[3dem] carbon coating devices

[Reinhard Rachel]

	>>> 03.06.2020 at 23:22:
> Does anyone have experience with the Leica ACE600 carbon coater/metal
sputter 
> coater? I am very wary of buying a dual purpose device like this as our only

> way to make carbon films for TEM grids, but I may be being overly cautious.

> If anyone has thoughts or experiences, please let me know.

Hi David, 
the three which I rank pretty high, right now: 

- the carbon coater Cressington 208 carbon - which we use regularly, to our
great satisfaction (> 5 yrs)
- the Leica family of coaters ... incl the ACE 600: no doubt, that's a good
product. 
- the Safematic products: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.safematic.ch__;!!Mih3wA!T2DucU82DUYhmdZ9P5jjoc8Y-9Qe9bTRKtpP9qms0OnQTiU-RrmZixXjTL3h2mINVw$  - from a colleague of mine, I know
that this also works fine. Modular. Still fairly new and neat design incl
clever ideas. 
It also depends on the specific needs in your dept, for your applications. 
and of course of the support / maintenance, and the distributor and price,
locally. 
kind regards,
Reinhard


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