Complete Beamlines
We deliver complete beamlines as turnkey projects, from the optical concept through to commissioning on site.
At a glance
- Detailed beamline design and layout.
- Optical component design, including FEA and ray tracing.
- Supply of monochromators, mirrors, power management components and diagnostics.
- Radiation safety components and experimental equipment.
- Controls hardware and EPICS software.
- Testing, installation and commissioning.

Example beamlines
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X-Ray Fluorescence Microprobe Beamline
Australian Synchrotron
A turnkey project: all beamline optical components, beam transport and the control system, with on-site installation and full commissioning.
- Controls
- 44 axis motion control & EPICS software
- Stability
- Measured stability of 18 nrad
- Focusing
- Small KB mirrors (240mm long) in helium environment
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GSECARS Sector 13 Upgrade
Advanced Photon Source
IDT designed and built all the first optics enclosure components, plus other beamline components, for the upgrade to a canted undulator layout.
- Supplied
- Canted primary slits, DCM upgrade, air bearing DCM, double horizontal mirror system
- Stability
- Measured beamline stability of 54 nrad
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Imaging & Medical Beamline
Australian Synchrotron
Beam conditioning equipment for a superconducting multipole wiggler with a total power output of >20kW, and a Double Laue Monochromator.
- Length
- 150m long beamline
- Slits
- Absorbing >7kW per blade
- Energy
- 16keV - 100keV
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Hard X-Ray Micro Analysis Beamline
Canadian Light Source
Designed, built and installed by IDT: a multi-function wiggler beamline used for techniques such as XAFS and powder diffraction.
- Mirrors
- Collimating mirror and double-toroidal focusing mirror
- Also
- Primary slits, filters, beam diagnostics and experimental tables
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HPCAT Sector 16
Advanced Photon Source
Full design of the sector, from the optical concept through to engineering solutions, including hutch design. Later upgraded to a canted undulator layout.
- Supplied
- Large offset monochromator, high resolution monochromator, large KB mirror system, 3 metre spectrometer
- Upgrade
- Beam conditioning rated for 200mA ring current operation
Discuss your project
Tell us about your beamline and what you need. An engineer will reply.