Month: May 2016

It was reported that TEM was down on 5/25/2016. There were a few problems: water leakage, ODP and high tension. FEI engineer checked TEM and found water leakage at two places yesterday. He also noticed that chiller water temperature was too low. I fixed the problems with water leakage at CCD camera and water chiller today. I started the chiller this evening and will keep running it overnight. I will check the water temperature tomorrow. I hope that the problems can be solved soon.

Dear Kratos-Supra Users,

The XPS mode is now working after replacements with a new x-ray gun and a x-ray power source. The new x-ray gun is an updated version and the emission current is limited at max 20 mA.

All other modes (UPS, GCIS) are working normally as before.

XPS sessions now can be reserved on the website. As always, please check the instrument status and blog before making your reservation.

Thanks,
Ich