[labnetwork] Looking for a MAG.DRIVE 1000 Turbo Pump Controller for a MAG 900 CT Turbo Pump

[Daniel Christensen]

Hi Julia,

Sorry to hear about your Leybold Mag Drive turbo controller.  I have been dreading the day our (last) Mag drive 1000 dies.  I acquired one as backup a few years ago but the drive in use died and was not able to be repaired.  So we are down to our last one and its currently in use.

I  have spent some time looking at the control signals and the good news is that I think you can interface a different pump controller.  We were under the impression for a long time that the interface was something special and required a $100k STS retrofit (that included the new turbo and controller).  I've gotten as far as understanding the Leybold interface and making some notes on how I think it operates.  I have been planning on figuring out how to install a replacement controller that can utilize the existing STS interface signals but I haven't started that.

If you get to the place where you just have to put on a different turbo, I would be happy to share what I've generated.

Good luck!

Dan C
Univ of WI-Madison

From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Aebersold,Julia W.
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2018 4:21 PM
To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: [labnetwork] Looking for a MAG.DRIVE 1000 Turbo Pump Controller for a MAG 900 CT Turbo Pump

We have an older STS DRIE with a Mag 900 CT turbo pump on our DRIE.  The controller (MAG.DRIVE 1000) for the turbo pump wont power up and has died.  So, I am trying to locate a functioning/refurbished controller.  I know these parts are getting very scarce (PTB Sales dos not have one, even though their website says otherwise) so any help would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Julia Aebersold
Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center
University of Louisville
Shumaker Research Building, Room 233
2210 South Brook Street
Louisville, KY  40292
(502) 852-1572

http://louisville.edu/micronano/
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