Today, while doing some cabling for PSL Picomotors, I noticed that the clamping of hte PZT actuator doesn't look right (see attached photos).
It seems that the screws that apply the clamping force, thus constraining the PZT body between the upper vee and the lower vee (and compressing the viton damping cylinder in the process) were not sufficiently tightened.
The PZT actuator cylinder appears to be floating on top of the viton cylinder, lightly constrained by the upper vee, but not the lower one - there is an obvious 1-2 mm gap between the PZT cylinder and the lower vee, on both sides.
Thanks for sharing, Rick. The cylinder of the PZT definitely should not be floating atop the viton cord, and the PZT cylinder definitely should be registered onto the V contact planes of the Base and the two Clamps.
SYS (EddieS) is working on updating the drawing D1700002 for clarity, but these are the steps that should have been implemented during assembly:
Some comments closing the loop on documentation:
Discussed at IIET call 3/8: See notes / actions at https://services.ligo-la.caltech.edu/FRS/show_bug.cgi?id=12077.