Automatic Product Sampler (APS): XRF Technology for Operational Efficiency

Vincent graduated from the University of Western Australia with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He started his career as an inorganic engineer, specializing in inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), high-definition X-ray fluorescence (HDXRF), atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy. In 2015, Vincent joined Olympus to develop the regional business. He is also responsible for regional application support, including distributor training and solving and developing new applications.

Dr. Christopher Lane is the manager of the Olympus APAC Technology Centre. He graduated from the University of Bristol with a first-class degree in mechanical engineering in 2007 and earned an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) from the same university in 2011. His EngD focused on the development of 2D ultrasonic arrays and the total focusing method (TFM) for aerospace inspection applications.

Christopher has worked in the nondestructive testing (NDT) and inspection industry for over 12 years, first as a Level III at Rolls-Royce and later developing advanced inspection systems at a research center in Singapore. He joined Olympus in 2018 as the sales manager for NDT systems and integration for the Asia Pacific region.

Christopher has earned numerous awards, including the British Institute of NDT Young Person's Achievement Award and the Rolls-Royce Award for Technical Innovation. He is a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a certified Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute, and an Honorary Technical Editor of the Insight journal from the British Institute of Nondestructive Testing (BINDT).

Hendrik Brouwer is the CEO of Energy Efficiency Engineering (International) Pte., Ltd. (EEE). He holds a degree in engineering management from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. With more than 10 years of experience in thermal power plant efficiency analysis and asset optimization advisory, Hendrik founded EEE in 2016 to bring innovative technologies to the power, mining, and petrochemical industries. In 2018, in collaboration with Olympus, the automatic product sampler (APS) technology was designed, engineered, and commissioned by EEE. Hendrik currently works with Olympus to bring the digital transformation to the power and mining industry through APS technology.