The METIS Warm Support Structure Final Design

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2022

Authors

Costa, R (Author) Other; Amorim, A (Author) Other; Bone, A (Author) Other; Mercedes E Filho (Author) FEUP; Lopo, F (Author) Other; Ngando, M (Author) Other; P. J. V. Garcia (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY IX

Conference on Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX

Montreal, CANADA, JUL 17-22, 2022

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Authenticus ID: P-00X-E71

DOI: 10.1117/12.2629379

Abstract (EN): This article presents the final design of the METIS/ELT warm support structure subsystem. It provides the mechanical interface between the cryostat and the Nasmyth platform, and it consists of three substructures: the elevation platform, the cryostat alignment structure, and the instrument access platform. The elevation platform is connected to the Nasmyth platform and holds the cryostat alignment platform, consisting of seven legs connected to three nodes. The cryostat alignment platform is a hexapod holding the cryostat, allowing maintenance, alignment, and positioning. The instrument access platform allows human access to the cryostat, it bears the cable support system and is prepared to support the future Single Laser Adaptive Optics system. The subsystem requirements, design trade-offs, interface considerations, and the substructures' final design and simulation results will be detailed as presented to the METIS Final Design Review in 2022.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6