What Bladewerx does

Bladewerx LLC, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, designs and manufactures portable radiation detection instrumentation for the radiation protection and measurement industry, serving nuclear facilities, laboratories, and industrial sites requiring alpha and beta contamination monitoring. Its product line is built on two proprietary multi-channel analyzer platforms — the 256-channel SabreMCA board and the more compact EpeeMCA board — which underpin continuous air monitors (SabreAlert³, SabreBPM²), an integrated sample counter (SabreISC), an alpha survey meter (SabreASM), a compact hand and foot monitor (cHFM), and field-deployable EpeeCAM and EpeeBZM units. The company's core differentiator is a proprietary alpha peak shape fitting algorithm that enables real-time subtraction of radon progeny background without waiting for sample decay, delivering actionable spectroscopy results faster than conventional gross-counting methods.

The firm operates a direct enterprise sales model, with regional health physicist representatives covering the US Southeast and Midwest, supported by a website-driven pricing request system. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of instruments and consumables (notably Speclon PTFE filters branded as Speclon), with secondary streams from bundled software (RadNet Client), repair, and calibration services. A wholly-owned division, Shieldwerx, extends the addressable market into neutron and gamma shielding products, custom fabrication, and neutron activation foils for nuclear power, medical, and accelerator research customers. Pricing is custom and non-published, contract terms span multiple years, and the company is privately held and founder-owned, with no outside capital disclosed.

Name

Bladewerx

Legal name

Bladewerx LLC

Website

https://bladewerx.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bladewerx LLC designs and manufactures portable alpha and beta radiation detection instrumentation — including continuous air monitors, sample counters, and survey meters — for the radiation protection and measurement industry, built on proprietary SabreMCA and EpeeMCA analyzer platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Radiation Detection Instrumentation

NAICS

Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (334517), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

Radiation Detection Instruments & Systems (Portal monitors, spectrometers, contamination monitors) (EUAKAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radiation Measurement, Dosimetry & Monitoring Services (Personal/environmental dosimetry, calibration labs) (EUAKAIAH), Inspection, Checkweighing & Detection Systems (Vision, Metal, X-ray) (IMALAOAH), Radiological & Hazardous Materials Monitoring (Radiation, Asbestos, Lead) (EUAHACAJ)

Keywords

• Radiation detection instruments
• Alpha beta monitoring
• Continuous air monitoring
• Radiation protection instrumentation
• Health physics equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio Rancho

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Radiation Detection Instruments: Bladewerx manufactures and sells a range of radiation detection instruments including the SabreAlert, SabreBPM, SabreISC, SabreASM, cHFM, EpeeCAM, EpeeBZM, and MicroPulser product lines. These are sold as complete instruments with embedded software.
2. Software Applications and Updates: Bladewerx provides software applications (RadNet Client, Epee Calibration Client, and instrument-specific software) with current version updates available to existing customers. Software is bundled with instruments.
3. Speclon Filters and Consumables: Bladewerx sells Speclon PTFE membrane filter media in standard diameters (30mm, 33mm, 37mm, 47mm) and custom sizes, as well as moving filter rolls, packaged in boxes of 100.
4. Repair and Calibration Services: Full-service instrument repair and calibration department offering troubleshooting, product repairs, software updates, and calibration services. An RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) process is used.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bladewerx manufactures and sells portable radiation detection instruments for alpha and beta contamination monitoring in the radiation protection and measurement industry. Its product lineup includes continuous air monitors (SabreAlert³, SabreBPM²), integrated sample counters (SabreISC), alpha survey meters (SabreASM), compact hand and foot monitors (cHFM), and PTFE filter consumables (Speclon), complemented by client software such as RadNet for remote instrument monitoring. The company also operates the Shieldwerx division for neutron and gamma shielding products and provides repair and calibration services for its installed base.

Product overview

Bladewerx provides a comprehensive portfolio of radiation detection instrumentation for the radiation protection and measurement industry. The company specializes in portable alpha-in-air instrumentation and client software applications, with a focus on miniaturization and low power requirements. The product lineup includes continuous air monitors (SabreAlert³, SabreBPM²), sample counters (SabreISC), survey meters (SabreASM), hand and foot monitors (cHFM), and supporting consumables (Speclon PTFE filters). Most instruments are built on the proprietary SabreMCA 256-channel Multi-Channel Analyzer platform or the newer compact EpeeMCA board. Software offerings include RadNet Client for network-based remote monitoring. A subsidiary division, Shieldwerx, provides neutron and gamma shielding products and custom fabrication services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Shieldwerx: A division of Bladewerx LLC providing state-of-the-art neutron and gamma shielding products, custom design and fabrication of shielding materials, and neutron activation foils to the nuclear power and medicine industries, and to many of the world's major accelerator research facilities

Products and services

• SabreAlert³ Continuous Air Monitor (CAM) for alpha and beta radiation detection with integrated 256-channel multi-channel analyzer (SabreMCA), touchscreen display, and advanced radon background subtraction using alpha peak shape fitting algorithm; targeted at health physics and nuclear facility operators.
• SabreBPM² Continuous Air Monitor similar to SabreAlert³, designed for beta and alpha air monitoring with radon rejection capabilities and real-time spectrum analysis for radiation protection professionals.
• SabreISC Integrated Sample Counter for field-deployable alpha/beta activity determinations on filters and swipes, featuring alpha spectroscopy using peak-shape-fitting technology and simultaneous beta reporting; targeted at health physics technicians and nuclear laboratory personnel.
• SabreASM Alpha Survey Meter with radon-rejecting alpha spectroscopy using a 2000 mm² PIPS detector, configurable with up to two energy regions-of-interest or isotopes-of-interest for transuranic surface contamination surveys; targeted at radiation protection surveyors.
• cHFM (Compact Hand & Foot Monitor) Compact Hand & Foot Monitor for alpha/beta contamination monitoring, configurable with up to four gas-flow proportional detectors, featuring automatic background compensation and a footprint of less than 2.5 ft²; designed for personnel contamination monitoring at facility exits.
• Speclon Filters PTFE membrane filter media for alpha-in-air spectroscopy applications, offering improved spectrum resolution and reduced radon progeny background for continuous air monitoring and sampling applications; sold as consumables in standard and custom sizes.
• Shieldwerx Division of Bladewerx providing neutron and gamma shielding products, custom design and fabrication of shielding materials, and neutron activation foils to nuclear power, medicine industries, and major accelerator research facilities.
• EpeeCAM Field-deployable continuous air monitor based on the compact EpeeMCA board, featuring integrated sample counting and analysis capabilities for portable radiation monitoring applications.
• EpeeBZM Portable beta/alpha contamination monitor built on the EpeeMCA platform for field radiation protection applications requiring compact form factor.
• Repair and Calibration Services Full-service instrument repair and calibration offering including troubleshooting, product repairs, software updates, and calibration services for Bladewerx instruments, processed via an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) workflow.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 30% improvement in minimum detectable concentration using Speclon PTFE filters compared to glass fiber, cellulose, or acetate filter media.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ShieldwerxcoreOthersShieldwerx is a division of Bladewerx LLC, not an external partner. It provides state-of-the-art neutron and gamma shielding products, custom design and fabrication of shielding materials, and neutron activation foils to nuclear power, medicine industries, and accelerator research facilities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rotem Industries: Rotem (part of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission ecosystem) supplies radiation monitoring systems, CAMs, and contamination monitors to nuclear and homeland-security customers with comparable technical scope to Bladewerx's Sabre and Shieldwerx product lines.
• Atomtex: Atomtex manufactures portable alpha, beta, and gamma radiation detection instruments aimed at health physics, nuclear power, and security markets; its portable contamination monitors and survey meters directly overlap the use cases served by SabreASM and EpeeBZM.
• NucSafe: NucSafe is a smaller-scale radiation detection and nuclear security instrument maker focused on portable and field-deployable systems, making it a closely comparable size and product-positioning peer to Bladewerx for purposes of valuation and competitive benchmarking.
• Ludlum Measurements: Ludlum is a comparable-size specialty manufacturer of portable radiation detection instruments, survey meters, and contamination monitors that compete directly with the SabreASM, EpeeBZM, and SabreAlert product lines in the same health-physics end market.
• Spectrum Techniques: Spectrum Techniques is a smaller specialty manufacturer of nuclear and radiation physics instrumentation, including MCA hardware and spectroscopy modules, that overlaps with Bladewerx on the core MCA-plus-spectroscopy technology stack used across Sabre and Epee platforms.
• AMETEK ORTEC: ORTEC manufactures multi-channel analyzers, alpha spectroscopy detectors, and nuclear instrumentation modules that directly mirror Bladewerx's SabreMCA / EpeeMCA platforms and Speclon filter-based spectroscopy workflow; it is a true technical peer on the detector-electronics and spectroscopy side.

Broad incumbents

• Mirion Technologies: Mirion is the largest pure-play radiation detection and nuclear measurement vendor, offering continuous air monitors, sample counters, and personnel contamination monitors that directly overlap with the entire Bladewerx Sabre product line; Mirion (including the Canberra brand) sets the procurement-standard vendor list that Bladewerx must displace at most US nuclear sites.
• Tracerco: Tracerco (Johnson Matthey) provides radiation measurement instruments and services to nuclear, oil and gas, and industrial customers, with overlapping continuous air monitoring and contamination monitoring offerings targeting the same health-physics and nuclear-power buyers that Bladewerx serves.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Radiation Measurement & Security): Thermo Fisher's radiation measurement portfolio descends from the Thermo Eberline product line where Bladewerx's CEO and founder both worked; it offers CAMs, hand/foot monitors, and alpha spectroscopy instruments that are head-to-head competitors with SabreAlert³, cHFM, and SabreASM, and is the benchmark incumbents are most likely to be benchmarked against.

Emerging players

• Eco Sensors: Eco Sensors (Santa Fe, NM) is a small specialty sensor manufacturer where Bladewerx's electronics designer Bill Brown led product development; while focused on gas detection rather than radiation, it is comparable in size and customer profile to Bladewerx and informative as a regional smaller-scale instrumentation peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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