[labnetwork] SRD inserts

[Keith Franklin]

Good afternoon all,

Our lab currently supports 6" round, 4" round & 4" square substrates & are
looking into efficient ways of easy start to finish processing.  Has anyone
here used SRD rotor inserts?  Having learnt many years ago that allowing
our users to freely change rotors was (ahem) unwise, we currently have
multiple SRD's in each wet processing area, each configured for a different
substrate geometry.  Based on usage, this is not an efficient use of space,
and increases the overall cost of operation (meaning more things to
maintain and repair).

We are currently entertaining the idea of having one SRD per wet processing
area configured with a 6" round rotor, and purchasing "balanced inserts"
that would then fit the appropriate cassette.  For reasons mentioned above,
this is extremely attractive to us.  After engaging with the vendor (in
this case Sitek), I was surprised to see the cost is quite significant.

I would value any input, advice or feedback any of you may be able to
provide.

Kind Regards,
Keith


Keith Franklin

Operations Manager

University of Alberta - nanoFAB

W1-060 ECERF Building

9107 - 116 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

Canada T6G 2V4 Ph: 780-492-0170
www.nanofab.ualberta.ca
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