Re: mechanical design work

Hi Hans,
Thanks for your paper. We are planning on visiting the company that made the SNO sphere in
the next few weeks to discuss these types of issues. We'll definitely keep you informed on
what we find out.
regards,
Vic

Hans Jostlein wrote:

> Hi, Victor et al.,
>
> thanks for your detailed design report.
> It's a giant step forward.
> Some time ago I looked at ways to tile spheres and to make the pieces
> parabolic rather than spherical.
> There would be significant savings in molds for casting;
> the surfaces would be cast free for better optical quality;
> and the number of pieces would be minimized while,
> and they would all be of identical shape.
> The deviation from a true sphere depends on the number of tiles, and becomes
> quite small for a modest number of tiles.
> I don't know if you saw that memo, some time ago.
> I have attached it again. for your enjoyment.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Hans
>
> '
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Reyna" <reyna@anl.gov>
> To: <mwtheta13@hep.uchicago.edu>
> Cc: "Victor Guarino" <vjg@hep.anl.gov>
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 2:49 PM
> Subject: mechanical design work
>
> > Greetings,
> > While at Oxford, Ed mentioned that it's been a while and we should
> > probably have a Braidwood get together/collaboration meeting in the
> > relative near future. With that in mind I wanted to let everyone know
> > about a draft baseline detector design document that Vic Guarino has
> > been assembling here at Argonne. We have been trying to look into all
> > of the issues involved with design, assembly, installation and operation
> > of a baseline detector and intend to present this for more detailed
> > review and revision at the next collaboration meeting. At this
> > time, the document is still a work in progress with several sections
> > still needing to be fleshed out, but we would like to encourage any
> > interested parties to take a look now and provide feedback or comments.
> > The document can be found at
> > http://www.hep.anl.gov/vjg/Reactor-Baseline1.doc
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > -Dave
> >
> >
>
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