• Reid Whitney

    Vice President, Herzan

    Reid Whitney is vice president at Herzan (Laguna Hills, CA).

    FIGURE 1. As indicated by this site information form, successfully performing a site survey requires essential information that includes room details, local noise sources, microscope details and positioning, and how the site survey is performed.
    Reid Whitney
    Oct. 1, 2018
    From site surveys to active vibration control, steps can be taken to keep your superresolution microscope stable and ready to collect data.
    FIGURE 1. Using a portable site-survey tool such as the WaveCatcher enables end users to do their own environmental site surveys (left). A screenshot of an environmental frequency spectrum analysis done by the WaveCatcher site-survey tool shows the results of a simultaneous three-axis measurement (right). A noise peak at about 59 Hz has been identified.
    Reid Whitney
    Sept. 16, 2015
    Measuring and analyzing environmental noise before the installation of a precision microscope enables the end user to save time, money, and resources by preparing the installation...
    FIGURE 1. Active vibration isolation performance, represented in a graph, depicts the inverse, out-of-phase force applied by an active vibration isolation platform to provide a vibration-neutral surface (a). Transmissibility graphs are used as performance benchmarks for vibration isolation systems, demonstrating a platform's ability to amplify or reduce vibrations across a broad frequency spectrum (b). Transmissibility as a function of frequency is one of the most important attributes to evaluate when reviewing a system's vibration isolation performance.
    Reid Whitney
    Oct. 14, 2013
    Choosing the right type of control system and form factor are only two of the many decisions to make when defining the right active isolation platform for the job; understanding...