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| WEPE29 | A Novel Filter Auto-Mounter for the BioXAS Beamlines at the CLS | 357 |
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Funding: Canadian Foundation for Innovation The BioXAS beam-lines are a recently completed group of beam-lines at the Canadian Light Source (CLS). The BioXAS EXAFS beam-lines host three 32-element germanium detectors. There was a need to introduce an exchangeable filter between the soller slits and the 32-element germanium detectors. It was further required to have an automated filter exchange system so that users could quickly vary filter thicknesses and types to determine the effect on the signal. An auto-mounting filter system was created to meet these requirements and allows users to quickly exchange filters without breaking experimental hutch lockup. The auto-mounter cartridge can hold up to ten slides that measure 100mm X 55mm in cross-section. The device inserts slides in an extremely small envelope between the soller slits and the liquid helium cryostat. The auto-mounter assembly also houses the stages required to actuate the soller slits laterally and vertically. During device commissioning we performed 800 consecutive successful filter exchanges as part of a stress test. The spatial constraints, mechanics, and fabrication of the device will be presented. Software development will also be discussed. |
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| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-MEDSI2016-WEPE29 | |
| About • | paper received ※ 13 September 2016 paper accepted ※ 16 September 2016 issue date ※ 22 June 2017 | |
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