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Step by step to a printed TEM
Reading time: 8 minutes
Thermo Fisher Scientific sees a great future for transmission electron microscopes with additive manufacturing. Even the column, the heart of these instruments, can be incrementally transformed. Olivier Rainaut and Olcay Cicekdag talk about their 3D ambitions and their wish to strongly collaborate with the ecosystem.
To say that the challenges of setting up a supply chain for additive manufacturing are substantial for transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) is an understatement. Many conditions aren’t yet in place; some elements don’t even exist yet. For example, the required metal powders still have to be developed. 3D printing processes for copper and metallurgic combinations with rare earths – among the essential requirements for a TEM giant like Thermo Fisher Scientific – are equally nonexistent.
Still, Thermo Fisher R&D manager Olivier Rainaut and his right-hand man Olcay Cicekdag are convinced that 3D fabrication techniques are the way to go to continue to improve the production and quality of TEMs.
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