ATLAS UPGRADE

Module Mounting Update

Progress

• Granite table layout and manufacturing drawings ready for review

• Camera and optics mounting system -

60% complete.• Stave positioning hardware –

70% complete• Vacuum jig and silicone micro alignment system• 30% complete

Near milestones

• Complete layout of all table mounted sub assemblies

• Spend several days at RAL working with Martin Gibson to better understand and model / document the vacuum system and under table module storage arrangement

• Produce manufacturing drawings for prototype vacuum jig and module aligner

• Arrange manufacture icw Martin.• Testing and design modifications if required

Granite table layout

Granite table layout

Camera mounting

• Camera now mounted to the side of the boom,

this will allow full coverage of 1.6m stave• Aerotech rotary stage gives 180 degree swing• Quick FEA will determine whether counterbalance is

required

Twin tables

• Provision made for addition of 2nd granite table• Rotary stage (powered?) swings camera and

optics about Y axis linear stage

To do

• Get details of full size stave mounting frame. How much wider will the stave.

I only have a model of the stavelet

• How much of the system would you like to be modelled