MiniFlex: 50 Years and Counting

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    Dear MiniFlex user

    We have something to celebrate.

    The MiniFlex was introduced in 1973 as the world's first benchtop X-ray diffractometer. It recorded X-ray intensity on a chart recorder. Since then, the MiniFlex has undergone generations of improvements because of your feedback and support. Along the way, you have published over 43,000 papers and patents and let the MiniFlex be part of it. We are so grateful for your years of support and invite you to celebrate MiniFlex's 50th anniversary with us.

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    "If he could see it in action, I am sure Max von Laue would be delighted with the elegance and versatility of the MiniFlex."
     

    After many years of X-ray diffraction experience, with many instruments from the early GE Diano and Phillips Norelco, and many others through my career, I have found Rigaku to be absolutely the best company with the best products and a commitment to excellence and quality second to none as shown by their mission statement.

    Before my retirement, I had been using the MiniFlex XRD for years and always received excellent support. When I set up my petrographic lab in Arizona I purchased a new MiniFlex. Rigaku service engineers worked with me to get the instrument set up and did what was necessary to make sure the MiniFlex met my needs.

    It is hard and getting harder all the time to be able to find quality products in today’s world. The MiniFlex XRD is an outstanding value and a great achievement in the technology of XRD with a proven track record of reliability. Rigaku employees should be proud of their dedication to quality products and outstanding service.

    Justin Frady is just one example of the kind of customer-service driven people at The Woodlands and throughout the Rigaku organization that work with Rigaku, not for Rigaku. Let them work with you and I am sure you will be as amazed and satisfied as I am with their products and service. If he could see it in action, I am sure Max von Laue would be delighted with the elegance and versatility of the MiniFlex.

    John Fox

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    GMA Mining USA

    Nina Nichols

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    Sam Houston State University

    Dr. Gan Liang with a MiniFlex 600

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    Sam Houston State University

    A student with a second-generation MiniFlex

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    Tetra Technologies, Inc.

    The Analytical Team

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    GrafTech International

    Solomon Nyathi

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    University of Southern California

    Brutchey Group

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    Western Washington Universit

    yDaniel Korus

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    Western Washington University

    Daniel Korus and Mark Bussell

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    Blue Planet Systems

    Cate Levey

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    Blue Planet Systems

    Cate Levey

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    Euclid Chemical Company

    Keith Franey

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    Dorf Ketal Energy Services

    Jianbo Zeng

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    INCLAY Geology

    Juliana Palacios

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    University of Chicago

    Di Wang, Dr. Alexander S. Filatov and Chenkun Zhou, the first three authors of a Science publication where most of the XRD data was obtained on the MiniFlex

    1973

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    MiniFlex: The world’s first benchtop XRD

    1976
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    Second generation MiniFlex released

    1995
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    World's first benchtop XRD operated by a personal computer

    2005
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    World's first benchtop XRD using a high-speed 1D detector

    2010
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    World’s first benchtop XRD with a high-power 600 W X-ray generator

    2017
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    World’s first benchtop XRD with a 2D detector

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