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A 128 fiber Slit-Plate assembly, Kinematic mount. 32 fiber Connector. Cable Clamp. Fiber Array (128 fibers). Cover Plate. Furcation tube, 4.5 mm dia. Lenslet. Fiber array Pigtail Each array contains 32 fibers. Slit-Plate Body. A 128 fiber Slit-Plate assembly, Kinematic mount.
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A 128 fiber Slit-Plate assembly, Kinematic mount 32 fiber Connector Cable Clamp Fiber Array (128 fibers) Cover Plate Furcation tube, 4.5 mm dia. Lenslet Fiber array Pigtail Each array contains 32 fibers Slit-Plate Body Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
A 128 fiber Slit-Plate assembly, Kinematic mount Furcation tube, 4.5 mm dia. Cable Clamp Cover Plate Fiber Array (128 fibers) Lenslet Fiber array Pigtail Each array contains 32 fibers Slit-Plate Body 2 Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
A 128 fiber Slit-Plate assembly, Kinematic mount Kinematic mount features This base plate is actually part of the Base Assembly And is shown here to illustrate the Kinematic mounting features Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Kinematic mount Magnets Sphere Parallel Bars Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Slit-Plate bottom view Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Slit-Plate Top view 128 fiber channels Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Assembly sequence 1 Each ‘Pigtail’ holds 32 fibers Glue fibers into individual channels Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Groove detail Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Assembly sequence 2 Mechanical clamp Staking compound Epoxy bond Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Groove detail Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Assembly sequence 3 Cover, also grooved, is bonded in place. Tooling needed here? This surface is ground and polished to 344.94 mm Radius Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Groove detail Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Assembly sequence 4 Lenslet bonded in place Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
512 fiber Slit Assembly 4 Slit-plate modules (128 fibers each) make up 1 fiber slit assembly (512 fibers) Base plate shown here gets integrated into the carrier assembly TBD Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
512 fiber Slit Assembly 4 Slit-plate modules (128 fibers each) make up 1 fiber slit assembly (512 fibers) Repositional Kinematic mount features: Spheres on the Slit-plate, Parallel bars ont the base-plate Magnetic clamping Base plate shown here gets integrated into the carrier assembly TBD Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Fitup to Spectrograph Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Fitup to Spectrograph Robin Lafever SSL/LBL
Fitup to Spectrograph, close up Robin Lafever SSL/LBL