I think this answers my question. [By automated I mean simply producing digital data, in x y pairs.] In 1980, in Bob Snyder’s lab we had an automated Philips; the mounting of the stepper motor was home-brew, but the electronics consisted of out-of-the-box Canberra products. So I presumed that this not, by any means, the first of the automated lab machines, and was curious as to when first one was commissioned. Never knew the Type F was sold by Siemens as automated? What year was this? Googling “automated siemens type f” yields no joy.
Jim James P. Cline Materials Measurement Science Division National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Dr. stop 8520 [ B113 / Bldg 217 ] Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8523 USA jcl...@nist.gov<mailto:jcl...@nist.gov> (301) 975 5793 FAX (301) 975 5334 From: alan.he...@gmail.com [mailto:alan.he...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Alan Hewat Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 2:27 PM To: Cline, James Dr. <james.cl...@nist.gov> Cc: rietveld_l@ill.fr Subject: Re: Automated XRD Date Neutron diffractometers were automatic well before x-ray diffractometers, and were also first for position sensitive detectors (PSDs) and of course Rietveld refinement. Paper tape control was introduced in the 1950's, computers in the early 1960's and PSD's in the early 1970's. X-rays followed after about 10 years. From memory only. It can't be difficult to Google this. Alan On 31 January 2016 at 16:47, Cline, James Dr. <james.cl...@nist.gov<mailto:james.cl...@nist.gov>> wrote: Anyone know when/where the first automated powder diffractometer was commissioned? I’m going to presume it was used with a non-laboratory source ______________________________________________ Dr Alan Hewat, NeutronOptics, Grenoble, FRANCE <alan.he...@neutronoptics.com<mailto:alan.he...@neutronoptics.com>> +33.476.98.41.68 http://www.NeutronOptics.com/hewat ______________________________________________
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