Figure 4
Detail of the Blu-Ice user interface highlighting the new features related to faster sample exchange. Control panel (A) showing the mounted sample, A2, highlighted in purple, and the selected sample to pre-fetch, A3. The gripper arm is in a `stand-by' position within the liquid-nitrogen-filled dispensing Dewar. The currently pre-fetched and the mounted samples are displayed in the cassette diagram (B) in light green and purple, respectively. The lightning bolt indicates there is a sample queued (pre-fetched) for rapid sample exchange. Control panel buttons allow the user to pre-cool the gripper or to command it to the heater (C). |