CRYO-SEM & CRYO-FIB/SEM PREPARATION EDITION III zzzPP3010 Cryo-SEM/Cryo-FIB/SEM Preparation System


KEY FEATURES z High resolution performance on SEM, FE-SEM and FIB/SEMs z Totally gas cooled, including cryo preparation chamber – no boiling nitrogen on the SEM z Efficient cooling (down to at least -190°C)


z 24 hours plus run times on one fill of LN2 are typical – allowing unattended overnight operation (at typical operating temperatures)


OVERVIEW


The PP3010 is a highly automated, easy- to-use, column-mounted, gas-cooled cryo preparation system suitable for most makes and models of SEM, FE-SEM and FIB/SEM.


The PP3010 has all the facilities needed to rapidly freeze, process and transfer specimens. The cryo preparation chamber is turbomolecular pumped and includes tools for cold fracturing, controlled automatic sublimation and sputter coating. After processing, the specimen is transferred from the cryo preparation chamber onto a highly stable SEM cold stage for observation. Cold trapping in the cryo preparation chamber and SEM chamber ensures the whole process is frost-free. Specimen process times are typically between five and ten minutes.


z Large recipe driven touch-screen interface z Automated sublimation, coating and system start up z Superb specimen visibility (including preparation chamber CCD camera) z Fully compatible with SEM beam deceleration/stage bias modes up to 5kV z Off column cooling and pumping systems – minimum mass on the SEM z On-screen data logging and diagnostics z Pumped storage of the cryo transfer device z Prepdek®


z Cryo workflow options z Specialist support and three-year warranty


PRODUCT FEATURES


Mounting, Freezing and Transferring Specimens — easy with the Prepdek® The PP3010 Prepdek®


Workstation workstation is fitted with a slushy


nitrogen freezing station, connected to the pumping system. Rapid freezing reduces ice crystal damage and results in improved specimen preservation. For handling pre-frozen material the Prepdek®


freezing system allows specimens that


have been frozen by alternative freezing methods (or stored field specimens) to be manipulated — in or just above liquid nitrogen — and then transferred under vacuum into the PP3010 preparation chamber for subsequent processing and observation.


Slushy nitrogen freezing station


Additionally the TEM Prep Slusher and Glove Box Interface/Airlock options allow workflow amongst a range of other platforms, including cryo-TEM, cryoultramicrome, XPS, and glove box.


workstation – self contained work area, extra bench space not required


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