[3dem] Autogrid Clipping Tool Service

[Michael Godfrin]

Hi Everybody,

We are now offering a new service for those of you who clip Autogrids for
the Krios or Arctica cryo-EMs.  Have you been loading your Clipping
Tool with a C-clip but the C-clip keeps flying out of the barrel of the
Tool?  Have you found that, even though you swear you clipped an Autogrid,
a grid falls out of the Autogrid ring and there isn't a C-clip there?

We have clear images
<https://www.nanosoftmaterials.com/clipping-tool-repair-service> that show
progressive damage builds up at the tip of the barrel of Clipping Tools
(where the C-clip is loaded and sits waiting to be clipped) as C-clips are
loaded and unloaded.  This damage can result in unreliable Clipping Tools,
and its removal out of the "rotation" in the workflow - which up to now has
necessitated purchase of a new $1,000 tool.  We are now offering a service
whereby we can reliably and control-ably refurbish the tip of the Clipping
Tool to like-new.   Our process is optimized such that the tip geometry
lies perpendicular to the Autogrid Ring (if it isn't C-clips won't be
ejected into the Autogrid ring appropriately).

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments,
Mike




*Michael Godfrin, PhD*
*President*

*NanoSoft*
1372 Main St.
Coventry, RI 02816
Cell: (401) 829-5527
www.nanosoftmaterials.com

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