Specimen Preparation Equipment

Various equipment for TEM and SEM specimen preparation, including slow-speed diamond/wire saw; ultrasonic/rotation disc cutter; dimpling grinder; metallurgical polishing wheel; ion-polishing PIPS/PIPS II; plasma nanoclean; Au/C sputter coater. Specimen preparation devices include:

  • Allied multi-prep lapping and grinding machine
  • Branson ultrasonic cleaner 2200
  • Buehler Isomet slow speed saw
  • Cressington Au sputter coater
  • Cressington Carbon coater
  • Fischione ultrasonic disc cutter
  • Fischione plasma nanoclean
  • Gatan PIPS 691
  • Gatan PIPS II 695
  • Gatan dimple grinder 656
  • Intek optical microscope
  • Leica stereo microscope ZOOM 2000
  • SBT lapping and polishing machine 910
  • SBT rotation cutter 360
  • VCR Group Inc. Dimpler D500i

VCR Group Inc DimplerD 500i

VCR Group Inc DimplerD 500i

Allied multiprep lapping and grinding machine

Allied multiprep lapping and grinding machine

Gatan 691 PIPS

Gatan 691 PIPS

Gatan PIPS II

Gatan PIPS II