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Replace lower paddel in 08PP with a narrower version #125

Closed rocco8773 closed 1 year ago

rocco8773 commented 1 year ago

Due to (1) drooping of the tracker frame, (2) drooping of tracker frame supports, (3) low margin (1.5mm) in spacing between the last 08PP paddle and the tracker frame supports, and (4) not accounting for CTE shift in panels (1.67mm), the last paddle in the 08PPs on the RAD and sun shield sides of the tracker interfere with the tracker frame supports. There are several solutions to this problem, but the easiest will be to replace the last paddle in the RAD and sun-shield side 08PPs with a narrower paddle.

What needs to be done:

rocco8773 commented 1 year ago

Thus we want to narrow the last paddle by $\Delta w \ge 12.41 mm$

rocco8773 commented 1 year ago

Paddles have been sent back to Eljen for re-machining. Probably another week before they are sent back to UCLA.

rocco8773 commented 1 year ago

Panels PID-03 and -05 were re-strapped with the modified 14.5 cm wide paddles and clamp blocks (TOF-PAN-001-1) and installed during the week of Feb. 20th, 2023.