Author: Sattler, F.D.
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MOPPR083 Mechanical Design and Evaluation of the MP-11-like Wire Scanner Prototype 984
 
  • S. Rodriguez Esparza, J.D. Gilpatrick, M.E. Gruchalla, A.J. Maestas, J.P. Martinez, J.L. Raybun, F.D. Sattler, J.D. Sedillo, B.G. Smith
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  A wire scanner (WS) is a linearly actuated diagnostic device that uses fiber wires (such as Tungsten or Silicon Carbide) to obtain the position and intensity profile of the proton beam at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) particle accelerator. LANSCE will be installing approximately 86 new WS in the near future as part of the LANSCE Risk Mitigation project. These 86 new WS include the replacement of many current WS and some newly added to the current linear accelerator and other beam lines. The reason for the replacement and addition of WS is that many of the existing actuators have parts that are no longer readily available and are difficult to find, thus making maintenance very difficult. One of the main goals is to construct the new WS with as many commercially-available-off-the-shelf components as possible. In addition, faster beam scans (both mechanically and in term of data acquisition) are desired for better operation of the accelerator. This document outlines the mechanical design of the new MP-11-like WS prototype and compares it to a previously built and tested SNS-like WS prototype.