SIBYLS has installed new robotics that halve the time it takes to collect a full 96-well plate, from approximately 5 hours to 2.5 hours per plate (with the potential to collect a plate in 10 minutes over the coming year). We believe this will be a game changer for many reasons. We will be able…
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Our new pixel array detector, a [Pilatus3 2M](https://www.dectris.com/PILATUS3_SandX.html#main_head_navigation) from dectris, arrived at LBNL on July 27, 2015 and was installed on the SAXS endstation at SIBYLS beamline 12.3.1. The first user data was collected on August 19, 2015.
ADSC was very helpful in making some subtle adjustments to the detector gain maps so that the background of the images collected with our newly upgraded Q315r detector are much more uniform. Before …
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The SIBYLS beamline Kohzu monochromator has often exhibited hysteresis when moving the theta 2 motor. This manifests itself in a decaying beam and suboptimal intensity. In order to fully understand the problem it helps to have a general understanding of the motors in the monochromator. The figure below illustrates the various motors and their relative…
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Yeah! Come collect data on our newly upgraded ADSC Q315r area detector. Here is the "proof"
It’s gone! We boxed up our Q315 yesterday and sent it back to ADSC for an upgrade to the Q315r model. Essentially this is an upgrade to the amplifiers that read out the CCDs and the other associated electronics for getting the raw images to the detector computers for processing. The fiber optic…
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In order to make room for the new robot sample dewar we’ve reconfigured the xyz stage and mounting hardware for the Oxford Cryojet. As you can see from these two photos the cryojet is now securely fastened to the gold sample stand. BACK: FRONT: This is the contraption that was supporting the cryojet previously:
In preparation for our implementation of the SAM crystal mounting robot we’ve reorganized the equipment rack to accommodate a new graphics workstation that will be the primary interface for users collecting PX data. Additionally we’ve set up dual monitors so that users can collect data and control the beamline on one LCD and process data…
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