
umbilical
– Wireless capability or
Ethernet
– Voice Output
– Variable speed 6 LPM highreliability pump
– Extremely simple user
interface
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Epee Board Set
• 2-board set includes:
– 2-channel analog and audio output “A” board
– microprocessor-based digital logic “B” board
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“A” Board
• Alpha and beta channels, plus detector bias
supply
• Peak-Hold ADC front end
• Anti-coincidence logic
• No internal controls. All settings are softwarecontrolled.
• Audio amplifier
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“B” Board
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Direct integration with SBC Board bus
USB Host and Client ports
LED and membrane keypad support
Pump control and flow sensing
On-board Ethernet support
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Air Sampling Features
• Quiet, SKC HighReliability Pump
• Up to 6 LPM sampling
rate (variable rate is
customer settable)
• ‘Hose-less’ sampling
head
• Can be ordered with
BZM umbilical, or
integrated head for
miners
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Summary
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8 new electronics boards
2 entirely new instruments
2 new sampling head designs
NQA-1-based QA Program implemented
Also…
• Produced 4 training videos
• Completed assorted other development work
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For more information visit the Bladewerx table
or contact us at:
Bladewerx LLC
4135 Jackie Road SE #108
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
(505) 892-5144
http://www.bladewerx.com
Sales@bladewerx.com
support@bladewerx.com
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