[OpenSPIM] Great OpenSPIM setup!

[Neil Anthony]

Hi Edgar, thanks for the details and thanks for sharing.  I'll look 
forward to seeing the details/files on the wiki.
Great stuff!

Neil

On 1/29/2014 9:01 AM, Luke Stuyvenberg wrote:
> Hi Edgar,
>
> On 1/29/2014 6:09 AM, edgar.escobar.nieto at ipt.fraunhofer.de wrote:
>> *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,
> I haven't noticed any trouble with belt slippage, but it's good to 
> know this may be a problem (and moreover that there is an excellent 
> solution available.)
>
>> *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.
> This is great stuff. Do you know off-hand if these devices are stable 
> over time? i.e. four hours, eight, twenty-four? I suspect good 
> temperature control may improve time-lapse recording somewhat...
>
>> 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?
> By all means! That's what the wiki is there for, after all.
>
> Thanks for sharing!
> Luke

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