News: XRF Systems, Applications, People

February, 2022 – On September 1, Bowman will formally open a new global headquarters at 1105 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL. The 20,000 sq.ft. facility near Chicago will house corporate offices, manufacturing and product development.

Bowman is a leader in the development of XRF plating thickness measurement systems, and the only “made in the USA” XRF instrument manufacturer. Bowman exports aggressively to customers throughout Eurasia, the Middle East, and the Americas through a robust network of regional hubs and distributors. The company also services XRF units made by all major manufacturers, and provides standards for all XRF applications.

January, 2022 – Ryan Ahrens, Zach Dismukes and Rob Coleman greeted customers and prospects at IPC APEX in San Diego. APEX is the premier event for the electronics manufacturing industry, attracting more than 9,000 professionals from 45 countries.

Bowman XRF instruments are used and exhibited throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. Next on our trade show agenda: the Kerala Jewellery show, Feb. 11-12​​ at the Le Meridien, Maradu, Kochi, in southwestern India.

January, 2022 – Ryan Scheck has joined Bowman’s Headquarters Team as an Applications Engineer. Scheck has a B.A. in Physics from Kenyon College. His hire was influenced by demonstrably strong quantitative problem-solving skills, and understanding of complex x-ray physics.

He will work with Bowman’s R&D and engineering teams to develop new features or capabilities that would make the Bowman suite of benchtop XRF instruments more valuable to more users. He will also become involved with the international sales team to understand the needs of new customers and identify solutions to their operations issues such as sample throughput, and new application requirements, such as the rapidly changing developments in the semiconductor industry.

December 9, 2021 – Xin Jiang has joined Bowman as Principal Electrical/Firmware Engineer. He holds an MSE (Master of Science, Electrical Engineering) and has 30+ years of experience in digital circuits, embedded software, and product design. He has an impressive record with UL, CE, and FDA compliance and testing, and will lead Bowman’s effort in designing electronics for automated XRF tools and next-generation instruments.

In his previous posts, he specialized in HPLC chromatography and X-ray technology for medical device applications, and was a consulting test engineer for Teradyne, a semiconductor test equipment provider.

His responsibilities at Bowman cover firmware, product design, and regulatory compliance; he reports to Engineering Manager, Robert Magyar

November, 2021 – Ryan Ahrens, Rob Coleman, Brian Judge and Dana Woodson represented Bowman at SUR-FIN 2021 in Detroit. Of particular interest at this show was the Bowman L Series, which accommodates parts up to 24″ in any dimension and is ideal for fixtured parts requiring automated multi-point measurement. 3 of the 7 systems in the Bowman XRF suite were developed specifically for metal finishers.