Graham, you might be better off making the basket or frame in polyprop. De-ionised water may attack any welding points and seems in stainless steel. Graham Naisbitt Concoat Ltd Email: [log in to unmask] Alasan House, Albany Park Tel: +44 (0)1276 691100 Camberley, Surrey GU15 2PL UK Fax: +44 (0)1276 691227 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet Mail Forum On Behalf Of COLLINS, GRAHAM Sent: Friday, September 12, 1997 3:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TECHNET] Ionograph 500M SMD This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BCBF65.DE887C20 Content-Type: text/plain 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! 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