giacomo.ciani@LIGO.ORG - posted 21:52, Wednesday 22 August 2012 - last comment - 11:01, Tuesday 28 August 2012(3952)
HAUX build: structures ready
[Giacomo, Deepak] After spending Monday collecting (chasing?) missing parts and Tuesday installing helicoils, today we were able to start (and finish!) some real assembly work. In particular we assembled: - 6 HAUX towers, complete of almost all accessories - 12 pairs of blades supports (including blades already paired for each suspension) - 6 optic holders (excluding the magnets retro-fits) We encountered virtually no problem. The quality of the attached picture is bad, but should be good enough to show the progress. Tomorrow we will likely spend some time re-applying FC to the optics; then we'll proceed to the final steps of the assembly. I'll refrain from optimistic forecasts about the completion of the job... :-)
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Sorry, numbers here are clearly wrong (proven by the pictures!). Correct ones: - 5 HAUX towers, complete of almost all accessories - 10 pairs of blades supports (including blades already paired for each suspension) - 6 optic holders (excluding the magnets retro-fits)