Need help identifying this piece of lab equipment

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around identifying a specific piece of lab equipment, particularly a clamp with a thumbscrew on a movable stage. Participants explore various terms and categories related to the equipment to assist the original poster in finding it.

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  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests the term "translational stages" as a possible descriptor for the equipment.
  • Another proposes looking for "micromanipulator parts" if only the top part is needed.
  • A different suggestion is to search for "clamp blocks" as an alternative term.
  • The original poster later finds the equipment by searching for "micromanipulator parts," realizing it was a single part rather than multiple components.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants provide various suggestions without any explicit consensus on a single term or identification method until the original poster finds the equipment.

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The discussion reflects the challenges of identifying specialized lab equipment and the reliance on specific terminology, which may vary among users.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals involved in laboratory work, particularly those seeking to identify or source lab equipment and components.

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I visited the lab of some collaborators, and they had this device which exactly matches my needs in the lab I work in. Problem is, I can't find this thing anywhere. I emailed the PI of that lab, and he has no idea where it came from. It seems they bought it somewhere a while back and since then forgot all the details. I attached a couple images below. It's really just the top part that I'm interested in: some sort of clamp with a thumbscrew sitting on top of a movable stage so whatever you're clamping can move forward and backward.

What is this thing?? I don't know what it might be even called, so I'm not sure what to google for. I tried googling different things, I tried to reverse-image-search it, and got nothing. I emailed Thorlabs (because the other lab people initially told me it was from them), and the tech support person from Thorlabs told me they don't sell that. I'm stuck...

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"Translational stages" (plural).
 
If its just the top part you want not the stage perhaps look for micromanipulator parts?
 
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Or google clamp blocks?
 
Ohh! I found it! From google-image-searching "micromanipulator parts", the entire thing comes up, pretty much in the first line of images. I didn't realize it was all one part...

Thank you! It's so simple! I kind of thought "micromanipulators" were something else...
 

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