EM ACE600 is a high-vacuum coating system for preparing fine-grained thin films for electron microscopy. Automated, receipt-based carbon and sputter coating workflows and a configurable chamber (up to two sources in one process) help you achieve consistent coatings while keeping routine preparation efficient.
Key features
- Increase confidence in coating consistency with precise, automated carbon and sputter coating processes that deliver reproducible results and support higher sample output per run.
- Match carbon coating to your EM application by choosing carbon thread, carbon rod, or e-beam evaporation to produce high-quality carbon films.
- Meet advanced sputter-coating needs for high-magnification SEM with a base vacuum of <2×10−6 mbar, and optionally extend to the 10−7 mbar regime using a Meissner trap for oxygen-sensitive work.
- Streamline multi-layer or multi-step coatings without breaking vacuum by running up to two different sources in a single preparation process in the configurable metal process chamber.
- Reduce routine handling effort and speed up daily work with front door loading and receipt-based processes that can be started with the press of a single button.
- Expand into cryo workflows when needed by configuring EM ACE600 for coating under cryo conditions and for advanced cryo experiments.
- Reduce heat load during carbon deposition with an “adaptive pulsing” approach for carbon thread evaporation.
- Support even coating over a large stage with a rotating stage concept.
- Enable cryo transfer into the SEM via EM VCT500 Vacuum Cryo Transfer System when configured for cryo transfer dock/workflows.