Today I installed my new Tousimis CPD. Then the first trial run. I was overjoyed. It was awesome. It was fully automated, efficient and precise. And quiet.
I was perplexed… Gone are the days of screeching, hissing, whining and bursting sounds echoing down the hallways, so that students turned their heads, and looked scared around the door when the critical point drier was running. We did call it ‘the bomb’ in the 80’s!
Is this the end of the romantic era of SEM processing? One lonely tube is still convulsing, exhaling carbon dioxide. For the rest… peace and quiet and precision.
I think I’m going to love it!