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Using a Microcomputer-Controlled Robot Arm as a General Purpose Sample Changer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

John C. Russ ,
J. Christian Russ  and
Donald E. Leyden
John C. Russ
Affiliation:
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
J. Christian Russ
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Donald E. Leyden
Affiliation:
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
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We have previously reported in these proceedings on the automation of Wavelength-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence arid X-ray Diffraction Spectrometers using stepping motors, either installed in place of existing synchronous drive motors, or attached to existing gear or belt drive mechanisms that control the theta/two-theta positioning of the spectrometer. This technique is applicable to most types of instruments (successful adaptations to Philips, Siemens, GE/Diano, and Rigaku systems are working routinely at this writing).

Type
VI. J. Gilfrich Honorary Session on Trends in XRF Instrumentation
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 27: Thirty-Second Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-5, 1983 , 1983 , pp. 427 - 432
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1983

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References

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