We identify our equipment for simplifying its maintenance and managing its movements inside the institute. We use a code that informs quickly about the main specifications. For cryostats, here is the way we define the code:

• the leading two or three digits denotes internal ILL order number. This number is incremented each time a new device is made available.

• the first and second letters denote the code of the manufacturer as follows:

• IL: ILL Cryostat
• OX: Oxford Instruments
• TH: Thor
• AP: Air Products
• AS: A.S. Scientific
  
• ED: Edwards

• The following letters denote the code of the refrigerant mode for a cryostat and the code of the application:

• H: 4He
  
• F: with furnace option (T > 320K)
• N: Nitrogen
• V: gas flow
• 3H: 3He
• CC: closed cycle refrigerator
  
• CF: cryofurnace
• DIL: dilution refrigerator
• JT: with Joule Thomson third stage
• BE: beryllium filter
• GI: low-pressure gas injection
• GO:goniometer
• HP: high pressure gas injection
• HI: heating insert
  
• EF: for aplying electric field
  

• The last digits indicate the maximum sample diameter in mm.

For example, the cryostat 173ILCC250 is the 173rd cryostat introduced at the ILL. It is designed and built by our staff (code IL), uses a cold head (code CC) and provides Ø250 mm access to the sample.