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Jorge,

I would suggest that you check out the equipment that is generating the 
vibrations.

Years ago I was working on a vacuum detector that was making a huge 
racket.  I touched one of the tubes inside it's cabinet and the racket 
went away.  It came back when I removed my finger.  So, I grabbed a 
large zip tie and tightened it around the tube. I did not attach the 
tube to anything I just wrapped the zip tie around it and the additional 
weight of the zip was enough to change the resonance of that tube and 
permanently stopped the sound ( and vibrations) generated by that tube.

That is why I am suggesting that you check out the equipment at the 
other end of those cables. Another thing to try would be to attach an 
anchor bar to the legs or frame of your isolation table (not to the 
table top!) and anchor the wires to this bar (zip ties, cable clips 
etc..  Assuming that the bar is sufficiently stiff and massive it will 
absorb the vibrations and transmit them to the table's legs prevent the 
vibrations from traveling further along the wires to the microscope.

Call me or email me if you would like to discuss this further!

Cheers,
Chris

On 9/4/2013 7:52 PM, Jorge wrote:
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> Dear List
> I turn to you again for your magnificent support request
> We have in a confocal microscope LEICA TCS LSI which has the relatively
> high center of gravity (since it has a optosplit and additional CCD
> camera), and was mounted on a passive anti-vibration system (newport)
> This system significantly reduces vibrations, however randomly microscope
> eventually presents some movements,
> We think that maybe some of the wires connecting the various devices can
> generate these vibrations, but do not know what could be the best way to
> prevent these movements
> any suggestions to fix wires or any other device that could introduce these
> vibrations will be much appreciated (we discard the air conditioned)
> best regards
> Jorge
>


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