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:
Well it’s finally in. Kurt and I (actually it was mostly Kurt) worked on this most Monday and Tuesday. I had a bit of a freak out when we first bolted the arm onto the bracket. It really looked like it wasn’t going to fit. However, I was greatly relieved when we unfolded the arm…
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In order to make room for the Epson robot arm we replaced the straight motor/gearbox combo with a 90º gearbox and equivalent motor. BEFORE: AFTER:
The stand to hold the LN2 sample dispensing dewar was installed on Monday of this week. It’s that shiny black post in the middle of the picture.
Rumors abound of the demise of the SIBYLS beamline. No worries fellow scientists the SIBYLS beamline is fully functional. Although the webpage has not been updated in a couple of months progress is being made on many fronts. After an extended shutdown of the ALS for major upgrades to the injector and storgae rings we…
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The last few days I have been primarily focussed on getting the latest BLU-ICE (version 4.5) control software running on our graphics1 computer. I have documented the process fairly well so when all is said and done I should be able to write a back-from-the-dead script so we can go from a bare machine to…
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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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We have received and are in the process of installing a Hamilton Micro LAB 4000 liquid handling system. This “robot” (Greg doesn’t like to call it a robot so I’ll enclose it in quotes) will be put to the task of automating the sample loading and cell washing functions for the SAXS endstation.