The Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW) is an international collaboration that publishes the proceedings of accelerator conferences held around the world.
TY - CONF AU - Purling, M.F. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Tavakoli, Keihan ED - Tilmont, Manuel TI - Design & Development of an Innovative 6 Axis Sample Manipulator. J2 - Proc. of MEDSI2018, Paris, France, 25-29 June 2018 C1 - Paris, France T2 - Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation T3 - 10 LA - english AB - The accurate positioning & alignment of sample specimens within the experimental test chamber on a beam line is always a challenge. The ability to move in any direction and angle to very precise increments with repeatable positioning is crucial for being able to focus on the exact part of the sample required in the correct orientation. It can be made even more difficult when the sample is required to work within the UHV vacuum environment and be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. Initially in conjunction with St Andrews University, Diamond Light Source Ltd. have been developing their own manipulator for this purpose, it has six degrees of freedom for alignment of the sample and easy remote sample plate loading via a transfer arm system. This paper describes the developments made from the initial design to working manipulators with increased functionality for bespoke requirements on four different beamline within Diamond. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 415 EP - 417 KW - experiment KW - FEL KW - shielding KW - vacuum KW - ISOL DA - 2018/12 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-207-3 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-MEDSI2018-THPH38 UR - http://jacow.org/medsi2018/papers/thph38.pdf ER -