title: Upgrade of the CATS sample changer on FIP-BM30A at the ESRF: towards a commercialized standard.
abstract: An upgraded version of the sample changer ;CATS' (Cryogenic Automated Transfer System) that was developed on the FIP-BM30A beamline at the ESRF is presented. At present, CATS is installed at SLS (three systems), BESSY (one system), DLS (two systems) and APS (four systems for the LSCAT beamline). It consists mainly of an automated Dewar with an assortment of specific grippers designed to obtain a fast and reliable mounting/dismounting rate without jeopardizing the flexibility of the system. The upgraded system has the ability to manage any sample standard stored in any kind of puck.
authors.affiliation: Groupe Synchrotron (GSY), Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Cristallogenèse des Protèines (LCCP), Institut de Biologie Structurale J.-P. Ebel, UMR5075 CEA-CNRS-University J. Fourier, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France. jean-luc@ferrer@ibs.fr
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