I've also had superb experience with Evergreen. Elizabeth R> Simons Larry Arnold wrote: > > I know many on the group are aware of Evergreen laser but thought I would > let the group know of my recent experience with them. 4 years ago > Evergreen refurbished the plasma tube of a Coherent 90-5 Argon Laser for me > (actually a conversion from krypton to argon 90-K to 90-5). It is still > going strong. Recently my other 90-5 which I use primarily for UV needed > to be refurbished. This tube had a new Coherent tube put in at about the > same time as Evergreen rebuilt that other one. As I recall the max UV > power was about 400mW. My memory from some time back was that Evergreen > could not effectively refurbish an argon for UV due to patent issues held > by Coherent on the Brewster windows. That patent has now run out and > Evergreen told me they can now do this and in fact have their own source of > Brewster windows that they claimed were better than the original Coherent > ones. Must be true. I sent Evergreen the laser and it came back last week > - over 700mW 350-360! Needless to say I'm extremely pleased with their > work and service. I won't quote the price but it was about 25% of the cost > of a new tube. If you need a UV tube rebuilt I strongly recommend Evergreen. > > Larry > > Note: I have no financial interest in Evergreen - just a very satisfied > customer. > > Larry W. Arnold, Ph.D. > Res. Assoc. Prof. > Director, Flow Cytometry Facility > Department of Microbiology and Immunology > Lineberger Comprehensive CAncer Center > CB# 7290 > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > Chapel Hill, NC 27599 > Phone: 919-966-1530 > FAX: 919-962-8103 -- Elizabeth R. Simons, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry Boston University School of Medicine 715 Albany Street, K 602 Boston, MA 02118 phone (617) 638-4332 FAX (617) 638-5339 email: esimons@bu.edu
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