2001-2003 News Archive
New SEM laboratory for Quorum Technologies factory
May 2003
Quorum Technologies, manufacturers of the Polaron range of EM preparation instruments, has recently opened a new cryo-SEM facility. The laboratory is equipped with a Philips XL40 SEM and a fully-loaded PP2000T cryo preparation and sample transfer system, as well as an EDAX EDS system.
Quorum Technologies Managing Director, Bob Kenhard commented: “This substantial investment will be used primarily to support our ambitious product development programme, as well as providing a resource for customer, agent and staff training. This is the first step in a number of carefully-planned investments designed to enable our current exciting level of growth to continue.”
Quorum Technologies acquires Polaron range
November 2001
With effect from 1 November 2001, the Polaron Range of EM preparation instruments, which includes sputter coaters, critical point dryers, vacuum evaporators and cryo-SEMs, has changed ownership from Thermo VG Scientific to Quorum Technologies Ltd.
The move to new premises at Ringmer has now been successfully accomplished. Quorum Technologies is dedicated to the manufacture of the Polaron range and to supporting customers and their instrument in the field. This includes electron microscopy preparation instruments manufactured under the following companies and brands:
Polaron Equipment Ltd
Bio-Rad Microscience
Emscope Laboratories
VG Microscope / VG Scientific (under the ownership of Fisons Instruments and Thermo Electron).
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Polaron range changes ownership to Quorum Technologies (PDF)
Is this the world’s smallest sputter coater?
October 2001
A Polaron E5100 ‘cool’ Sputter Coater, with an exact working replica on top. This picture dates back to 1977 and shows the original Polaron E5100 ‘cool’ Sputter Coater. Sitting on top is an exact working replica of the E5100. To give an idea of scale, the chamber diameter of the full size E5100 is around 160mm.
This replica was made by Jim Gough, a development engineer at Polaron Equipment Ltd. Jim built the replica in his spare time using his skills as a model engineer. The replica was a fully working model, with operating vacuum gauges and current meter. It was actually operated inside an ISI SEM, producing a visible plasma discharge.