News

Catch up with happenings at Fischer-Cripps Laboratories.

• April 2010: Finite element analysis support for ANSYS now available
• April 2010: Hot stage accessory for IBIS now available
• March 2010. FCL today releases a proprietory upgrade to UMIS and IBIS that reduces the attainable noise floor of the force and depth sensors by an order of magnitude. This upgrade is a proprietory software sampling algorithm and is implemented in the IBIS software. It applies to hardware-upgraded UMIS and all IBIS instruments. The upgrade is provided free of charge for support users via the normal software update.
• Jan 2010 we participate in the International Nanotechnology conference held in Sydney ICONN 2010
• Jan 2010 Laboratory phone number change to +61 2 9972 4247
• Nov 2009 Long travel X axis stage motion (110 mm viewing and indentation area) available
• Oct 2009 After many years of production of UMIS and IBIS at the CSIRO Laboratories at Lindfield, Fischer-Cripps Laboratories is pleased to announce the purchase of their own building and will be shortly moving all production and development into these new premises in Sydney.
• Oct 2009 Low load head Model A specifications available.
• Sept 2009 Self-install option now available. The IBIS system is so simple, robust and reliable that we now offer a cost-saving measure for our prospective customers. The system can be shipped in specialised packaging, then installed and tested by the customer using illustrated step-by-step instructions. On-line live help is provided as part of this service. Traditional attended installation and training always remains an available option.
• Sept 2009 Acoustic emission accessory now available.
• June 2009, Mr Jacques Francoise, CEO of CSM Instruments apologizes for using material copyrighted to Fischer-Cripps Laboratories in their sales presntation to the Univesity of Wollongong.
• June 2009 We welcome University of Wollongong (Australia) and National Physical Laboratory New Delhi (India) to our growing list of customers.
• June 2009 We participate in the ICMAT conference in Singapore along with our representative irnhill Metrology.Feb 2009 IBIS DC motor closed loop XY stages now available.
• Jan 2009 IBIS 2 software Fischer-Cripps Laboratories releases IBIS2 nanoindentation software for its UMIS and IBIS instruments. This is a new implementation of the software using the VB.NET language.
• Jan 2009 IBIS Nanoindentation System released The IBIS nanoindentation system is now available as an update to the UMIS standards-grade nanoindenter. The IBIS system retains the exact same circuitry and sensors that characterise UMIS, but house the hardware in an economical head and frame assembly with a choice of fitments to suit available budget.
• Dec 2008 Association with Microphotonics / Nanovea discontinued Our association with Microphotonics Inc of Los Angeles has been discontinued. We do not supply, design, endorse or support in any way whatsoever any product supplied by Microphotonics Inc