[3dem] Gatan Turbo Pumping Station

[Conway, James Frederick]

Dear Colleagues,

I have a Gatan 655 Pumping Station, bought in 2005, that won't start, and Gatan have diagnosed the circuit board as the likely culprit. However, they have no replacement part, and apparently its different from the current model (although it looks the same from the outside):
  http://www.gatan.com/products/tem-specimen-holders/turbo-pumping-station
Since the need is urgent, and a new machine is more than a bake sale and the petty cash jar will cover, I am asking if anyone has one of these from ~2005 that may be broken (permanently) in another way (eg, turbopump) and from which we might scavenge the internal circuitry. The serial number of my machine is 05052301, to give a rough and uneducated idea of what may be compatible. Please contact me with any leads so that I can discuss a solution.

Thank you,

James Conway
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James Conway, PhD.,
Associate Professor, Department of Structural Biology
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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