Re: Design specifications for an imaging core

Posted by Vladimir Ghukasyan-2 on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Design-specifications-for-an-imaging-core-tp5008946p5009263.html

Dear List,

In regards to that issue I have a couple of somewhat specific questions:

1. What design of deflectors for HVAC exhaust do you put for even air
distribution? Is it possible to get any pictures?
2. Which company/material provider did you apply for the dark curtains?

Thank you in advance,
Vladimir


On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Nessler, Randy A
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Just a word of caution: the suggested space type requirements/room size
> in the document is probably a MINIMUM for the system and some might feel
> claustrophobic if you follow those guidelines, so just a word of
> warning.  Been there, did that, oops.
>
> Randy Nessler
> University of Iowa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]]
> On Behalf Of Phillips, Thomas E.
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:06 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: Design specifications for an imaging core
>
> When you buy a zeiss confocal, they send you a thick document with all
> the required specifications that they want you to sign off on assuring
> that you have them before they arrive. It includes the power,
> temperature, space type requirements. I would ask a zeiss rep for a copy
> of that document because it is probably similar for all confocals.
>
>
> Thomas E. Phillips, Ph.D
> Professor of Biological Sciences
> Director, Molecular Cytology Core
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> University of Missouri
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]]
> On Behalf Of Martin Wessendorf
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:02 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Design specifications for an imaging core
>
> Dear All--
>
> Some space here is being remodeled for use as an imaging core and it'd
> be helpful to know what other institutions have specified (or WISH they
> had specified) as requirements for the space.  (It'd also be helpful to
> know what people think, in retrospect, was a waste of money.)
>
> One thing that particularly concerns me is temperature stability--we
> really don't want 5-degree C air from the air-conditioning system
> blasting down onto a microscope that's in the middle of a z-series.
> However, I can only guess at the limits of acceptability.  What have
> other groups specified and found works?  I expect that saying "hold the
> set-point +/- 0 degrees" isn't going to be helpful to the contractor.
>
> --My recollection is that the list has covered similar topics in the
> recent past, but the search terms I've tried aren't coming up with the
> hits I'm looking for.
>
> Thanks--
>
> Martin Wessendorf
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