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July
2010 |
July edition of
the IDT newsletter is available to view here.
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June
2010 |
IDT have completed the design, build & installation of a Small KB Mirror system on beamline I18 at Diamond. The system operates in high-vacuum and features mirror sizes of 170mm horizontally and 230mm vertically. Installation and integration of the system was seamless, and the mirror performance has exceeded Diamond's specfications. |
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May
2010 |
Beamline B18 at Diamond,
which includes an IDT-built scanning DCM, has recently been featured on
Lightsources.org as it welcomes it's first users.
The beamline has been praised by users for the quality of the EXAFS data
produced. The article can be viewed here. |
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Mar
2010 |
March edition of
the IDT newsletter is available to view here. |
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Feb
2010 |
IDT have recently designed, built, tested and installed a complex DCM on B18 at Diamond.
This is a very demanding DCM and can be used in step scan, quick scan or continuous scanning EXAFS mode.
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Dec
2009 |
December edition of
the new IDT newsletter is available to view here. |
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Nov
2009 |
The Imaging & Medical Beamline
at the Australian Synchrotron welcomes its first users. IDT designed, built
& assisted with the on-site assembly of the high-heat load components (horizontal & vertical slits, filters, photon stop, safety shutter). See data
sheet Link. |
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Sept
2009 |
IDT establishes a new
research group located at Optics Technium, St Asaph, Wales, with access to state of the art lab &
metrology instrumentation. |
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Jul
2009 |
New
Staff - IDT recruit Project Engineer Jamie Markey. |
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Mar
2009 |
IDT completes
move to new built premises in Widnes, Cheshire. |
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Oct
2008 |
New
Staff - IDT welcomes technician Ron Marl. Ron has over 25 years experience as a
Beamline technician at Daresbury Laboratory. |
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Sept
2008 |
IDT
commissioning team & ASP-ID5 beamline scientists successfully carry out
beamline optics performance demonstration tests of the Microspectroscopy
beamline @ Australian Synchrotron Project-Melbourne. This
was achieved two weeks earlier than contracted Practical completion date, a
brief summary of tests results is given below:- ·
Wire
scan results demonstrating a repeatable and highly stable 365nm x 660nm sigma
focused spot size at the sample position. SSA (50µm x 700µm
with an rms deviation of 0.37µm over a 10 hour period (no top up on beam
decay) was demonstrated. See SMKB data sheet Link. ·
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cryo-cooled DCM 4-25keV - the DCM Energy Axis was rocked over the Cu K edge
115 times in 10 hours. The RMS Deviation in edge position was 0.06 eV. See DCM data
sheet Link. ·
Ultra
stable secondary source slit. Set slit gap and scan aperture across beam with
single motor. Bi-directional repeatability is sub-micron in closed loop. See SSA data sheet
Link. ·
Quad
diode BPM & fluorescent screen. See Quad Diode data sheet Link. The nematode (roundworm) was chosen as an
interesting test for the ID5 high resolution elemental mapping
abilities. Fantastic mapping data taken using the beamline An interesting section of the worm shown
above, was scanned with a 1μm x 2μm step size over a 7 hour period.
Zn elemental
map |
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Aug
2008 |
New
Staff - IDT welcomes two new members of staff: Dr Mark Gallagher joins IDT as a project scientist, and Dr Gerard Dolan joins as a Multi-Physics Analyst |
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Feb
2008 |
IDT
congratulate Diamonds B16 Beamline team plus the scientists from Royal Holloway, |
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Jan
2008 |
IDT
are delighted to read the rave review of the CLS HXMA Beamline in the latest
CLS Newsletter ‘InnoVision’. The article on the HXMA Beamline is HERE. IDT congratulate the CLS scientists
on the successful operation of the HXMA Beamline. |
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Nov
2007 |
IDT
congratulate Professor Andrew Jephcoat’s I15 Extreme Conditions Beamline team
plus the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions at the University of
Edinburgh group on their successful measurements on I15 leading to First
Diamond Publication: ‘Studying Sodium at Pressures Beyond a Megabar’ the
paper is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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April
2007 |
Diamonds
Beamline I15 DCM (IDT design & build & test & install DCM)
successfully undergoes 1st commissioned SR beam test at 20, 40, 60 & 80
KeV. See graphical output as measured on 19th April here. |
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Feb
2007 |
IDT
is contracted by the Australian Synchrotron Project for the design, build
& test of a Microspectroscopy Beamline. |
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Dec
2006 |
IDT
completes the installation of Diamonds first optical instrument - Horizontal
Focusing Mirror Assembly on I18 Beamline. |
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Sept
2006 |
IDT
install Cryo-Cooled DCM on Diamond I15 Extreme Condition Beamline. IDT complete
design, build & test of Large Horizontal & Vertical X-ray Mirror
installation on I15 Beamline at Diamond. |
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Nov
2006 |
New
Staff - IDT recruit Project Engineer Stephen Bloomfield. Stephen has many
years of experience in UHV precision mechanical design. |
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7-Sep-05 |
IDT
complete move into new dedicated laboratory facility at Daresbury Innovation
Centre |
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19-May-05 |
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip visited the Canadian Light Source on the 19th May. On his tour of the experimental hall, Prince Phillip viewed a simulated environmental research experiment with Dr. Jeffrey Cutler. See Photo.1 This photograph was taken inside the experimental hutch of the Hard X-ray micro-Analysis (06-ID.1); the beamline was designed and built by IDT. |
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24-Mar-05 |
IDT move into new dedicated facility at Daresbury Innovation Centre |
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7-Feb-05 |
IDT complete Phase 2 of CLS HXMA Beamline installation |
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22-Nov-04 |
IDT successfully install Phase 1 of CLS HXMA Beamline |
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12-Nov-04 |
IDT team fly out to CLS for user meeting and installation of CLS HXMA Beamline. |
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05-Nov-04 |
Dr. Dave Moa HP CAT Director wins prestigious award Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography. see www.aps.anl.gov/News/APS_News/2004/20041011.htm |
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09-May-04 |
IDT Global watch secondment Dr Jon Kelly at GSE CARS APS to learn the ways of EPICS. Jon to return in August. |
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11-Mar-04 |
IDT complete feasibility study phase for premier Beamline 1 for Diamond Light Source |
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15-Jan-04 |
New Staff: Dr Jon Kelly joins idt as Project scientist from University of Warwick |
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09-Dec-03 |
IDT accredited ISO 9001-2000 9/12/03 |
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22-Oct-03 |
IDT awarded Department of Trade & Industry SMART award for DCM Goniometer development |
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10-Sep-03 |
New staff: Chris Rycroft joins as Engineer from Qinetic |
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10-Sep-03 |
IDT begin design phase for CLS HXMA beamline ID-06 |
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01-Sep-03 |
Concept study for beamline 1 extreme conditions at diamond complete.
2nd phase feasibility study underway. |
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01-May-03 |
IDT awarded contract for delivery of mirror system at the SLS |
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1 This image was
published on page B6 of Star Phoenix (a Saskatoon newspaper), May 20, 2005 |
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