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Materials Preparation Equipment

Full Materials Preparation Suite Including:

  • 18 grinding / polishing units
  • 3 Auto-polishing Systems
  • 2 Electro-polishing units.
  • 2 high precision cut-off wheels.
  • 3 heated mounting presses.

Dedicated Electron Microscopy Preparation Suite Including:

  • Plasma Cleaner
  • Broad-beam Ion Milling for TEM prep
  • Broad-beam Ion Milling for SEM Prep
  • Dimple Grinder
  • Ultrasonic Disc Cutter
  • 2 Twin Jet Polishers

Materials Preparation Equipment

ATM Saphir 550 AutoPolisher

Auto Polisher

Gatan Solarus Plasma Cleaner

Gatan Solarus Plasma Cleaner

ATM Opal 410 Mounting Press

Mounting Press

                           
              

Advanced Electron Microscope Preparation Equipment    

Hitachi IM4000 Plus Ion Beam Miller

Hitachi IM4000 Plus Ion Beam Miller

Gatan PIPSII Ion Beam Miller

Gatan PIPSII Ion Beam Miller

Struers Tenupol-5 Twin Jet Polisher

Struers Tenupol-5 Twin Jet Polisher

 

 

 

Image of Opal 410 & Saphir 550 Courtesy of ATM
Image of Solarus & PIPS II Courtesy of Gatan
Image of Tenupol-5 Courtesy of Struers
Image of IM4000 Courtesy of Hitachi