RS-729 Grapple Mounted Radiation Detection System

RS-729 Spectrometric Grapple Mounted Detector

The RS-729 is a wireless radiation detection system, specially designed to meet the challenging requirements for a Grapple mounted system typically used by scrap metal recyclers. RSI selected cesium iodide for the gamma detector and replaced the traditional large and fragile photomultiplier tubes with custom miniature Solid State arrays. This new compact design offers the industry’s highest sensitivity per detector volume and minimizes the overall size of the components insidethe grapple. The special design of the protective dome incorporates ceramic technologies from the space program to minimize the shielding effect and maximize sensitivity to low energy sources.

The compact detector is designed for high durability and is inherently more ruggedized than a detector design using fragile Photomultiplier tubes. The special protective dome design is tested by an independent laboratory to 137000lbs and withstands the force and impact of the daily operations.

The RS-729 system is auto calibrating and automatically adjusts to local background conditions resulting in an easy to use system. The Operator console is designed around a custom ruggedized smartphone with a 4.7-inch display with a simple and intuitive operator interface that users are familiar with today’s smart phone technology.

The RS-729 system connects with the standard RSI DataCenter that is also used for all our industrial systems for Real-time connection to RSO.

Features

The RS-729 Grapple consists of 4 major components:

• Detection unit with durable Protective Dome
• Controller
• Battery pack
• Ruggedized Read-out unit

Detector unit with protective dome

• Compact size that maximizes grapple capacity and does not affect the scrap handling operations
• The protective dome is designed to fit most mechanical, hydraulic or electro-hydraulic grapples
• The shape of the high strength dome protects the radiation detector inside and withstands the impacts of the daily operations
• High performance cesium iodide scintillation detector with 1024 channels spectrometer
• Enhanced sensitivity for low gamma energies
• Easy to install and service

Controller

• Very low power consumption
• Connects wireless to Read-out Unit

Rechargeable battery pack

• Removable Lithium ion battery pack
• Extremely long battery life

Read-out Unit

• Custom ruggedized smartphone
• User friendly, easy to operate
• Integrates with the RSI DataCenter
• Supervisory software capable