The SIFT instrument has been transported from the Keele University, U.K., to J. Heyrovsky Institute in Prague, Czech Republic. Here are some documentary pictures showing the process of re-assembly after the move:
This is the Roots pump which drives the fast flow of carrier gas:
The frame is painted in aluminium gray:
And here are the diffusion pumps which maintain the vacuum for the two quadrupole mass spectrometers:
The coupling of the roots blower to the flow tube:
