Dear Andreas, we had a similar issue with our MicroMax 007, with a primary water/water chiller (ATC K3) in between the generator and a secondary inhouse water circuit.
After a year of reliable service the K3 would shut off occasionally and dump the 007 with a cooling error. We found that the solution to the issue was to place an additional pump directly in front of the K3. The issue being that the latter would temporarily shut off unless provided with a constant water pressure, which the water circuit wasn't giving apparently. This has now been running fine. Another solution would be a water-air chiller to cool your 007, but in our case that was not an option due to building specs. Hope this helps. I'm happy to provide more details if wanted. Han Han Remaut, PhD Laboratory of Structural & Molecular Microbiology VIB / Vrije Universiteit Brussel Building E4, Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussel han.rem...@vib-vub.be tel. +32-2-629 1923 / +32-499 708050 http://www.vib.be/en/research/scientists/Pages/Han-Remaut-Lab.aspx On 24 Jul 2014, at 17:53, Andreas Förster wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a Rigaku MicroMax 007 HF X-ray generator that is cooled by chilled > water supplied rather unreliably through the building infrastructure. I was > wondering what alternatives exist. > > Could other MicroMax 007 users share their experiences with alternative > cooling solutions with me? > > Thank you. > > > Andreas > > > > > -- > Andreas Förster > Crystallization and X-ray Facility Manager > Centre for Structural Biology > Imperial College London
