[3dem] substitute for the Edwards carbon evaporator?

[Gomez Llorente, Yacob]

Dear all,
Thank you very much for your answers and your personal emails.
They are very useful.
I assumed but didn't clarify that I would need the machine for carbon and gold coating for cryoEM single particle. Therefore the thinness and high quality of the films are the key parameters.
For what I can see, thermal evaporation vs sputtering and replacing the oil pump with a scroll or diaphragm pump are the key features.

Please, don't hesitate to keep posting experiences.

Thank you very much!
Yacob






-----Original Message-----
From: Bruno M. Humbel [mailto:bruno.humbel at unil.ch] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:21 AM
To: Reinhard Rachel; ms3289 at cornell.edu; Gomez Llorente, Yacob; 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: [3dem] substitute for the Edwards carbon evaporator?

We are now buying the CCU010 modular high vacuum metal and carbon coater 
from Safematic that will be delivered end of the week.

One of the reasons to choose for this coater is the genius system to reload 
the carbon thread without breaking the vacuum giving a great flexibility for 
the thickness of the layer.

In addition ours comes with Pt, Cr, W, ITO targets

As Reinhard says, it is certainly worthwhile to have a look at this system.
Best regards, Bruno

http://www.safematic.ch/e/index.php



-----Original Message----- 
From: Reinhard Rachel
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 8:13 AM
To: ms3289 at cornell.edu ; yacob.gomez.llorente at merck.com ; 
3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu
Subject: [3dem] substitute for the Edwards carbon evaporator?

dear coater fans,

yes, we too are using the 208C model from Cressington. It works great. It 
comes with an oil free vacuum system. It has a small foot print, easy to use 
;-) and everybody is happy.

there is an alternative which came onto the market only recently. You should 
have a closer look to this:
http://www.safematic.ch/e/ccu-010-hv.php
what I have seen on an exhibition (and I had a closer look), this is a 
wonderful tool to work with. Convincing, in all details. And highly 
flexible.

kind regards,
Reinhard

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