The Colibri X-ray Fast Shutter is a millisecond shutter dedicated to MX crystallography beamlines.
It achieves a fast rising time of 1ms and presents a robust and slim housing design.
- Fast rising time: 1ms
- Lifetime: 4 x 108 cycles (@ 1Hz)
- 15 mm width along the beam path
- 2 mm aperture diameter
- Remote control environment
- No mechanical friction
- Sample protection against power failure
High efficiency X-ray shutter
The Colibri technology uses a magnetic guidance for the rising process: the moving part is in levitation inside a magnetic field, avoiding mechanical friction.
The Colibri X-ray shutter has a fast rising time of 1 ms with a low jitter (0.4 ms peak-to-peak). The minimum Opening Time (OT) is 6ms.
Chronogram:
OT: Opening Time
RT: Rise Time
FT: Fall Time
DT: Delay Time
A reliable and slim design
Highly reliable
The components of the Colibri shutter unit offer a long lifetime of 20 years @ 0.1 Hz, and during operation the maximum temperature rise is limited to +5° @ 10 Hz.
Slim housing design
The Colibri features a very slim housing of only 15 mm width along the beam path. Thanks to this slim design the Colibri shutter unit can be easily integrated in various end-station environments. For example, on Arinax’ MD2-S X-ray diffractometer the Colibri shutter unit is inserted up-stream the On-Axis Video microscope.
Safety design
In case of power failure, Colibri automatically falls in safety position: the shutter blocks the X-ray beam, protecting the sample from radiation damage.
Remote controlled device
The Colibri X-ray shutter is designed to be remotely controlled by Arinax diffractometers, such as the MD2-S and MD3 microdiffractometers. Remote control is also possible with other diffractometers or via a sample changer robot.
In addition, the Colibri continuously transfers an opening status feedback, for example to a diffractometer or to a sample changer robot.
Technical specifications
| Aperture | |
| 2mm diameter | |
| Performances | |
| Rise/Fall time (for 0-100% of 2 mm) |
1.0ms |
| Delay Time* | < 5 ms @ 1Hz |
| Delay Time jitter peak | ± 0.2 ms |
| Max frequency (for 0 – 100 % opening) |
80 Hz |
| Opening closing time* (for 100 % guaranteed opening and closing) |
< 7 ms |
| Shutter unit lifetime | 4 x 108 cycles @ 1Hz or 20 years @ 0.1 Hz |
| Controls | |
| Powered off position | Automatic close mode |
| Maximal temperature rise | +5° @ 10 Hz |
| Operation Temperature Range | -20°C to +80°C (Shutter Unit) |
| Shutter status Output | Yes |
| TTL input | Yes |
| Control unit Power Supply | |
| Voltage | 80 VAC – 264 VAC |
| Frequency | 47 Hz – 63 Hz |
| Electric power | 85 W |
| Dimensions (x, y, z) | |
| Control unit | 105 x 55 x 125 mm3 |
| Shutter unit | 85 x 35 x 15 mm3 |
*Time reference is given for the heaviest beamstop material available (tungsten)
