I will be retiring early on 28 February this year at the grand old age of 47
Terahertz imaging (...) I haven't got that capability .......yet
Another interesting area is backscatter X-Ray and Terahertz imaging A very interesting area of personnel security.
I haven't got that capability .......yet
Aurora
One of my friends in the medical equipment recycling industry said that they do not sell the equipment to UK medical organisations or labs. Such organisations are not interested in such.
@Mike,
....... and you thought the MX-20 was no good for X-Raying my cats
Only kidding. Yes I can imagine that some of the ex Human medical kit would be very useful to a Vet, and it saves them a pile of money. They need as much profit as possible to pay for the latest Range Rover Sport I keep being offered really great condition ultrasound machines but sadly I can't think of any use for such in my lab
Aurora
In the UK an employer has responsibilities to protect his/her staff when using Ionising Radiation but interestingly there is no reference to hobbyist, no commercial use.
Mike was understandably interested in the MX-20's capabilities as he had previously looked at such units, but the lower kVp was a concern with regard to what such a unit could achieve with a PCB. When another complete Faxitron became available to me I was tempted to have it as a spare but in the end sense prevailed and I let Mike know of its availability. I am very pleased that Mike now has a Faxitron as I feel sure he will make very good use of it. As you can see from his video, he has already dived inside it to reveal where all the magic happens Some nice example picture at the end as well.
I'm yet to be convinced that is actually the case. The wording of the regs uses the word "employer" in an ambiguous way which could be taken to mean "User of" as opposed to "used in the course of employment/business"
There seems to be no definitive guidance on the scope of the regs, or the definition of "employer".
There is a mention that duties of an "employer" also apply to a self-employed persion's duty to protect themself, which could be seen to imply the traditional definition.
I suspect though that as Aurora says, it's not something that was considered when the regs were written.
Mike was understandably interested in the MX-20's capabilities as he had previously looked at such units, but the lower kVp was a concern with regard to what such a unit could achieve with a PCB. When another complete Faxitron became available to me I was tempted to have it as a spare but in the end sense prevailed and I let Mike know of its availability. I am very pleased that Mike now has a Faxitron as I feel sure he will make very good use of it. As you can see from his video, he has already dived inside it to reveal where all the magic happens Some nice example picture at the end as well.
I've been looking for something like this for ages and have some watch lists, but nothing ever comes up in Australia
If anyone does ever find one available (or for export here) I'd love to know.
If you are reading this in Australia, to own *any* sort of functioning equipment capable of generating ionising radiation you need a license.
From CT machines all the way down to steel XRay inspection gear and mail scanners.
I guess you can have one in the back shed, but if you are found using it...
Next on my telephone list would be the equipment recyclers. They often buy whole batches of equipment and then sell what they are permitted to sell according to local regulations. The rest gets destroyed, scrapped.
In the UK an employer has responsibilities to protect his/her staff when using Ionising Radiation but interestingly there is no reference to hobbyist, no commercial use.
I'm yet to be convinced that is actually the case. (...)
"radiation employer” means an employer who in the course of a trade, business or other undertaking carries out work with ionising radiation and, for the purposes of regulations 5, 6 and 7, includes an employer who intends to carry out such work; (...) Radiation employers are essentially those employers who work with ionising radiation, ie they carry out:
(a) a practice (see definition in regulation 2(1)); (...)
“practice” means work involving (...)
(b) the operation of any electrical equipment emitting ionising radiation and containing components operating at a potential difference of more than 5kV, (...)
Duty holder Relevant regulations
Any employer 8(7), 11, 14, 15, 20 to 24 and 26
Radiation employer 5 to 7, 8(1) to (6), 9 to 10, 12, 13, 17, 25, 27 to 30, 32(6 to 7)
Employer in control of an area
/who designates an area 16, 18 and 19
Employer in control of equipment 32(1) to (5)
Manufacturer or supplier of articles 31(1)
Installer 31(2)
an employer includes a reference to a self-employed person and any duty imposed by
these Regulations on an employer in respect of his employee shall extend to a self employed person in respect of himself;