Article 1: The Testing Center of the School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology implements the opening and sharing system of large-scale instruments and equipment, in order to improve the use efficiency of large-scale instruments and equipment and scientifically allocate resources.

Article 2: different charging standards shall be implemented for different users, as shown in Table 1.

S/N	User Type	Charging	Service	Comments
1	Super user (outside university)	60 thousand / year	8 hours of free time every week	1. For charges according to samples, two samples = 1 hour; 2. The excess part is charged according to normal standard, and the remaining time every week will not accumulated. 3. There is no charge for teaching period and equipment debugging stage 4. Account cannot be shared.
2	Super user (inside university)	20 thousand / year
3	Advanced user (outside university)	30 thousand / year	2 hours of free time every week
4	Advanced user (inside university)	10 thousand / year
5	Ordinary user	Charged according to normal standard

Article 3: opening and sharing time of large-scale instruments and equipment

Platform tester: working hours

Independent tester: non-working hours

Article 4: appointment requirements

Users need to make appointment online or telephone in advance in the Shared platform appointment system. The instrument shall be appointed for at least one day in advance, and the appointment on the current day will not be accepted. When the user makes an appointment, it is necessary to tell the tester about the test conditions, basic components and consumables required. If the test cannot be carried out in time, the user should inform the Administrator 24 hours in advance to cancel the appointment; In case of absence to the test with active appointments, the wasted time will be recorded into test time for ordinary users, and be deducted from the free time next week for super users and advanced users.

Article 5: operation mode

 

Article 6: use record

Each large instrument is equipped with a record book. Each user should truthfully register the actual use situation (such as machine time, sample number, user, etc.) after the experiment as the basis for annual benefit assessment of large-scale instruments and equipment. If the user is found not registering intentionally or failing to register truthfully, the Administrator has the right to punish the user according to the seriousness of the case. The Administrator shall audit the use records.

Article 7: test cost

Charging: It shall be registered according to the relationship of Student-Tutor, be charged according to students’ testing tutor account. For young teachers without students will be registered and charged according to the relationship of Young Teacher- Young Teacher.

Charge: super users and advanced users need to transfer the annual test fee into the test charge account of our School. Ordinary users will be charged according to the time or sample quantity, which shall be settled once every semester.

Labor fee: calculate the income of each instrument at the end of each year, and some of the income will be used as remuneration to the testers, which will be distributed pursuant to the workload of the testers.

Open and sharing Charging Method for Large-scale instruments and Equipment by School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology