Mimir - Fabrication History and Pictures

Below are a set of links to a chronological ordering of the pictures taken of Mimir as it was fabricated. At right are functional orderings, by major units in the instrument. All photos are by Dan Clemens unless noted.

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2001 - The first year
  Motors in Filter Box, Shell Heater System
DE, DS, Compressor
Cryovac Test Chamber (CTC)   Preparing for first cold test
CTC   First cold test, other bench testing
CTC   Prep for second cold test, motor/brake camera unit
CTC, Warm Bulkhead   2nd cold test, cryovac test chamber
Mimir Mock-Up   Filter Wheels in Filter Box, Slit Belt Unit
Warm Bulkhead, Slit Belt Unit   Detector Mount
Big Ben, G10 Collar Fab.  

MKIR Detector Socket & Mount

G10 collar, Cold Mass, Cold Shield
  Lens Inspection
G10 collar complete, Filter Box bulkheads, "Big Ben"   Camera Block begins
G10 collar gets epoxied into Big Ben  

Camera block machining, refrigerator cold strapping

incomplete

G10+Big Ben, forward thermal shield, LN2 loop, cold bulkhead      
First vacuum test, first cryostat assembly      

20010719

More leak testing in SIF      
Cryovac test chamber
     
Filter Box before being sent out for dip brazing      
Bare MUX, FWs, LN2 loop      
More prep for brazing      
Cold bulkhead with LN2 loop, Filter box after brazing, POL wheel and cell operation      
Filter Cells, Filter Wheels, Big Ben      
Warm and Cold bulkheads epoxied together, filter cells worked      
Delivery of cryostat by/from BU SIF, pics of SIF guys.      
Mimir in lab for first time, mold for MLI frame, measuring detector ribbon cables      
Filter Box and Mimir side views      
Marc Buie's first visit, inside views
2002 - Year Two
     
G10 MLI shell, Mimir as R2D2      
Wrapping MLI on the G10 shell      
Filter Wheel Stack, Pumping MLI      
Degreasing Stepper Motors