[3dem] K3 water flow

[Li Xing]

Thank you all for the feedback, which helps us a lot in K3 installation.
Wish you all a very happy holidays!

Best regards,
Li

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 4:47 PM Grassucci, Robert <rg2502 at cumc.columbia.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Li,
> Gatan initially wanted a high flow rate for our K3 install on our Polara
> but had problems with condensation issues.  They tried reducing the flow
> rate of about 12 -15 so that the HS1 and HS2 (your Gatan engineer should
> know what I am referring to) temperatures were closer to 23 and 25 C but
> still had issues maintaining a constant flow.  They ended up giving us a
> small dedicated chiller to solve the issue.  Good luck.
> Bob
>
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> Cc: Li Xing <lxing3 at uci.edu>
> Subject: [3dem] K3 water flow
>
> We would like to upgrade to K3 camera on our JEOL microscope. According to
> Gatan system requirements, K3 DED camera requires higher water flow rate
> (30L/h) and higher inlet pressure (90psd) than the K2 camera, however, the
> capacity for our JEOL water chiller is 60psi. I wonder if any other lab
> have the same issue and appreciate you input. Thank you!
>
> Li
>
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