0.05 Alpha CPM Background
        
40-50 Beta CPM Background
        
Window or Windowless Operation
        
Ultra Thin Window
        
"No drop through"
        sample drawer
        
Single finger drawer operation
        
35 Pounds without optional shield
        
Loss
        free counting
        
Count to MDA
        
Gas-PRO
        Fail-Safe Counting
        
Optional Non gas flow detector
        
Small footprint (9
        1/4"W, 11 3/4"H, 16 3/4"D)
        
Same Operational features
        as WPC-9550
               
Same system runs
        

          
Standalone
          
With standard PC and optional  software
        

The MPC-2000 is Protean Instrument Corporation's smallest and most versatile addition to an extensive line of gross alpha beta counting systems. The MPC-2000 uses critical portions of PIC's electronic and mechanical designs used in other systems. The MPC-2000 has modern control and interface options, a significantly reduced footprint, and a non-gas flow detector option.

Most laboratories today have very limited space. The MPC-2000 uses about the same desk space as a standard vertical style PC. Three MPC 2000's will fit in about the same footprint as it's predecessor, the MPC 9400. Two MPC-2000’s will fit in about the same table space as one of any other table top system. The MPC-2000 control interface is based on Protean's WPC-9550. Programming, calibrating, and counting are identical. A user trained on the MPC-2000 can immediately operate the WPC-9550. The MPC-2000 can also be operated simultaneously from the built-in controller and a PC running Protean software. The system is also compatible with PIC Applications, which allows fast and simple download of data to a PC.

The MPC-2000 can be factory equipped with a DP (ZnS+ Plastic) detector instead of a gas flow version. The DP detector is perfect when an application requires full alpha/beta counting capability at remote locations, or when the system is used very sporadically. In both cases a P-10 supply can be impractical or expensive to maintain.

MPC-2000-PC

The MPC-2000-PC is a special "blind" version of the MPC-2000. It does not have a built-in control panel and display, but is controlled from a PC running Vista 2000 software. The system uses Protean's gas flow proportional detector normally operated in windowless mode. The alpha background of the MPC-2000-PC is comparable to other Protean counting systems at 0.05 to 0.1 typical CPM. In windowless mode the MPC-2000 has alpha counting efficiency as high as any Protean system, (which is significantly higher than any others available). The MPC-2000-PC and Vista 2000 make an ideal combination for applications requiring alpha only counting with very high sensitivity. A typical application is analyzing drinking water for uranium. Since it does not have a control panel or have detector options the MPC-2000-PC is less expensive than the standard MPC-2000. Lower cost and Vista 2000's support of multiple systems from a single PC allow multi-detector alpha only systems to be configured more cost effectively than with conventional low background systems.

 

 

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