
In situ systems for Thermo Fisher and legacy FEI TEM, STEM, SEM, and FIB-SEM workflows.
Hummingbird Scientific supports compatible Thermo Fisher Scientific and legacy FEI microscopes with in situ systems for liquid, gas, heating, biasing, electrochemistry, transfer, tomography, and custom experimental workflows.
Product fit depends on the microscope model, pole-piece or chamber configuration, analytical accessories, and intended experiment. Contact Hummingbird for a recommendation on the appropriate system, interface, and purchase path.

Hummingbird products for
Thermo Fisher
microscopes
TEM / STEM products
Browse Hummingbird in situ TEM and STEM products available for compatible Thermo Fisher microscope configurations, including environmental, thermal, electrical, transfer, tomography, and custom experimental systems.

SEM/FIB products
Browse Hummingbird SEM and FIB-SEM systems for compatible Thermo Fisher chambers and configurations, including liquid, electrochemistry, gas, heating, biasing, and custom chamber-integration options.


How to buy a Hummingbird product for your
Thermo Fisher
microscope
Customers can purchase directly from Hummingbird Scientific or coordinate Hummingbird products through a Thermo Fisher microscope project where available. For new microscope proposals, customers can ask their Thermo Fisher representative to include the required Hummingbird Scientific in situ capability.
Hummingbird and Thermo Fisher teams can coordinate product fit, specifications, quotation details, installation, and training.
- Provide the Thermo Fisher or legacy FEI microscope model and configuration.
- Describe the experiment and required environment or stimulus.
- Confirm the product, interface, controllers, and utilities required for the workflow.
- Receive a quotation directly from Hummingbird or through the approved project channel.

Information for OEM sales and applications teams
Supporting a Thermo Fisher customer who needs an in situ TEM, SEM, or FIB-SEM product? Hummingbird can help identify the appropriate system, confirm the microscope interface, provide specifications and quotation support, and coordinate technical requirements for a new or existing instrument.
- Review the Thermo Fisher Scientific-compatible product collection.
- Request model, chamber, or holder-interface confirmation.
- Request product specifications and quotation support.
- Contact Hummingbird sales, applications, or engineering.

Why Hummingbird for Thermo Fisher Microscopes?
Thermo Fisher TEM, STEM, SEM, and FIB-SEM workflows often involve more than a standard specimen holder. Hummingbird supports these microscopes with in situ systems designed around the instrument interface, experimental environment, controls, and data workflow.
- Built around the microscope: Holder geometry, chamber interfaces, vacuum, analytical access, utilities, and sample handling are considered together.
- Developed in-house: Design, machining, microfabrication, assembly, controls, calibration, and microscopy testing stay connected.
- Direct technical access: Customers and OEM teams can work with the people who build and support the system.
- Open workflow path: Hummingbird systems are designed to connect with microscope software, metadata, data tools, and future automation.

Cross-platform and custom engineering
Some in situ experiments need more than one microscope view. TEM, SEM, FIB-SEM, X-ray, and optical microscopy can reveal different information about the same material system, from nanoscale structural change to surface morphology, chemistry, device behavior, and larger-area context.
For selected liquid, gas, heating, biasing, electrochemistry, and custom workflows, Hummingbird Scientific can develop related sample-cell architectures, chips, carriers, and experimental conditions across multiple microscopy methods. This helps researchers compare results with less change to the sample environment or setup.
For Thermo Fisher Scientific and legacy FEI platforms, Hummingbird develops custom TEM holders, SEM/FIB-SEM chamber interfaces, feedthroughs, specimen carriers, environmental cells, controllers, and application-specific hardware when standard configurations are not enough.

Hummingbird Connect™ for Thermo Fisher workflows
Hummingbird Connect™ is Hummingbird Scientific’s pathway incorporating in situ hardware data into the microscope workflow. Holder conditions, controller states, experiment settings, timing, and sample information become part of the experimental record instead of remaining separate from acquisition and analysis.
For Thermo Fisher platforms, Hummingbird Connect™ is focused around Velox-centered TEM/STEM workflows and AutoScript-based SEM or FIB-SEM workflows. This creates a stronger foundation for repeatable experiments, better metadata, custom scripting, and future automation.


TEM / STEM products
for
Thermo Fisher
microscopes

SEM/FIB products
for
Thermo Fisher
microscopes

Frequently Asked Questions
Many of our platform technologies use cross-compatible tips or chips, but the full TEM or SEM sample holders are very different form factors and are not cross-compatible. Please check the specific product page for your model, or contact us—if a specific holder needs a port-adapter for a specific SEM chamber, we can often engineer a custom solution.
No, our holders are designed to be "plug-and-play" with standard TFS hardware. For advanced custom experiments, our team provides guidance on any necessary software integration or minor calibration adjustments. In some cases, additional tables, floor space, or surface space are temporarily needed in the miroscopy lab for peripheral equipment.
We achieve tolerance compliance directly with component drawings shared with us by TFS. Because we have an in-house, vertically integrated machine shop, every component is machined and inspected in our facility, allowing us to maintain tighter tolerances than mass-manufactured, third-party alternatives.
Yes. Because we operate our own machine shop and microfabrication facility, we specialize in "one-off" or bespoke modifications for experiments that standard catalog holders cannot support.
Yes, Hummingbird Control Software operates Hummingbird Scientific hardware, either standalone or integrated with TFS's AutoScript, Velox, and automated software ecosystems. Hummingbird supports broader connectivity discussions between holders, microscope platforms, software environments, and laboratory workflows.
Our holders are designed to exceed or match the microscope's specifications for maximum resolution and drift. By minimizing profile and optimizing material selection, we ensure that our holders are optimized for other imaging modes such as EELS, EDS, and transmission techniques in SEM and X-ray systems.
Yes, all of our sample holders are thoroughly tested for safe operation in TFS TEMs and SEMs. We even include seal checking vacuum pump stations to ensure that environmental cells are properly sealed prior to insertion.
We provide direct, scientist-to-scientist support. Because we manufacture the hardware, you talk to the person who knows the design, not a third-party reseller. This includes remote troubleshooting and application advice.
Yes. We partner with many global TFS distribution entities. We recommend contacting your local TFS sales representative to ask about Hummingbird Scientific sample holders, or contact us directly to coordinate with your vendor.















