Last modification: 05-Feb-2007

The marresearch easymountTM

The new standard for fast screening of frozen samples


  Chapters:    Overview   |   Downloads

1. Overview

The easymount is an option for the marresearch desktop beamline ® (mardtb), our multi-purpose goniometer. It can be added to any new mardtb or it can be purchased as an upgrade to any existing mardtb.
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The easymount is a system developed by marresearch which makes mounting of frozen crystals extremely simple. Even the most unexperienced user will be able to safely mount and retrieve crystals without quality loss. With the easymount you can screen your crystals and select the best one for data collection without having to fear that the crystal is lost when removed from the diffractometer.

Automatic sample load:
Take your vial from the dewar, clip it onto the server arm, press the LOAD-button on the button box (remote control unit) and you are done.

Automatic centering:
Crystal centering is done by point and click on your computer. The motorized goniometer-head moves the crystal to the center of the beam within seconds.

Automatic sample unload:
Want to try another crystal? Press the LOAD-button again, fill the empty vial with liquid Nitrogen, clip it onto the server arm, press the LOAD-button once more and the crystal will be placed in the vial and removed from the goniometer head. It can now safely be placed in the Dewar.

Automatic crystal annealing:
Does your crystal require annealing? No problem, with the built-in anneal-command you can do this from the control-computer.


Ask for a quotation!

2. Downloads

Download the easymountTM product brochure and our movies and convince yourself how easy crystal mounting and retrieving can be.

Quicktime movies use the H.264 codec and therefore require Apple Quicktime ≥7.0.
Real Media movies use the RealVideo 10 codec and therefore require Real Media Player ≥10.0.
Flash movies require a Flash Player, e.g. the Adobe Flash Player.

All movies are full size with 768x576 pixels resolution.

Movie Format Size (MB) Action
Sample load Quicktime 5.6
Real Media 5.1
Shockwave Flash 4.8
Sample unload Quicktime 11.7
Real Media 8.1
Shockwave Flash 7.6
Crystal centering Quicktime 0.8
Real Media 3.0
Shockwave Flash 2.7
Crystal annealing Quicktime 10.9
Real Media 5.4
Shockwave Flash 4.9
easymount brochure pdf 0.22

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