2011/05/05

Shipping Container Assembly Procedure

Figure 1: Install lid on bottom of detector housing.
Care must be taken as it is all too easy to strip the heads of M2 brass screws.

Figure 2: Fasten structure together with 6 M2 brass rods.

Figure 3: Mount aluminium adapter plate with 6 M3 brass screws.

Figure 4: Mount turntable to Al adapter plate with 4-40 slot head screws.

Figure 5: Place structure in puck and fasten turntable to floor with 4-40 slot head screws. This takes a lot of patience and good hand-eye coordination.

Figure 6: Fasten puck's lid with six 8-32 bolts in a star-pattern to apply uniform pressure on o-ring.

Figure 7: Flush puck with LN2 boil off. Finger over adapter fitting until pressure reaches 15 psig, then release and repeat 7 times. Overpressurise to 7.5 psig upon final iteration. Image on right is fitting we made to mate the puck with our LN2 boil off.

Figure 8: Stretch rubber bands from box corners to mount puck in box. Pressure gauge displays just over 8 psig.

Figure 9: Mount shock sensor.