Automounter

Automounters are intended to help maximize throughput at synchrotron beam lines where heavy shielding and safety interlocks slow manual access to the experiment. A sizable number of crystals can be stored in the hutch, accessed randomly, mounted and dismounted; all without entering the hutch.

MacCHESS has an ALS-style BAM-2 crystal automounter with a 3-axis
Cartesian robot. It holds 9 ALS pucks or Uni-Pucks for a total of 144
samples available. It can also be set up to accept MSC pucks.

Remote data collection
Remote data collection tutorial
PXRR/Biology Department. Automounter Sample Preparation
Puck loading video

Software control of the BAM-2 automounter

Automounter

Automounters are intended to help maximize throughput at synchrotron beam lines where heavy shielding and safety interlocks slow manual access to the experiment. A sizable number of crystals can be stored in the hutch, accessed randomly, mounted and dismounted; all without entering the hutch.

Software control of the BAM-2 automounter

Required equipment for automounter use

Automounter loaner kit

Remote data collection

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Automounter

Automounters are intended to help maximize throughput at synchrotron beam lines where heavy shielding and safety interlocks slow manual access to the experiment. A sizable number of crystals can be stored in the hutch, accessed randomly, mounted and dismounted; all without entering the hutch.

Software control of the BAM-2 automounter

Required equipment for automounter use

Automounter loaner kit

Remote data collection