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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Greg,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We also have an MLA150 and last year the laser power got very low and It had to be replaced. Yes they are expensive, I´d already bought one to have onsite as a spare
and reduce downtime. When the time came HIMT would not send me a procedure or offer to do some of the job remotely we had to have a service visit. I guess there are some differences between the DWL and the MLA. The engineer did have to do a fair amount
of work in the software. The difference may just be HIMT´s own experience with the replacement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I´m interested to hear if anyone had been allowed to do it themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mark.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu> on behalf of Lewis,William <blewis@eng.ufl.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 12 January 2023 at 01:59<br>
<b>To: </b>Greg Holloway <greg.holloway@uwaterloo.ca>, labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu <labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [labnetwork] Heidelberg Instruments stage interferometer laser replacement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Greg,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I have replaced ours 2 times (DWL66fs model) but purchased from (and with guidance by)Heidelberg. The procedure to install is fairly easy. Heidelberg has given us a price break for self installation
i.e. no service visit. You would need to talk to them about that. Purchasing from Renishaw directly was only about 2K less when they quoted me and there is no installation guarantee. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Yep, it’s not cheap.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Research Service Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">1041 Center Dr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Gainesville, FL 32611<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:walewis@ufl.edu">walewis@ufl.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">3five2-258-zero5zero7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://rsc.aux.eng.ufl.edu/">https://rsc.aux.eng.ufl.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Greg Holloway<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 11, 2023 3:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] Heidelberg Instruments stage interferometer laser replacement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">We have an MLA150 from Heidelberg instruments which we've been running for ~5 years. At the last annual PM, we were told by Heidelberg that the stage interferometer laser was approaching its end
of life, as the signal is getting weaker. Heidelberg quoted us the cost for a refurbished laser unit, and we were surprised by how expensive it was. I was wondering how owners of other Heidelberg Instruments tools have proceeded in this situation? Does everyone
just get the unit directly from Heidelberg, or has anyone attempted any thriftier alternatives such as repairing or replacing themselves?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The laser unit is a Renishaw RLU10-A3-A3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">-Greg Holloway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">QNFCF: University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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