Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
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Figure 3.13: A CAD image <strong>of</strong> the redesigned spindle. The shaft <strong>of</strong> the feedthrough<br />
is shown in black. The spindle is blue, <strong>with</strong> the clamp that tightens the collet <strong>of</strong> the<br />
spindle onto the feedthrough shaft shown in red. The rotor is silver, and the clamp<br />
that holds the rotor in the V-groove <strong>of</strong> the spindle is green.<br />
collet used in machine tool holders, and is be much more rigid, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> being self<br />
centering. The method <strong>of</strong> clamping the rotor is also changed to a V-groove, instead <strong>of</strong><br />
a cylindrical clamp, which is self centering and e<strong>as</strong>ier to machine <strong>with</strong> high accuracy.<br />
A CAD image <strong>of</strong> the new spindle can be seen in figure 3.13.<br />
Finite element calculations performed on the new spindle predict resonant<br />
frequencies well above 100 Hz, which is a significant improvement on the old spindle.<br />
With the new spindle in place, the rotor h<strong>as</strong> successfully been spun up to 60 Hz<br />
<strong>with</strong>out any serious resonances appearing. The large spindle holders are still in place,<br />
and the incre<strong>as</strong>ed m<strong>as</strong>s at the rotor tip means that higher speeds are deemed to be<br />
too large a risk. With the vibrational stability <strong>of</strong> the rotor improved by the new<br />
spindle, the rotor can spin at the speeds required for potential future experiments.<br />
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