Greetings Technetters. We have an Ionograph 500M SMD machine for measuring the cleanliness of assemblies. The only beef I have with it is that it is awkward to load / unload product. The machine is about 6 ft tall, and one lowers an assembly from the top into a narrow test cell, approx 30" deep. It can be quite a pain to load, specially with small assemblies, and one has to resort to tongs and all sorts of strange aids. What I am considering is having a basket made of stainless steel that will live in the machine and be used to raise / lower assemblies into it. Assuming it is designed so that the flow over the assembly is relatively undisturbed, are there any other reasons why this wouldn't be wise, and does anyone have other suggestions? Thanks! Graham Collins Process Engineering, Litton Systems Limited, Atlantic Division, Halifax, Nova Scotia (902) 873-2000 ext 215