The TEM was found down. Trouble shooting is in progress.
Grand ARM went down evening of 6/20 and up at 8:30pm on 6/24
Grand ARM’s COSMO software does not start up after a fatal crash. We are working with JEOL to address this issue.
Tescan SEM down on 5/2/2019 and fixed on the same day
Battery and water issues occurred last night. Engineers are informed.
Tescan GAIA3 down on 4/15/2019 6pm and up on 4/17/2019 at noon
Tescan GAIA3 is down on 4/15/2019 at 6pm because of control problem.
2800 Gun service is done (3/20/19-4/4/19) and operational
Dear 2800 users
JEOL 2800’s gun is going to replaced soon and the replacement gun is arriving 3/20. The scope will be usable till the end of 3/19. Then, the microscope will not unusable until the new gun is conditioned and up.
2800 is down and being baked and up
JEOL 2800 is currently being baked. A JEOL engineer reinstalled the OL aperture drive to the microscope. The column was vented and then put into an overnight bake. The scope will be conditioned and brought up tomorrow morning.
Grand ARM was serviced from 3/12-3/14, now available for users
Grand ARM developed some instabilities which could be attributed to the high voltage. A JEOL engineer is going to troubleshoot the microscope’s instabilities for a few days this week. We confirmed that the microscope will be usable in the evening.
2100F is down for the afternoon of March 11 and up by the end of the day
JEOL-2100F developed oil leak in the vacuum system that needs to be fixed very soon. The scope will be down till the end of the day.
2800 Gun got checked and now operational
Dear users
JEOL 2800 is suffering from a very low emission current and JEOL will check the gun on 3/7 and 3/8/19. Because the gun is under performing greatly, it might take sometime to get the gun healthy. Please stay tuned on the update.
Thanks,
IMRI staff
Tescan LMIS source replacement started on 1/24/2019 and up on 1/29/2019
The Ga source run out. The Tescan engineer is placing the Ga LMIS with a new one starting from yesterday. This normally takes for 2 days. The progress is good. so it might be done for 1.5 days this time.