Optomechanical system of AIT tools to perform tests and integrations of 24 IFU

Edgard Renault; Florence Laurent; Louisa Adjali; Roland M. Bacon; Didier Boudon; Patrick Caillier; Eric Daguisé; Jean-Pierre Dubois; Heiko Anwand; Johan Kosmalski; Magali Loupias; Harald E. Nicklas; Alban Remillieux

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26 July 2010 Optomechanical system of AIT tools to perform tests and integrations of 24 IFU

Edgard Renault, Florence Laurent, Louisa Adjali, Roland M. Bacon, Didier Boudon, Patrick Caillier, Eric Daguisé, Jean-Pierre Dubois, Heiko Anwand, Johan Kosmalski, Magali Loupias, Harald E. Nicklas, Alban Remillieux

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Proceedings Volume 7739, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation; 77393T (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857641
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The second generation instrument MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) developed for the VLT (Very Large Telescope) for ESO (European Southern Observatory) is composed of 24 identical Integral Field Unit. To perform the tests and the integration in a shorter time, we have developed an opto-mechanical system of AIT Tools (Assembly- Integration-Test) referenced to an unique simulator of IFU. Each IFU sub system and its test bench (sources, image slicer, spectrograph, IFU) are checked with respect to the same opto-mechanical references. These references are also used to align all the 24 IFU onto the MUSE main structure. The system allows a better homogeneity between IFU in term of performances and a better traceability between its sub-systems. This paper presents the different AIT tools developed at CRAL to reach the specified performances for the serial phase of AIT of 24 IFU.

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Edgard Renault, Florence Laurent, Louisa Adjali, Roland M. Bacon, Didier Boudon, Patrick Caillier, Eric Daguisé, Jean-Pierre Dubois, Heiko Anwand, Johan Kosmalski, Magali Loupias, Harald E. Nicklas, and Alban Remillieux "Optomechanical system of AIT tools to perform tests and integrations of 24 IFU", Proc. SPIE 7739, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation, 77393T (26 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857641

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