Bowman Increases Scientific Staff

June, 2023 – Maggie Pechan has joined Bowman as a Standards Technician and Applications Engineer. She formerly worked as a lab technician, using gas chromatography and microbalance instruments. This serves as an excellent foundation for the Bowman position, where her responsibilities include standards recertifications and application development. She received a BS from the University of Illinois and is fluent in French, a valued capability in light of the increasing project roster managed by Bowman France.

Harrison Carcione has joined Bowman as a Software Engineer. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois with a special focus in Computational Linguistics. His primary responsibility is the development of new features for Bowman’s Archer, a highly intuitive, visually ergonomic XRF software that debuted in April, 2023. Carcione’s immediate priority is the enhancement of Archer’s 3D surface mapping capability, which will give users greater pattern flexibility, among other advantages.

Bowman's Harrison Carcione and Maggie Dechan

Dr. He to Address DXC-2023 Attendees

May, 2023 – Denver X-ray Conference (“DXC-2023”) will welcome Bowman Senior Principal XRF Scientist, Dr. Timothy He, PhD as a featured speaker. Dr. He’s talk is titled Simultaneous XRF Measurement of the Density and Thickness of Thin Films; it is a highlight of the conference’s Industrial Applications XRF focus.

The week-long event will be held at the Westin Chicago Lombard, August 7-11. DXC-2023 is the world’s largest X-ray conference. Registration information is on the DXC website.

Bowman Senior Principal XRF Scientist, Dr. Timothy He, PhD

Software Advancement Benefits Plating Quality Management

April, 2023 – Bowman has announced a landmark software release that immediately improves the speed, accuracy and ease of use for companies who require precise control and documentation of plated deposit thicknesses.

Archer is a successor to Bowman’s Xralizer, a software that pioneered several important features, including a multi-method auto-focus, a workflow optimizer, and the ability to focus on highly reflective surfaces where laser or image sharpness methods are unworkable.

Like its predecessor, Archer is universal across the full suite of 8 Bowman XRF benchtop XRF analyzers. An all-new Graphical User Interface makes the software easy to learn and use, highly intuitive, and visually ergonomic. A tasking feature allows users to program custom steps for execution while the software is running – a huge time-saver. Pattern matching for datum points, high-speed Z axis adjustability and real-time measurement updating are other key features, along with the ability to view the calibration curve and recalibrate – both in analysis mode.

Archer generates customizable Excel reports with no MS Office required, and unlike competitive platforms, there is no need to install a software plug-in to export data to customer ERP systems.

Archer was designed to support robotic sample handling. Files from Xralizer can be imported for a seamless upgrade.

Bowman's Archer is a successor to their Xralizer software

Mazzei Appointed Manager for EU, UK

March, 2023 – Federico Mazzei, co-founder, with Pasquale Francella, of Bowman Europe, is now also Regional Product Manager for Europe and the UK. Working with Jeff Korpus, Kelly Jiang and the Applications Teams, the goal is to enable Bowman’s new Archer software with unique capabilities for solution analysis. The widely-anticipated software release is scheduled for late March.

When the teams complete their work, customers will not only be able to use one instrument for precise coating thickness and solution analysis, but will benefit as well from multiple element correction in each solution analysis – a capability unique in the industry. Most notably, the software will yield highly precise results regardless of the variable density that occurs during the bath’s service life. The feature is expected to provide a significant competitive advantage for P Series XRFs – the best-selling systems in Europe – as well as B and G Series instruments.

Federico Mazzei of Bowman Europe, is now Regional Product Manager for Europe and the UK

Bowman Commemorates Landmark Anniversaries

March, 2023 – Bowman CEO and partner Tom Leone (far left) and CTO and Partner Jun Choi (far right) congratulate three headquarters associates on their landmark anniversaries: Senior Support Engineer Raoul Motiu – 9 years; Manufacturing Engineer Hugo Garcia – 7 years, and Production Manager Xavier Rodriguez -14 years.

Bowman XRF Landmark Anniversaries
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