1950s
1951
Rigaku is founded
1952
Rotaflex - world's first commercial rotating anode X-ray generator
1954
Geigerflex - the first automatic recording X-ray diffractometer in Japan
1955
Radioflex industrial X-ray radiographic unit
1957
Thermoflex automatic recording thermal analyzer
1958
World's first high-temperature attachment for an X-ray diffractometer
1960s
1960
Strainflex - world's first parallel-beam-type diffractometer for stress determination
1962
GF-S sequential spectrometer
1963
Geigerflex-DS+ small-angle scattering
1965
AFC automatic four-circle X-ray diffractometer
1966
GF2001 X-ray diffractometer
1968
Simultix, Rigaku's first multichannel simultaneous X-ray spectrometer
1969
Geigerflex SX X-ray fluorescence spectrometer
1970s
1971
A real-time TV topographic X-ray system
1973
Non-dispersive X-ray diffractometer
1976
MiniFlex desktop X-ray diffractometer
1978
RU-1500 - the world's most powerful X-ray generator (90 kW)
1979
D/max series of micro-computer-controlled automatic X-ray diffractometers
1980s
1981
World's first spectrometer capable of boron analysis
1983
D/max-B series of multi-CPU automatic X-ray diffractometers
1984
Strainflex automatic X-ray Stress Analyzer
1985
Weissenberg camera for macromolecular crystallography
1986
Geigerflex RAD-C series X-ray diffractometer
1987
XPS-7000 fully automatic X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy system
1988
3275 Total reflection X-ray spectrometer system
1989
The R-AXIS IIC high-speed automatic X-ray imaging plate system
1990s
1990
Desktop double crystal diffractometer
1991
RIX 3000 fully automated X-ray spectrometer
1992
The D/MAX 2000 X-ray diffractometer and the RIX1000 X-ray spectrometer systems
1993
Simultix 10/11 multichannel simultaneous X-ray spectrometer
1994
GXR2 thin-film reflectrometer
1995
X-stream 2000 self-contained crystal cooling apparatus
1996
XRT-300 topography imaging system for 300 mm wafers
1998
R-AXIS RAPID High-speed X-ray diffractometer
1999
ZSX fluorescence X-ray spectrometer
2000s
2000
FR-D high brilliance generator
2001
TXRF-V300 VPD-embedded total reflection fluorescence analysis device
2003
Cross Beam Optical (CBO) optics
2004
D/teX-25 two-dimensional detector
2005
TTRAX III theta-theta goniometer system
2006
SmartLab fully automated multipurpose X-ray diffractometer
2007
SHINE optic
2008
Supermini benchtop WDXRF spectrometer
2009
XtaLAB mini benchtop single crystal X-ray diffractometer
2010s
2010
NEX CG Cartesian geometry EDXRF
2011
MicroMax-007 DW dual-wavelength rotating anode system
2012
MiniFlex 300/600 benchtop X-ray diffractometer
2013
NEX OL process EDXRF elemental analyzer
2014
CosmoScan GX small-animal 3D micro X-ray CT scanner
2015
ZSX Primus IV scanning X-ray fluorescence analysis device
2016
NANOPIX nanoscale X-ray structural evaluation device
2017
Thermo plus EVO2 DSCvesta differential scanning calorimeter
2018
XtaLAB Synergy-i single crystal X-ray structure analysis system
2019
CT Lab HX 3D X-ray micro CT
2020s
2020
XtaLAB Synergy X-ray diffractometer platform
2021
XtaLAB Synergy-ED submicron electron diffraction system
2022
MiniFlex XpC compact X-ray diffractometer
2023
CQL Narc-ID 1064 nm Raman analyzer
2024
PhotonJetMAX-S microfocus sealed tube source
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