Synchrotrons
In recent years, synchrotron beamlines have advanced in terms of flux, speed and automation making high-throughput crystallography (HTC) routine. Despite these advancements in data collection hardware, sample mounting and alignment have to-date remained an essentially manual process or have only been automated with proprietary in-house robotic designs. Rigaku offers the industry standard ACTOR robot, winner of the 2002 R&D 100 award, to provide automatic crystal transport, orientation and retrieval within the confines of the beamline hutch, eliminating time consuming sample manipulation tasks currently required for routine crystal screening and data collection.
To further improve data collection, Rigaku also offers the first "next generation" large area CCD detector, the Saturn A200. Employing a 2 x 2 array of the newest and most advanced Kodak® KAF-4320E CCD chips, with a 203 x 203 mm active area, the Saturn A200 offers a high readout speed with very low noise.
Rigaku also designs and manufactures multilayer optics and monochromators that are used to focus synchrotron radiation at beamlines around the world. Rigaku has the ability to build synchrotron optics with custom coatings to meet a wide range of applications.
With global 24/7 service and support, Rigaku delivers cutting edge solutions for synchrotron beamlines.
Solutions
- Robotic system for automated crystal handling: ACTOR™
- Category 3 pathogen storage system: OSCAR™
- Next generation large area CCD detector: Saturn A200, Saturn 944+, custom detectors
- Multilayer optics and monochromators: Synchrotron coatings
- Generators for screening: MicroMax™-002+
- High-vacuum products: Rotary feedthroughs
- Crystallization automation: CrystalMation™