Rave Scientific offers new and refurbished aperture bars and strips for FEI and Micrion FIB ion columns. Our apertures can be made from Molybdenum or Tungsten. As both are refractory metals, compatible with the FIB column, it should be noted that Tungsten has somewhat of a lower sputter yield and rate than that of Molybdenum, therefore consumable apertures made from Tungsten will have a slightly longer lifetime.Molybdenum when back-sputtered onto the liquid metal ion source, is alloyed with Gallium, thus increasing its melting temperature and reducing the super-cooling properties. In laymen terms it means that if the Gallium in the source gets contaminated by back-sputtering from the Molybdenum apertures, the tendency to solidify at room temperature increases, thus reducing stability of the ion source, increasing frequency of source heatings and reducing source lifetime. In comparison Tungsten is not mixable with Gallium and does not alloy with it, thus influence of W back-sputtering on the Ga LMIS is minimal.
The following are options for FEI and Micrion columns:
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$1,925.00 each
This provides refurbishment of one original aperture bar for the Micrion / FEI "Jupiter Head" ion column. It includes thorough reconditioning of the original holder and 7 new aperture disks with hole sizes ranging from 10 micrometers to 1000 micrometers. The refurbishment can be ordered with aperture disks made from either M - Molybdenum or W - Tungsten material. The price includes one disk with a 10um aperture. This 7-position aperture bar is compatible with the Micrion 2000, Micrion 2100, Micrion 2500, Micrion 9000, Micrion 9100, Micrion 9500, Micrion 8000, Micrion 9800, FEI Vectra 986, and FEI Vectra 980 FIB systems. Aperture disks made from tungsten can result in up to 2x longer useful lifetime.
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$3,000.00 each
This complete new aperture bar with disks for the FEI Visionary ion column is made from 304 Stainless Steel and includes 14 new aperture disks with hole sizes ranging from 10 micrometers to 1000 micrometers. The aperture bar can be ordered with aperture disks made with either M - Molybdenum or W - Tungsten material. The price includes one disk with a 10um aperture. It is compatible with the FEI Vectra Vision IET, Vectra V65 IET, Vectra 986 IET, and Acura IET FIB systems. Aperture disks made from tungsten can result in up to 2x longer useful lifetime.
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$2,780.00 each
This provides refurbishment of one original aperture bar for an FEI Visionary ion column and includes thorough reconditioning of the original holder and 14 new aperture disks with hole sizes ranging from 10 micrometers to 1000 micrometers. The refurbishment can be ordered with aperture disks made from either M - Molybdenum or W - Tungsten material. The price includes one disk with a 10um aperture. It is compatible with the FEI Vectra Vision IET, Vectra V65 IET, Vectra 986 IET, and Acura IET FIB systems. Aperture disks made from tungsten can result in up to 2x longer useful lifetime.
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$160.00 each
This one aperture disk has an outside diameter of 2mm, a thickness of 100um, and a central hole diameter in the range from 20um to 1000um.They are compatible with aperture bar holders for all 40kV and 50kV focused ion beam columns from the Micrion and FEI Companies. Aperture disks can be made from M - Molybdenum or W - Tungsten material and providing users with the unique opportunity to cost effectively build an aperture bar replacement and create new combinations of aperture sizes and beam currents.
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$330.00 each
This one aperture disk has an outside diameter of 2mm, a thickness of 100um, and a central hole diameter in the range from 10um to 19um. They are compatible with aperture bar holders for all 40kV and 50kV focused ion beam columns from the Micrion and FEI Companies. Aperture disks can be made from either M - Molybdenum or W - Tungsten material providing users with the unique opportunity to cost effectively build an aperture bar replacement and create new combinations of aperture sizes and beam currents.
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$175.00 each
This aperture bar holder for the FEI Next Generation or Vision ion column is made from 304 Stainless Steel and comes empty of disks and holds 14 positions. It is compatible with the FEI Vectra Vision, Vectra V65, Vectra 986+ and Acura FIB systems. This hard-to-find part provides the end user with the unique opportunity to cost-effectively build an aperture bar replacement and create new combinations of aperture sizes and beam currents.
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$3,000.00 each
This complete new aperture bar with disks is for the FEI Next Generation or Vision ion column. It is made of 304 Stainless Steel and includes 14 new aperture disks with hole sizes ranging from 10 micrometers to 1000 micrometers. The aperture bar can be ordered with aperture disks made with either M - Molybdenum or W - Tungsten material and the price includes one disk with a 10um aperture hole. This aperture bar is compatible with the FEI Vectra Vision, Vectra V65, Vectra 986+ and Acura FIB systems. Aperture disks made from tungsten can result in up to 2x longer useful lifetime.
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$2,780.00 each
This provides refurbishment of one original aperture bar for the FEI Next Generation or Vision ion column and includes thorough reconditioning of the original holder and 14 new aperture disks with hole sizes ranging from 10 micrometers to 1000 micrometers. The refurbishment can be ordered with aperture disks made from either M - Molybdenum or W - Tungsten material. Its price includes one disk with a 10um aperture. This aperture bar is compatible with the FEI Vectra Vision, Vectra V65, Vectra 986+ and Acura FIB systems. Aperture disks made from tungsten can result in up to 2x longer useful lifetime.
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$175.00 each
This aperture bar holder for the Micrion / FEI "Jupiter Head" ion column is made from 304 Stainless Steel, empty of disks and holds 7 positions. It is compatible with the Micrion 2000, Micrion 2100, Micrion 2500, Micrion 9000, Micrion 9100, Micrion 9500, Micrion 8000, Micrion 9800, FEI Vectra 986 and FEI Vectra 980 FIB systems. This hard-to-find part provides user with unique opportunity to cost-effectively build aperture bar replacement and create new combinations of aperture sizes and beam currents.
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$1,450.00 each
This complete new aperture bar for the Micrion / FEI "Jupiter Head" ion column is made from 304 Stainless Steel and includes 7 new aperture disks with hole sizes ranging from 10 micrometers to 1000 micrometers. The aperture bar can be ordered with aperture disks made with either M - Molybdenum or W - Tungsten material. Its price includes one disk with a 10um aperture. This 7-position aperture bar is compatible with Micrion 2000, Micrion 2100, Micrion 2500, Micrion 9000, Micrion 9100, Micrion 9500, Micrion 8000, Micrion 9800, FEI Vectra 986, and FEI Vectra 980 FIB systems. Aperture disks made from tungsten can result in up to 2x longer useful lifetime.
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$175.00 each
This aperture bar holder for the FEI Visionary ion column is made from 304 Stainless Steel. It is empty of disks and holds 14 positions. It is compatible with the FEI Vectra Vision IET, Vectra V65 IET, Vectra 986 IET, and Acura IET FIB systems. This hard-to-find part provides end users with a unique opportunity to cost-effectively build aperture bar replacement and create new combinations of aperture sizes and beam currents.