Thermo Fisher Scientific

Harshaw TLD Model 8800 Plus Automatic Card Reader

Automated TLD reader for dosimetry services and high-volume labs, processing up to 1400 TLD cards per run at 140 cards per hour.

The Harshaw 8800 Plus is Thermo Fisher’s highest-capacity TLD reader, designed for dosimetry services and independent dosimetry labs. Each dosimeter is calibrated individually, and an integrated barcode reader time-stamps every card to maintain an unbroken chain of custody. The reader is available in three versions: standard, with the EXT-RAD option, and with the DXT-RAD option for extremity dosimeters.

The reader is controlled from WinREMS software on a separate computer and can be networked with other Harshaw manual and automatic readers. Cards and materials are covered under Harshaw TLD Readers, Cards and Materials.

  • Up to 1400 TLD cards per processing run in seven 200-card cartridges, enabling overnight runs
  • Four heating/data acquisition channels and four cooled photomultiplier tubes process four TL elements simultaneously
  • Precision controlled non-contact nitrogen gas heating produces well defined glow curves and maximises card longevity
  • Measures beta, gamma, X-ray and neutron doses for whole body, extremity and environmental dosimetry
  • Options: built-in ⁹⁰Sr/Y internal irradiator for automated calibration, and barcode scanners for EXT-RAD and DXT-RAD extremity dosimeters

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Technical data

CapacityUp to 1400 TLD cards including calibration cards, seven 200-card capacity cartridges
RangeSeven decades
Photronics linearityLess than 1 % deviation
StabilityBetter than 1.0 µGy, based on one standard deviation of ten consecutive measurements
RepeatabilityLess than 2 % variation (1 standard deviation of 10 sequential measurements at 1 mGy ¹³⁷Cs)
Readout time (standard LiF:Mg,Ti)TLD cards 140 per hour, EXT-RAD Chipstrates 280 per hour, DXT-RAD Ringlets 560 per hour
Warm-up time20 minutes
Card identificationCodabar, Interlaced 2 of 5, Code 39, Code 128 alphanumeric
Electrical110 or 120 VAC ±10 %, 60 Hz, 6 A; 220 or 240 VAC ±10 %, 50 Hz, 3 A
Operating temperature range15 °C to 40 °C
Storage temperature range−10 °C to 60 °C
Height × width × depth105 × 78 × 68 cm
Weight180 kg

Source: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Harshaw 8800 Plus brochure (2025) and product page 8800PLUSEXT. Full specifications are available in the documents.