Moving confocal system

Posted by Arvydas Matiukas on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Moving-confocal-system-tp592245.html

Our university will be  doing a renovation of the floor where our confocal/2p system (Zeiss LSM510 META NLO)

is located. This means that the confocal system has to be moved (within the same building).

 

Please share your experience on moving (i.e. disassembling/reassembling/adjusting) a working confocal system

and potential caveats/damages related to this procedure.

 

Zeiss/Coherent provided quotes for disassembling/reassembling/adjusting that total to ~$20k. What bothers me most

 is that the quotes do not include coverage of any broken parts, and the mechanical move of the blocks/parts

is single university's responsibility. Under such conditions if there are any problems in adjusting the reassembled

system they will unavoidably be blamed on us, and we will have to pay extra for the "broken" parts.

 

I appreciate sharing any relevant experience/info and/or advocating against the move.

 

Thank you,

Arvydas

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Arvydas Matiukas, Ph.D.
Director of Confocal&Two-Photon Imaging Core Facility
Department of Pharmacology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
766 Irving Ave., WH 3159
Syracuse, NY 13210
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