RE: conversion of Bruker AC300F to Varian Mercury, anyone done it?

From: Hsin Wang <wang_at_postbox.csi.cuny.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:22:54 -0400

I am probably not providing much useful information because the conversion
occurred before I arrived here. We have a 200 that used to be an IBM
spectrometer with Bruker probes. I am not sure of the differences between a
Bruker console and an IBM console. Anyway about 6 years ago it was
converted to a Varian Unity 200. As you pointed out the original Oxford
magnet needs to be modified. I do not know the details of this
modification. But it seems to me the Bruker probes are shorter than Varian
ones, so one has to raised the Varian probe's mounting plate a little more
than usual. What else Varian did I do not know.

The instrument also had solid state probes built by Doty, of which the probe
body was now too short and had to be extended by Doty. But everything
eventually works.

The instrument has been working fine. This morning's linewidth specs was
0.35/6/13.

Hsin

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Wandler [mailto:wandler_at_atom.chem.wwu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 5:19 AM
> To: ammrl_at_wwitch.unl.edu
> Subject: conversion of Bruker AC300F to Varian Mercury, anyone done it?
>
>
>
> hello.
>
> A while back I had posted to this group about upgrade paths
> for old Bruker AC-300F and the Aspect system, and I received
> some very good responses.
>
> I have just found out that we have been funded to no only
> replace the computer system, but the whole console.
>
> We have been looking into replacing the console with
> a Varian Mercury 300 system, but I have noticed that
> the original Oxford magnet will have to undergo some
> modifications to be "compatible" with the varian system.
>
> Has anyone out there done this covnersion on a 300 from
> Bruker to Varian?  I would be interested in
> your thoughts/experiences.
>
> Also, is there a Varian users group out there
> equivalent to the Bruker group?
>
> thanks for any and all info
>
> Charles F. Wandler                  office phone: (360) 650-2831
> Department of Chemistry, MS9150       office fax: (360) 650-2826
> Western Washington University              pager: (360) 758-6157
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>
>

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