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Best WDXRF Analyzer Comparison EducationalFeatured

Best WDXRF Analyzer Comparison

Compare the PortaSpec Series X and XRST WDXRF analyzers to determine which model fits your…

KenNovember 29, 2025

Revolutionizing Coil Coating Quality Control with the CMX™ BlogEducationalFeaturedIndustry

Revolutionizing Coil Coating Quality Control with the CMX™

The CMX™ system improves coil coating quality control with advanced sensors and real-time analytics.

Cynthia KnightOctober 24, 2025

Precision Thorium Analysis EducationalFeaturedIndustry

Precision Thorium Analysis

Precision Thorium Analysis: Unlock Advanced Material Potential with PortaSpec® Laboratory-grade WDXRF accuracy in a portable…

Cynthia KnightMay 12, 2025

Measuring Titanium Coatings with PortaSpec® BlogEducationalFeatured

Measuring Titanium Coatings with PortaSpec®

Unlocking Precision: Measuring Titanium Coatings with PortaSpec® Portable WDXRF you can trust for Ti, TiN,…

Cynthia KnightApril 16, 2025

PORTAMELT®: Perfect Sample Prep for Recycling & Advanced Alloys BlogEducationalFeatured

PORTAMELT®: Perfect Sample Prep for Recycling & Advanced Alloys

Perfect Sample Button Preparation with PORTAMELT® Optimized for Aerospace & Recycling Applications In spectrographic and…

Cynthia KnightApril 6, 2025

How Too Much Iron in Sand Affects Solar Panel Efficiency—And How WDXRF Technology Solves the Problem BlogCase StudyEducational

How Too Much Iron in Sand Affects Solar Panel Efficiency—And How WDXRF Technology Solves the Problem

Solar energy is at the forefront of the global transition to renewable power, but the…

Cynthia KnightMarch 27, 2025

Count Your Element with PortaSpec® WDXRF Technology BlogEducationalFeaturedIndustry

Count Your Element with PortaSpec® WDXRF Technology

Unlocking Precision in Material Analysis How do you truly know what’s in your materials? In…

Cynthia KnightMarch 26, 2025

Shaping Futures: Knowing the Elemental Composition of Sand BlogEducationalIndustry

Shaping Futures: Knowing the Elemental Composition of Sand

Shaping the Future: The Transformative Power of Sand’s Elemental Composition Sand is more than a…

Todd UngerMarch 18, 2024

Scrap Metal Industry – Increasing Efficiency with the PortaMelt BlogEducationalFeaturedIndustry

Scrap Metal Industry – Increasing Efficiency with the PortaMelt

The PortaMelt Electric Arc Button Remelt Furnace Increases the Efficiency in the Scrap Metal Industry…

Arushi RajNovember 15, 2022

Why Iron Content Analysis is Important in Glass Manufacturing BlogEducationalFeaturedIndustry

Why Iron Content Analysis is Important in Glass Manufacturing

Why Iron Content Analysis is Important in Glass Manufacturing Cianflone Scientific helps to ensure quality…

Cynthia KnightJanuary 2, 2022

Importance of Metal Coating in Marine Industry BlogEducationalFeaturedIndustry

Importance of Metal Coating in Marine Industry

Importance of Metal Coating in the Marine Industry To avoid deterioration of metal in water,…

Cynthia KnightDecember 10, 2021

Coating Thickness Measurement – WDXRF Technology BlogEducationalFeaturedIndustry

Coating Thickness Measurement – WDXRF Technology

Coating Thickness Measurement - WDXRF1 Technology Coating thickness measurement is an essential factor for manufacturing industries…

Cynthia KnightNovember 5, 2021

What is Metal Coating and Why is it Important? BlogEducationalFeaturedIn the NewsIndustry

What is Metal Coating and Why is it Important?

What is Metal Coating and Why is it Important? The term coating—which is sometimes referred…

Cynthia KnightOctober 20, 2021

Metal Coating Techniques BlogEducationalFeaturedIndustry

Metal Coating Techniques

Metal Coating Techniques Types of metal coating techniques There is a range of metal coating…

Cynthia KnightAugust 20, 2021

Metal Pretreatment | Multi Element X-Ray Analysis BlogEducationalIndustry

Metal Pretreatment | Multi Element X-Ray Analysis

Automotive, Building and Can industries use sheet metal which is often coated with a pretreatment…

Cynthia KnightFebruary 18, 2021

About Our Founder, Bob Cianflone History

About Our Founder, Bob Cianflone

Bob Cianflone – Cianflone Scientific Instruments Corporation Robert “Bob” Cianflone was born in Beechview, a…

Cynthia KnightJanuary 20, 2021

X-Ray Spectroscopy,  An Early History EducationalHistoryIndustry

X-Ray Spectroscopy,  An Early History

X-ray Spectroscopy  An Early History by 1924 Nobel Prize Winner Manne Siegbahn Before the discovery of…

Cynthia KnightDecember 20, 2020

Cianflone acquired by King Tester In the News

Cianflone acquired by King Tester

UNITING PENNSYLVANIA-BASED TEST AND MEASUREMENT MANUFACTURERS   Cianflone Scientific Group (Pittsburgh, PA) acquired by  King…

Cynthia KnightNovember 30, 2019

Cianflone Scientific in American Metal Market Daily EducationalHistoryIndustry

Cianflone Scientific in American Metal Market Daily

Cianflone Scientific in American Metal Market Daily Looking through the archives: Originally published MONDAY, JANUARY…

Cynthia KnightMay 7, 2016

PortaSpec® X Series X-Ray Spectrograph History

PortaSpec® X Series X-Ray Spectrograph

PortaSpec® X SERIES X-RAY SPECTROGRAPH   Press Release from April of 2015 Cianflone Scientific LLC now…

Cynthia KnightApril 25, 2015