Instrumentation and Fabrication

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The CXRO mechanical technician team provides a uniquely diverse
group of skill sets to the CXRO scientific community in a
combined effort to make a scientific theory a physical reality.
The technical team specializes in very sophisticated ultra-high
vacuum (UHV) systems. The UHV systems include component design,
fabrication, precision electro-mechanical assemblies, computerized
electronic motion control systems, UHV vacuum chambers and
vacuum equipment, installation and commissioning of state-of-the-art
micro-mechanical systems such as monochromators and photo
emission spectrometers.
The engineering technical team has built and commissioned five
UHV beam lines located at the Advance Light Source: X-ray
Microscopy, EUVL Defect Inspection, EUVL Interferometry and
Optical testing, and two X-ray Calibrations and Standards
beam lines. These state-of-the-art beam lines are designed
to operate at peak performance twenty-four hours a day seven
days a week while accommodating researchers and their experimental
end stations.
Capabilities of the technical team include but are not limited to the fabrication
of specialized beamline components including: Design &
Fabrication, Optimization of vacuum equipment, Cryogenics,
Custom electronic circuitry and instrumentation, Creation
of in-vacuum cameras and controls, optical mirror coatings,
vital mirror bending systems, Custom UHV vacuum chambers,
Specialized survey and alignment applications, Computer aided
design (CAD), Welding, and a fully equipped precision machining
facility.