Upright Cryostat Holder

ADC has developed a precise positioning system to attach a Huber 420 (phi circle) to a displex style cryostat. This system provides fine, precise, reproducible positioning of the sample and holds its position despite vibration, tension, and torque from the helium and vacuum lines.

The design incorporates X, Y and Z motorized adjustments and manual rotations. Fine adjustments can be made very easily in order to keep the sample in the beam while the system is being cooled. The area around the sample is kept open for the use of a detector and sample slits. The manual lockable 360-rotation adjustments allow the carrier to be moved out of the way of the incoming and scattered beam, while maintaining orientation of the sample. All motorized translation motions have limit switches. The system can be used with small modification for different cryostat manufacturers including Suzuki-Shokan, Janis, Iwatani, Lakeshore, and Advanced Research Systems.