Mechanical Status
Dewar Status:
All of the large dewar pieces
have been delivered by Meyer tool and initially vacuum tested.
The complete FLAMINGOS
Shell with our 6' 5"
mechanical engineering Jeff Julian
The torroidal LN2
tank for the multi-slit dewar
The telescope beam passes through the center
Mechanism Status:
- Custom gears for wheels have
been fabricated
- Wheel mechanisms are being
fabricates in the UF Physics/Astronomy shop.
- Thermal testing has been
conducted with our sapphire ball bearings which indicates that
the mutli-slit wheel will cool to usable temperatures in less
than 1 hour
- Cryogenic stepper motors
and controllers have been tested and ordered for all mechanisms
Filter wheel custom
gear and sapphire ball bearings
Cryogenic stepper motor
and controller