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The goal of this website and email newsgroup is to promote compatibility between systems and to inform experimenters about current technologies. 

Chart of available robotic sample handling systems at synchrotrons -  as a service to the synchrotron user community, we have assembled a chart of the available robotic sample mounting systems at macromolecular crystallography stations and the compatible storage containers and sample pins.  Our thanks goes out to all who have contributed to this effort.  We encourage system developers to keep us up to date with information and links.  Please email content comments to acohen@slac.stanford.edu and srussi@slac.stanford.edu.

The robo-sync email newsgroup is a forum for developers and experimenters from various labs to share information, ideas, and experiences related to automated sample handling and high throughput crystallography.

The universal puck project is a collaboration to develop a standard sample pin storage and shipping container for use with the majority of automated sample mounting systems. 

• ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
  Grenoble, France

• BESSY
  Berlin, Germany

• MAX IV
  Lund, Sweden

Beamline Name	Sample Mounting System	Containers Supported	Sample Pins Supported
BioMAX	ISARA	Cryo-vial basket, Uni-puck	E

Sample Pins Supported: A: Hampton magnetic; B: Hampton copper magnetic; C: ALS-style; D: Mitegen B3S; E: Spine

 

• SLS/ PSI - Swiss Light Source
  Villigen, Switzerland

Beamline Name	Sample Mounting System	Containers Supported	Sample Pins Supported
PX	TELL	Uni-puck	E
PXI	TELL	Uni-puck	E
PXII	TELL	Uni-puck	E

Sample Pins Supported: A: Hampton magnetic; B: Hampton copper magnetic; C: ALS-style; D: Mitegen B3S; E: Spine

 

• Diamond
  South Oxfordshire, UK

Beamline Name	Sample Mounting System	Containers Supported	Sample Pins Supported
I02	BART	Uni-puck	E
I03	BART	Uni-puck	E
I04	BART	Uni-puck	E
I04.1	BART	Uni-puck	E
I24	BART	Uni-puck	E

Sample Pins Supported: A: Hampton magnetic; B: Hampton copper magnetic; C: ALS-style; D: Mitegen B3S; E: Spine

 

• BSRF - Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility
  Beijing, China

Beamline Name	Sample Mounting System	Containers Supported	Sample Pins Supported
3W1A	MARCSC	Cryo-vial basket	A, B
1W2B	MARCSC	Cryo-vial basket	A, B

Sample Pins Supported: A: Hampton magnetic; B: Hampton copper magnetic; C: ALS-style; D: Mitegen B3S; E: Spine

 

• NSRRC - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
  Taiwan, ROC

Beamline Name	Sample Mounting System	Containers Supported	Sample Pins Supported
BL13B1	SAM	SSRL cassette, Uni-puck	A, B, C, D
BL13C1	SAM	SSRL cassette, Uni-puck	A, B, C, D
BL15A1	SAM	SSRL cassette, Uni-puck	A, B, C, D

Sample Pins Supported: A: Hampton magnetic; B: Hampton copper magnetic; C: ALS-style; D: Mitegen B3S; E: Spine

 

• Photon Factory
  Tsukuba, Japan

Beamline Name	Sample Mounting System	Containers Supported	Sample Pins Supported
BL-1A	PAM	SSRL cassette, Uni-puck	A, B, C
BL-5A	PAM	SSRL cassette, Uni-puck	A, B, C
BL-17A	PAM	SSRL cassette, Uni-puck	A, B, C
AR-NE3A	PAM	SSRL cassette, Uni-puck	A, B, C
AR-NW12A	PAM	SSRL cassette, Uni-puck	A, B, C

Sample Pins Supported: A: Hampton magnetic; B: Hampton copper magnetic; C: ALS-style; D: Mitegen B3S; E: Spine

 

• Spring-8 - Super Photon ring 8 GeV
  Japan

Beamline Name	Sample Mounting System	Containers Supported	Sample Pins Supported
BL12B2	SPACE	ACTOR magazine, ALS puck, Uni-puck, and SPACE tray	A, B, C, D, E and SPACE pin
BL26B1	SPACE	ACTOR magazine, ALS puck, Uni-puck, and SPACE tray	A, B, C, D, E and SPACE pin
BL26B2	SPACE	ACTOR magazine, ALS puck, Uni-puck, and SPACE tray	A, B, C, D, E and SPACE pin
BL32B2	SPACE	ACTOR magazine, ALS puck, Uni-puck, and SPACE tray	A, B, C, D, E and SPACE pin
BL32XU	SPACE	ACTOR magazine, ALS puck, Uni-puck, and SPACE tray	A, B, C, D, E and SPACE pin
BL38B1	SPACE	ACTOR magazine, ALS puck, Uni-puck, and SPACE tray	A, B, C, D, E and SPACE pin
BL41XU	SPACE	ACTOR magazine, ALS puck, Uni-puck, and SPACE tray	A, B, C, D, E and SPACE pin
BL44XU	SPACE	ACTOR magazine, ALS puck, Uni-puck, and SPACE tray	A, B, C, D, E and SPACE pin
SP12B2 (NSRRC)	SPACE	SPACE tray	SPACE pin

Sample Pins Supported: A: Hampton magnetic; B: Hampton copper magnetic; C: ALS-style; D: Mitegen B3S; E: Spine

 

• PAL/ PLS - Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
  Pohang, Korea

No sample mounting systems installed

 

• Australian Synchrotron
  Melbourne, Australia

Beamline Name	Sample Mounting System	Containers Supported	Sample Pins Supported
MX1	SAM	SSRL cassette	B
MX2	SAM	SSRL cassette	B

Sample Pins Supported: A: Hampton magnetic; B: Hampton copper magnetic; C: ALS-style; D: Mitegen B3S; E: Spine

 

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Chart for visual identification of standard containers

These photos represent styles and shapes of sample pins and containers that may be sold by various vendors. Always consult your local beamline user support contact about specifics of container and sample pin compatibility.

• Sample Containers

• Sample Pin Bases

Sample Containers:

A:   SSRL cassette
B:  ACTOR magazine	C:   Cryo-vial basket or EMBL/ESRF cryo-vial basket
D:   ALS puck	E:   Uni-puck
F:   miniSPINE puck

Sample Pin Bases:

A:   Hampton magnetic	B:   Hampton copper              magnetic	C:   ALS-style	C:   ALS-style
D:   Mitegen B3S	E:   SPINE	F:   miniSPINE

We encourage system developers to keep us up to date with information and links.  Please email content comments to Aina Cohen (acohen@slac.stanford.edu) and Silvia Russi (srussi@slac.stanford.edu).

 

Last modified:  Friday, 7-July-2023 4:02:00 PDT