Menu IRELEC Presentation Historical References ALCEN Products Components for beamline Modular mirror system of high stability Mirror bending system KB system Other components Robotics High voltage equipment Neutron components Others products Applications Synchrotrons Protein crystallography Particle physics Special machines and test benches Contact News Fr In You are here Home > Products > Robotics CATS - Cryogenic Automated Transfer System - is a robotic system for crystallography of proteins on Synchrotron beamlines. It automatically transfers frozen samples from a storage tank to an analysis station using an original, patented method. Fruit of a collaboration between IRELEC, CNRS and CEA, the CATS system has become a benchmark in Europe for beamline sample changers and then crossed European borders, when IRELEC simultaneously supplied 4 systems for beamlines. light from one of the world's leading synchrotrons: APS (Advanced Photon Source) in Chicago. Made up of a 6-axis industrial robot arm and a set of specific tools, CATS is a reliable, flexible and multistandard system, which fully meets the expectations of scientific teams looking for efficiency and reliability during their experiments on lines. Synchrotron light. The decisive advantages of the CATS system are: compatibility with the main standards used in the international Synchrotron community (Spine, Universal puck project, etc.); la compatibilité avec la collecte de données in-situ dans les plaques de cristallisation ; un logiciel de contrôle « Open Source » ; la gestion entièrement automatisée du process : détection du niveau d’azote liquide et remplissage automatique du réservoir de stockage, pilotage du « Shutter », pilotage de l’électro-aimant du diffractomètre, lecture des codes barre échantillons, changement d’outil automatique… ; la fiabilité, le niveau d’automatisation et la capacité de stockage (> 500 échantillons congelés) nécessaire pour les expériences haut débit ; la conformité aux normes Européennes en vigueur. The development of new functionalities, the taking into account of the specific constraints of each customer, the commissioning of the system on the operating site, the training of users, as well as the maintenance in operational conditions, are ensured by the teams of IRELEC all over the world. CATS cryogenic sample manipulator Puck PK-10 Sample manipulator for in-house MX experiments Sample manipulator for Powder Diffraction Beamlines © ALCEN - All rights reserved