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Gatan PIPS II 695 Owner's Manual And User's Manual (190 pages)

Precision Ion Polishing System

Brand: Gatan | Category: Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner | Size: 7.19 MB

Safety Information
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Symbols and Attention Symbols
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Product Safety Information
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Preface
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Copyright and Trademarks
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Disclaimer
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Support
6
Returns
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Overview
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Features of the Precision Ion Polishing System
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Figure 1-1 PIPS II, Basic System, Front View
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Main Work Chamber
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Figure 1-2 Work Chamber, Top View
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Vacuum System
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Figure 1-3 Work Chamber, Cross-Section View
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Figure 1-4 Vacuum System
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Figure 1-5 Gas-Control System
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Electrical System
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The Standard Operating Mode
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Installation
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Site Requirements
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Unpacking
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Installation
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Figure 2-1 View of Connections on Rear of Cabinet
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Figure 2-2 Camera System Mount Onto the PIPS II
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Figure 2-3 Microscope Front to Back Alignment
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Figure 2-4 Microscope Left to Right Alignment
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Operation
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Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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Figure 3-1 Milling Page
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Figure 3-2 Setting the Milling Duration
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Figure 3-3 Setting the Modulation Mode
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Figure 3-4 Setting the Language
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Figure 3-5 Recipes Page
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Figure 3-6 Status Bar, Showing a Recipe Is Running
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Figure 3-7 Status Bar, Showing a Recipe Is Completed Successfully
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Figure 3-8 Edit Recipe Page
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Figure 3-9 Adding a Recipe Step
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Figure 3-10. Deleting a Recipe Step
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Figure 3-11 Copying a Recipe
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Figure 3-12 Creating a New Recipe: Enter the Name
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Figure 3-13 Alignment Page
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Figure 3-14 Camera Page
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Figure 3-15. Viewing Page
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Figure 3-16 General Settings Page
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Figure 3-17 Setting the Gas Inlet Used for the Guns
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Figure 3-18 Choosing the Calibration Table Used for the Argon Gas Inlet
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Figure 3-19. Milling Sectors
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Figure 3-20 Heaters Settings Page
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Figure 3-21 Auto-Terminator Page
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Figure 3-22 Gas Flow Calibration
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Figure 3-23 Motorized Guns Calibration
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Figure 3-24 Properly Aligned Stage in the Home Position
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Figure 3-25 Stage Home Position Calibration
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Figure 3-26 Temperature Sensor Calibration
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Figure 3-27 Pressure Calibration
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Figure 3-28 Foreline Gauge Calibration
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Figure 3-29 Cold Cathode Gauge Calibration
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Figure 3-30. Vacuum Page
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Figure 3-31 Gun Readings
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Figure 3-32 Gun Tilt Page
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Figure 3-33 Network Page
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Figure 3-34 Software Maintenance Page
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Start-Up Procedure
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Figure 3-35. Software Configuration Page
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Figure 3-36 Clock Page
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Figure 3-37 Milling Page
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Specimen Loading and Unloading
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Figure 3-38 Lowering the Stage
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Figure 3-39 Specimen Mount in Raised and Working Positions
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Specimen Viewing
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Figure 3-40 Camera Page
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Shutter Control
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Specimen Rotation
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Figure 3-41 Viewing Page
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Centering the X-Y Stage
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Figure 3-42 Specimen Mount Raised and in the Home Position
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Centering the Point of Interest
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Figure 3-43 X-Y Alignment, Steps 7 (Left) and 8 (Right)
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Figure 3-44 X-Y Alignment, Steps 10 (Left) and 11 (Right)
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Figure 3-45 X-Y Alignment, Step 12
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Gun Gas-Flow Adjustment
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Figure 3-46 X-Y Alignment, Steps 14 (Left) and 15 (Right)
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Figure 3-47 Operating Characteristics of the PIG
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Aligning the Beam
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Figure 3-48 X and Z-Alignment Device Screws
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Figure 3-49 Alignment Ellipse Observed in the Beam
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Ion-Beam Modulation
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Figure 3-50 Gun Knob with Gun Alignment Knobs Installed
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Figure 3-51 Modulation Modes
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Figure 3-52 Beam Modulation
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Manual Shutdown Procedure
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Specimen Preparation
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Disk Preparation
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Figure 4-1 Gatan Model 601 Ultrasonic Cutting Tool
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Figure 4-2 Gatan Model 659.00001 Disk Punch
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Figure 4-3 Gatan Model 623 Disk Grinder
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Figure 4-4 Disk Grinding: Initial and Final
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Figure 4-5 Sample Disk after Dimple Grinding (Not to Scale)
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Figure 4-6 Gatan Model 656 Dimple Grinder
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Table 1 Polishing Wheel Diameter Versus Dimple Depth
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Table 2 Optimum Initial Specimen Disc Thickness
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Figure 4-7 Specimen Disc Geometry
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Figure 4-8 Cross Section Specimen Preparation
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Figure 4-9 Cross Section Specimen Preparation
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Specimen Mounting
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Figure 4-10 Cross Section Specimen Preparation
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Figure 4-11 Duoposts, Glue Type and Clamp Type
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Figure 4-12 Clamp-Type Post and Loading Dock
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Figure 4-13 Mounting a Sample, Steps 1 and 2
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Figure 4-14 Mounting a Sample, Steps 4 and 5
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Figure 4-15 Mounting a Sample, Step 8
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Figure 4-16 Graphite Holder
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Figure 4-17 Graphite Holder Loading Dock
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Ion-Beam Milling
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Table 3 Typical Milling Rates
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Table 4 Bulk/Rim Thickness Vs. Minimum Milling Angle
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Table 5 PIPS II Milling Parameters
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Routine Maintenance and Servicing
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Cleaning the Viewing Port
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Table 6 Maintenance Operations
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Cleaning the Airlock Vacuum Seals
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Figure 5-1 Viewing Port and O-Rings
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Cleaning the Specimen-Mount Assembly
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Figure 5-2 Specimen Mount Removal
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Figure 5-3 Specimen-Mount and Window Assembly
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Cleaning the Cold-Cathode Gauge Tube
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Figure 5-4 Cold-Cathode Gauge Tube
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Cleaning the Shutter
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Figure 5-5 Cleaning the Shutter
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Care of Penning Ion Guns
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Figure 5-6. Removal and Disassembly of Ion Guns
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Figure 5-7 Ion Source and Magnet Assembly
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Figure 5-8 Removal of Anode Assembly and Anode Cup Insulator
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Figure 5-9 Removing Anode Cup Assembly/Front Pole Piece
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Figure 5-10 Focus Electrode Assembly
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Removing the Cover
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Figure 5-11 Cover Removal
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Replacing the MDP Oil Cartridge
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Diaphragm Pump Maintenance
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Figure 5-12 Molecular Drag Pump Removal
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Cleaning the Work Chamber
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Cleaning the Shutter Piston
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Motor Drive Replacement
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Figure 5-13 Shutter Servicing
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Replacing the Stage Encoder
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Figure 5-14 Motor Drive Removal
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Replacing the Sample Mount
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Figure 5-15 Replacing the Encoder
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Figure 5-16 Sample Mount Removal
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Replacing the Bellows Assembly
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Figure 5-17 Whisperlok Assembly
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Cleaning the Rotate-Shaft Quad-Seal
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Checking the Specimen Height
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Figure 5-18 Checking the Specimen Height
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Figure 5-19 Correct Beam Angle Setting
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Replacing the Gas Manifold
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Figure 5-20 Sample Height Adjustment
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Figure 5-21 Gas Manifold Assembly
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Replacing a Mass Flow Controller (MFC)
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Figure 5-22 MFC Removal. Unplugging the Power/Signal Cable from the
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Figure 5-23 MFC Removal. Loosening the M3 Screw that Secures the MFC
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Replacing the Touchscreen
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Figure 5-24 Touch Display Assembly
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Figure 5-25 Connections for Touch Display
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Replacing the High Voltage Power Supply
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Figure 5-26 HVPS Location
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Replacing the Control Pcas (CPU, I/O)
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Figure 5-27 Removing Cables from the I/O PCA
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Figure 5-28 PCA Assembly
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Figure 5-29 PCA Connector Locations and Associated Cable Part Numbers
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List of O-Rings
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List of Cables
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Trouble Shooting
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PIPS II Options
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Cold Stage Option
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Figure 7-1 System with Cold Stage Installed
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Figure 7-2 Settings Page
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Figure 7-3 Sample and Cold Conductor Temperature over Time
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Figure 7-4 Sample and Cold Conductor Temperature over Time
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Figure 7-5 Interior Chamber Showing the Cold Conductor with New Brushes. 156 Figure 7-6 Open Chamber Showing Access to Cold Stage
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Figure 7-7. Dewar Assembly Installed in Manifold
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End-Point Detection
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Figure 7-8 Autoterminator Sensor Top View
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Figure 7-9 Autoterminator Shown in Working Position
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Digital Zoom Microscope Option
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Figure 7-10 Autoterminator Page
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Figure 7-11 System with Digital Zoom Microscope
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Figure 7-12 DM Environment
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Figure 7-13 DM Open Image Series
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Figure 7-14 DM Standard Tools
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Figure 7-15 DM Main Menu
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Figure 7-16 DM Histogram Window
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Figure 7-17 DM ROI Menu
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Figure 7-18 DM Slice Tool
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Figure 7-19 DM Slice Player
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Figure 7-20 DM Video Compression
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Figure 7-21 DM Ion Polish Control Window
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Figure 7-22 DM Ion Polish Camera Control Window
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Figure 7-23 DM PIPS II Record Options Window
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Figure 7-24 Camera Page
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Motorized Gun Tilt
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Figure 7-25 PIPS II with Motorized Gun Tilt
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Gatan Hardware Product Warranty
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