Control system for the 2nd generation Berkeley automounters (BAM2) at GM/CA-CAT macromolecular crystallography beamlines

作     者：Makarov, O. Hilgart, M. Ogata, C. Pothineni, S. Cork, C. 

作者机构：Argonne Natl Lab GM CA CAT Biosci Div Argonne IL 60439 USA Univ Calif Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley Lab Phys Biosci Div Berkeley CA 94720 USA 

出 版 物：《NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT》 (物理学研究中的核仪器与方法，A辑：加速器，分光仪，检测器和相关设备)

年 卷 期：2011年第649卷第1期

页      面：87-90页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 0827[工学-核科学与技术] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：NCI NIH HHS [Y01 CO001020-11] Funding Source: Medline NIGMS NIH HHS [Y01 GM001104-11] Funding Source: Medline 

主　　题：Control software Automounter Macromolecular crystallography 

摘      要：GM/CA-CAT at Sector 23 of the Advanced Photon Source CAPS) is an NIH funded facility for crystallographic structure determination of biological macromolecules by X-ray diffraction. A second-generation Berkeley automounter is being integrated into the beamline control system at the 23BM experimental station. This new device replaces the previous all-pneumatic gripper motions with a combination of pneumatics and XYZ motorized linear stages. The latter adds a higher degree of flexibility to the robot including auto-alignment capability, accommodation of a larger capacity sample Dewar of arbitrary shape, and support for advanced operations such as crystal washing, while preserving the overall simplicity and efficiency of the Berkeley automounter design. Published by Elsevier B.V.