An inexpensive automatic pneumatic transfer system for uranium and thorium analysis by delayed neutron counting and for the activation analysis of short-lived radioisotopes has been developed, constructed and installed at the Nuclear Research Center Demokritos. Over 500 samples of solid uranium ore samples or liquid solutions of extracted uranium can be analysed daily by this system. Simplicity, safety, speed of operation, flexibility, sensitivity, accuracy and especially low cost are the main advantages of this analyzer. An improved version, with possibilities of cyclic activation analysis and faster capsule return times for very short-lived radioisotope analysis, is being developed.