Re: Design specifications for an imaging core

Posted by Peter Gabriel Pitrone on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Design-specifications-for-an-imaging-core-tp5008946p5009540.html

Hello Martin,

> 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

What about designing the air conditioning to blow from the sides or corners of the room at knee to waist level instead of from the top? Duct socks are a good idea to have in either case. And maybe you could get a rainbow vacuum cleaner (in each room?) for cleaning the air of dust particles and other debris (http://www.rainbowsystem.com/rainbowsystem/main/?lg=english).

Happy Imaging!!!

Pete

P.S. I am NOT an evil door to door sales man selling snake oil (or vacuums for that matter), and I don't have any commercial interest in this product (although I do have personal interest).


On May 5, 2010, at 16:01 PM, Martin Wessendorf wrote:

> 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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