The IV3/IV4 Ion Milling Systems provide a complete ion milling procedure for TEM sample preparation. The Basic configuration contains two independent and controllable high-energy - TELETWIN - ion guns. The TELETWIN Ion Gun is composed of two Steigerwald type guns, it provides a high density ion or fast atom beam thus the preparation of samples can be performed during a reasonable time even at low angle bombardment. Its Focused High-energy-Ion Gun version allows even higher milling rate. With the application possibility of the low-energy gun the Combined system can also be used for final polishing.
The third generation of the ion beam milling unit - IV3 - was developed to bombard the specimen surface at a low angle as possible. The next version - IV4 - was constructed for speeding up the thinning process. The equipment was designed by microscopists for high quality sample preparation.

General
The IV3/IV4 Ion Milling Systems provide a complete ion milling procedure for TEM sample preparation. The Basic configuration contains two independent and controllable high-energy - TELETWIN - ion guns. The TELETWIN Ion Gun is composed of two Steigerwald type guns, it provides a high density ion or fast atom beam thus the preparation of samples can be performed during a reasonable time even at low angle bombardment. Its Focused High-energy-Ion Gun version allows even higher milling rate. With the application possibility of the low-energy gun the Combined system can also be used for final polishing.

Features

• Multiple ion sources
• High milling rates and final polishing capability in one equipment
• Unique retarding field operation
• Optional reactive ion milling, liquid nitrogen cooling and ion beam slope cutting