[3dem] Water Cooling System and Vibration Cancellation

[Wim Hagen]

Hi Xiaodi,

Here at EMBL Heidelberg we have water-cooled ceiling panels. 
One Krios sits on a small isolated slab, the other microscopes are in a building with the entire floor as one massive slab, isolated from the rest of the building. The bigger the better!

The big-slab idea works best, small slabs isolate you well from the building, but not from outside trouble (e.g. trucks and other heavy machinery). 
The water-cooled ceiling panels are around the scopes, never above, just in case things start leaking.

The water-cooled panels only make sense when microscope control will be in a separate room. In the microscope room one can then recirculate air which makes it easier to maintain temperature and humidity. With people inside the microscope room all the time, recirculating is trickier as oxygen levels need to be maintained, meaning fresh air needs to be mixed in, this makes temperature and humidity control more demanding.

If there’s trouble with floor vibrations, there are active tables that seem to do a fantastic job, e.g. at NRAMM in down-town Manhattan: their Krios systems sit on active TMC tables which work like a charm.

Best,

Wim Hagen
EMBL Heidelberg

> On 25. Jul 2019, at 18:24, Yu, Xiaodi [JRDUS] <XYu6 at its.jnj.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> Are there any suggestions about the wall-mounted circulating panels (Water Cooling System) and quiet island (Vibration Cancellation) for the microscope?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Xiaodi
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