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Vacuum News Specialized instruments serve a wide range of applications areas in industry, research and medicine. The product line includes the following systems : (i) stable isotope mass spectrometer; (ii) pure gas trace component analyser ; (iii) respiratory gas analyser; (iv) fermentation gas analyser ; and (v) process control mass spectrometer.
time-of-flight technology. Its current SIMS product, PRISM, is enjoying a market leading position in imaging time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. The combined expertise of Kratos and JOhns Hopkins University is expected to result in major advances in time-of-flight instrumentation. Further information from : Geoff Warburton Kratos Analytical Ltd Barton Dock Road Urmston Manchester M31 2LD Tel 061 865 4466 Fax 061 864 0707
Further information from : Wendy Arrowsmith VSW Scientific I nstru ments Warwick Road South Old Trafford Manchester M16 0JT Tel 061 881 6213 Fax 061 881 4624
First edition
of the Optical
Coating Catalogue f r o m
Balzers The new optical coatings catalogue from Balzers High Vacuum includes details of the company's extensive range of standard thin film coatings for a wide range of industrial and research applications in areas such as aviation; military; aerospace; film and television; computers and medical. Most of the coatings listed are available Ex Stock Milton Keynes.
N e w building f o r V A T Japan Valve manufacturer VAT is building a new factory in the west Japanese city of Ako. With a floor space of 1330 m z (14,300 sq ft) it will accommodate t w o clean rooms. This new facility will serve as customer support and service centre for the Kansai and Kyushu area. Together with the present support and service centre of SKK Vacuum Engineering Ltd in Yokohama, this will provide total support over the whole of Japan. Further information from : Andrew Witkin VAT Vacuum Products Ltd 235 Regents Park Road Finchley London N3 3LG Tel 081 346 1999 Fax 081 343 1104
Details and examples of Balzers" custom design and manufacturing service are also outlined in the new catalogue. Further information from : Jim Rees Balzers High Vacuum Ltd Bradborne Drive Tilbrook Milton Keynes MK7 8AZ Tel 0908 373333 Fax 0908 377776
K r a t o s announce Technology License agreement w i t h Johns Hopkins University Kratos Analytical has announced a Technology License agreement with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. The agreement involves mass spectrometry techniques and instrumentation in biochemical and biotechnology-related analyses and, in particular, the use of time-of-flight technology. Kratos will work in close collaboration with R J Cotter and his group at Johns Hopkins University. Dr Cotter is Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Johns Hopkins and Director of the Middle Atlantic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, a National Science Foundation Shared Instrumentation Facility. His research group has been involved for a number of years in the development of time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the analysis of biological molecules using ir and uv lasers and fast atom or ion beams as desorption and ionization sources. The group's on-going development of time-of-flight technology is also currently supported by the National Institutes of Health. Co-workers in the project include research associate Timothy Cornish and graduate student Marc Chevrier. Kratos Analytical's involvement in time-of-flight instrumentation has been in the analysis of surfaces where it has gained an enviable reputation in the development of high performance, reflection-based, 64
N e w brochure from Granville-Phillips describes instrumentation designed to help increase vacuum process p r o d u c t i v i t y The literature features Granville- Phillips productivity enhancing vacuum gauges, controllers, and valves used to measure and control pressure from atmosphere to ultra-high vacuum. The instrumentation can be configured to fit specific application needs using analogue and digital displays, process set points, modular packaging, and numerous output options. A graph displaying the measuring ranges and features of each gauge controller is included. Further information from : Lisa A Whitten Granville-Phillips Co 5675 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder CO 80303, USA Tel 303-443-7660 Fax 303-443-2546
Economical uhv diffusion p u m p f r o m Russia A new design of ultra-high vacuum diffision pump has been developed at the Academy of Sciences in Siberia. This pump, having extremely low oil vapour backstreaming (like Diffstak, Edwards or Crystal, Alcatel) differs from the world known commercial pumps in the following ways : (i) electric power is reduced more than 2 times; (ii) cooling water throughput is reduced 5-10 times ; (iii) warm-up time is 8 min ;
time-of-flight technology. Its current SIMS product, PRISM, is enjoying a market leading position in imaging time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. The combined expertise of Kratos and JOhns Hopkins University is expected to result in major advances in time-of-flight instrumentation. Further information from : Geoff Warburton Kratos Analytical Ltd Barton Dock Road Urmston Manchester M31 2LD Tel 061 865 4466 Fax 061 864 0707
Further information from : Wendy Arrowsmith VSW Scientific I nstru ments Warwick Road South Old Trafford Manchester M16 0JT Tel 061 881 6213 Fax 061 881 4624
First edition
of the Optical
Coating Catalogue f r o m
Balzers The new optical coatings catalogue from Balzers High Vacuum includes details of the company's extensive range of standard thin film coatings for a wide range of industrial and research applications in areas such as aviation; military; aerospace; film and television; computers and medical. Most of the coatings listed are available Ex Stock Milton Keynes.
N e w building f o r V A T Japan Valve manufacturer VAT is building a new factory in the west Japanese city of Ako. With a floor space of 1330 m z (14,300 sq ft) it will accommodate t w o clean rooms. This new facility will serve as customer support and service centre for the Kansai and Kyushu area. Together with the present support and service centre of SKK Vacuum Engineering Ltd in Yokohama, this will provide total support over the whole of Japan. Further information from : Andrew Witkin VAT Vacuum Products Ltd 235 Regents Park Road Finchley London N3 3LG Tel 081 346 1999 Fax 081 343 1104
Details and examples of Balzers" custom design and manufacturing service are also outlined in the new catalogue. Further information from : Jim Rees Balzers High Vacuum Ltd Bradborne Drive Tilbrook Milton Keynes MK7 8AZ Tel 0908 373333 Fax 0908 377776
K r a t o s announce Technology License agreement w i t h Johns Hopkins University Kratos Analytical has announced a Technology License agreement with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. The agreement involves mass spectrometry techniques and instrumentation in biochemical and biotechnology-related analyses and, in particular, the use of time-of-flight technology. Kratos will work in close collaboration with R J Cotter and his group at Johns Hopkins University. Dr Cotter is Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Johns Hopkins and Director of the Middle Atlantic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, a National Science Foundation Shared Instrumentation Facility. His research group has been involved for a number of years in the development of time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the analysis of biological molecules using ir and uv lasers and fast atom or ion beams as desorption and ionization sources. The group's on-going development of time-of-flight technology is also currently supported by the National Institutes of Health. Co-workers in the project include research associate Timothy Cornish and graduate student Marc Chevrier. Kratos Analytical's involvement in time-of-flight instrumentation has been in the analysis of surfaces where it has gained an enviable reputation in the development of high performance, reflection-based, 64
N e w brochure from Granville-Phillips describes instrumentation designed to help increase vacuum process p r o d u c t i v i t y The literature features Granville- Phillips productivity enhancing vacuum gauges, controllers, and valves used to measure and control pressure from atmosphere to ultra-high vacuum. The instrumentation can be configured to fit specific application needs using analogue and digital displays, process set points, modular packaging, and numerous output options. A graph displaying the measuring ranges and features of each gauge controller is included. Further information from : Lisa A Whitten Granville-Phillips Co 5675 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder CO 80303, USA Tel 303-443-7660 Fax 303-443-2546
Economical uhv diffusion p u m p f r o m Russia A new design of ultra-high vacuum diffision pump has been developed at the Academy of Sciences in Siberia. This pump, having extremely low oil vapour backstreaming (like Diffstak, Edwards or Crystal, Alcatel) differs from the world known commercial pumps in the following ways : (i) electric power is reduced more than 2 times; (ii) cooling water throughput is reduced 5-10 times ; (iii) warm-up time is 8 min ;