antivibration table

[Cromey, Douglas W - (dcromey)]

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A colleague here just received delivery of a Leica Versa slide scanner (looks like an upright light microscope with motorized slide feeding mechanism, capable of brightfield and fluorescence).

The vendor is recommending an antivibration table, any recommendations?

In it's final location the scanner will be in an interior room, on the 5th floor. I'm told that a table 30x30 or 30x36 (inches) would work for them.

Doug

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Dear Doug,

I would go for Accurion stages, I4 series. I use one with confocal and STED microscope and it's doing it's job perfectly.

Best,
Oskar




W dniu 2019-11-15 09:34:32 użytkownik Cromey, Douglas W - (dcromey) <[hidden email]> napisał:

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> A colleague here just received delivery of a Leica Versa slide scanner (looks like an upright light microscope with motorized slide feeding mechanism, capable of brightfield and fluorescence).
>
> The vendor is recommending an antivibration table, any recommendations?
>
> In it's final location the scanner will be in an interior room, on the 5th floor. I'm told that a table 30x30 or 30x36 (inches) would work for them.
>
> Doug
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> Dept. of Cellular &amp; Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona
> Life Sciences North, Room 463
> 1333 N. Martin Ave, Tucson, AZ  85721 USA
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Dear Doug,
The footprint, I understand, is going to be small. If you have any
reasonable quality (i.e. not fancy) vibration isolation table, putting a
minus k (minusk.com) breadboard on top of that should work well. In
fact, if you are not in a very noisy environment, and you have a stout
regular table, putting a minus k on top of that might just work too. No
commercial interest, just a satisfied customer...
Sudipta
p.s. Borrowing a vibration measurement instrument from your mechanical
or civil engg colleague will reveal the true picture

On 2019-11-14 13:34, Cromey, Douglas W - (dcromey) wrote:

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> A colleague here just received delivery of a Leica Versa slide scanner
> (looks like an upright light microscope with motorized slide feeding
> mechanism, capable of brightfield and fluorescence).
>
> The vendor is recommending an antivibration table, any recommendations?
>
> In it's final location the scanner will be in an interior room, on the
> 5th floor. I'm told that a table 30x30 or 30x36 (inches) would work
> for them.
>
> Doug
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Douglas W. Cromey, M.S. - Associate Scientific Investigator
> Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona
> Life Sciences North, Room 463
> 1333 N. Martin Ave, Tucson, AZ  85721 USA
>
> office:  LSN 463        email:
> [hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>
> voice:  520-626-2824       fax:  [phone]
>
> http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/micro
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I agree that it would be a good idea to work out what kind of isolation you need - low power widefield scanning is a lot less sensitive top minor vibration than, for example, a super-resolution confocal.  

If you just need to filter out minor high frequency vibrations, a simple breadboard standing on "feet" of firm carpet padding does the job for almost no cost.  

As Sudipta pointed out you can spend a bit more on breadboards from Minusk or Vistek (we use the latter; no commercial interest).  These are often sufficient for widefield systems if they're not sharing a room with a major vibration source like older gas lasers or a cheap compressor.  

Of course a true air table will give you full peace of mind, for a greater cost in $$ and floor space.  

Best,


T

Timothy Feinstein, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Department of Developmental Biology
University of Pittsburgh

 


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    Dear Doug,
    The footprint, I understand, is going to be small. If you have any
    reasonable quality (i.e. not fancy) vibration isolation table, putting a
    minus k (minusk.com) breadboard on top of that should work well. In
    fact, if you are not in a very noisy environment, and you have a stout
    regular table, putting a minus k on top of that might just work too. No
    commercial interest, just a satisfied customer...
    Sudipta
    p.s. Borrowing a vibration measurement instrument from your mechanical
    or civil engg colleague will reveal the true picture
   
    On 2019-11-14 13:34, Cromey, Douglas W - (dcromey) wrote:
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    > A colleague here just received delivery of a Leica Versa slide scanner
    > (looks like an upright light microscope with motorized slide feeding
    > mechanism, capable of brightfield and fluorescence).
    >
    > The vendor is recommending an antivibration table, any recommendations?
    >
    > In it's final location the scanner will be in an interior room, on the
    > 5th floor. I'm told that a table 30x30 or 30x36 (inches) would work
    > for them.
    >
    > Doug
    >
    > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    > Douglas W. Cromey, M.S. - Associate Scientific Investigator
    > Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona
    > Life Sciences North, Room 463
    > 1333 N. Martin Ave, Tucson, AZ  85721 USA
    >
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