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This assembly includes 128 fiber slit plates, kinematic mount, cable clamps, lenslet arrays, and pigtail fibers. Each array has 32 fibers glued and bonded in place for secure fit. The base plate integrates into the carrier assembly for spectrograph fit-up. By Robin Lafever, SSL/LBL.
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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