[RASMB] Broken XLA Mono

[John E Harlan]

FYI-

Last I knew Skip was at a company called Technical Alternatives, a third 
party provider of service for a variety of lab equipment.

John Harlan




"John Burgner" <jburgner at purdue.edu>
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05/20/2008 10:03 PM
 
        To:     "'John Gunther'" <jrg at mywdo.com>, <rasmb at rasmb.bbri.org>
        cc:     (bcc: John E Harlan/LAKE/PPRD/ABBOTT)
        Subject:        RE: [RASMB] Broken XLA Mono


John,
I had the same thing happen with our old XLA.  I was able gently shake the 
monochromator while holding it in a horizontal  position and get the 
filter out of the light path.  If you can locate Skip Perry, who was a 
long-time Beckman service  man, he might be able to help out. 
John 
 
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On Behalf Of John Gunther
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:13 PM
To: rasmb at rasmb.bbri.org
Subject: [RASMB] Broken XLA Mono
 
Dear AUC Techies 
   I picked up the Monochromator out of it's box and I heard a glass like 
tinkling inside near the order filter. The order filter only moves a small 
amount and won't go either way to it's normal stop. It's apparent to me 
that something is broken. No one in the lab knows how this happened. The 
last logged user got good results. It now will not pass any energy.
    The PI called Beckman and they offered to replace it for an exchange 
price of $16,000.00. 
    Does anyone have experience repairing/disassembling and reassembling 
one of these? Any hints, tips, or suggestions? 
 
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