Gatan Ultrasonic Cutter

Cut your brittle materials beyond the 3 mm transmission electron microscope (TEM) disc to accurately cut holes or unique shapes

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The Ultrasonic Cutter quickly cuts simple holes, unique shapes or transmission electron microscope (TEM) discs from hard or brittle materials ranging from <1 - 10 mm in size and from <0.04 - 5 mm in thickness.

Features:

Quickly cut simple holes, unique shapes, or TEM discs from hard, brittle materials such as semiconductors, ceramics, and geological materials
Cut materials ranging in thickness from <40 µm to 5 mm utilising a piezo-electric crystal driving a tubular cutting tool in a fine grain, boron carbide slurry
Minimize mechanical and thermal damage using manually tuned frequency driver to optimise cutting speed
Reduce edge chipping and sample damage with spring-loaded platform and magnetically held table to prevent lateral movement
Precisely center your site specific area with integrated stereo microscope and X,Y table