[OpenSPIM] Great OpenSPIM setup!

[Kevin W Eliceiri]

Hi Edgar,

This is great, and would be very useful to put all this information on the OpenSPIM page. Could you send details on all when you have? I'm also interested in more information on your modifications to the sample arm. We would be interested in this. Did you discuss this with Jean Depatie from Picard? Be good to make sure any issues are addressed for new systems they ship.


best
kevin

On 01/29/14, edgar.escobar.nieto at ipt.fraunhofer.de wrote:
> Hi Neil, 
> 
> About the changes made to our OpenSPIM setup at Fraunhofer IPT, there are two main changes: 
> 
> *The redesign of the sample arm of the 4D Stage so that a timing belt and timing pulleys can be used instead 
> of the round belt and pulleys included with the 4D Stage. This was done because a slip between the belt 
> and pulleys was identified causing inaccuracies when rotating the sample. I don't know if someone else had this issue, 
> 
> *The redesign of the sample chamber so that the temperature of the medium can be controlled. For doing that a 
> PT100 special for liquids, TO220 resistors and a PID controller were employed. The sample chamber had to 
> be built out of stainless steel so that corrosive effects due to the sample medium can be avoided. 
> 
> I can provide you the drawings and the CAD files, also the part number and manufacturer of the components that 
> were used, just let me organize the information accordingly. 
> 
> I think that would make sense to make this information available through the OpenSPIM wiki so that eveyone can use it if interested. 
> At the same time I could have a feedback about the changes I made and further improvements can be done to the design. What is 
> the opinion of all? 
> 
> Best regards, 
> Edgar 
> 
> 
> 
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