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NUANCE: Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center

Presenting the new FEI Quanta FEG 650

May 16, 2016

The NUANCE Center is happy to announce the arrival of the FEI Quanta FEG 650, which replaced the older model FEI Quanta FEG 600. The FEI Quanta FEG 650 is fully operational and ready for use. If interested in using the instrument, please contact SEM manager Karl Hagglund.

empty room
The NUANCE Center staff cleared the room in anticipation of the FEI Quanta FEG 650’s arrival.
old machine
The older FEI Quanta FEG 600 was moved to the hallway
delivery van with instrument
The truck transporting the new FEI Quanta FEG 650 hardly fit under the archway.
delivery truck
The truck fortunately made it through and delivered the new FEI Quanta FEG 650. 
eric miller with the delivery
Microscopy and imaging specialist Eric Miller stands beside the crates of FEI Quanta FEG 650 parts inside the truck.
instrument boxes
The crates were unloaded to be transported to the NUANCE Center’s Electron Probe Instrumentation Center (EPIC) facility.
instrument in a box
The crates were unloaded to be transported to the NUANCE Center’s Electron Probe Instrumentation Center (EPIC) facility.
transporting the quanta
Transporting the FEI Quanta FEG 650 to the Cook Hall atrium
opening the box
One side of the crate converted to a ramp for the FEI Quanta FEG 650.
unwrapping the quanta
Unwrapping the FEI Quanta FEG 650.
unveiling the quanta
The FEI Quanta FEG 650 unveiled from its crate.
setting up quanta in the clean room
Setting up in the room cleaned for the FEI Quanta FEG 650’s arrival
installing the quanta
Slowly installing the FEI Quanta FEG 650.
setting up the quanta
In the final stages of the FEI Quanta FEG 650 installation.
quanta operational
The FEI Quanta FEG 650 is fully operational and ready for use in the NUANCE Center’s Electron Probe Instrumentation Center (EPIC) facility.
operational quanta
The FEI Quanta FEG 650 is fully operational and ready for use in the NUANCE Center’s Electron Probe Instrumentation Center (EPIC) facility.