Visit to PMB-ALCEN: a key partner in accelerator technologies

ATRON Metrology recently had the pleasure of visiting the facilities of PMB-ALCEN, an industrial company at the forefront of brazing and complex assembly technologies. Thanks to this technological expertise, PMB-ALCEN is now able to manufacture linear electron accelerators ranging from 3 to 9 MeV, used notably in radiotherapy and X-ray non-destructive testing.

A member of the France Rayonnements Ionisants network, PMB-ALCEN is also a valued partner of ATRON Metrology. Our electrostatic electron accelerator, named FELIX, features a removable X-ray conversion target with:

• Adjustable energy from 200 keV to 3.5 MeV;
• Adjustable current from a few pA to 1 mA (resulting in dose rates of up to 500 Gy/h at 1 metre from the X target).

Thanks to the expertise we have developed through our own FELIX facility, we now support PMB-ALCEN’s clients with:

• Design of biological shielding (using MCNP simulations),
• Compliance with standard NF M62-105,
• Regulatory procedures with the ASN-R for authorisation to possess and operate a particle accelerator,
• Specialised training.