Weekly Update

Well Varian has been working hard all week to achieve the sensitivity spec for the system, but so far has been unable to meet the sucrose test requirements. They are doing a lot of troubleshooting though and seem to be progressing well. We have been checking on some vibrations as well this week and are tweaking the facility to get us the best possible results. This installation has been a good test of our remote operation capabilities, so the process of running the spectrometer from remote sites is almost completely ironed out. We feel that this is incredibly important for our users, as not having to travel to Denver to operate the system will substantially decrease the cost of using this facility.