Speakers
Mr
Gianluigi Chiarello
(INFN Roma1)
Dr
Giovanni Francesco Tassielli
(INFN Lecce & University of Salento)
Description
Modern experiments for the search of extremely rare processes require high momentum resolutions (order of 50-100 keV/c) tracking systems for particle momenta in the range of 50-100 MeV/c, dominated by multiple scattering contributions. A typical tracking detector with high precision and ability to withstand high rates is a full stereo, high granularity Drift Chamber. Due their high wire density, the use of the classical feed-through technique as wire anchoring system can hardly be implemented and therefore it is necessary to develop new wiring strategies. To this purpose, a wiring robot has been designed and build: for monitoring the solder quality of the wire to the supporting Printed Circuit Boards; for applying mechanical a pre-defined tension to the wires and maintaining it constant and uniform through the whole chamber; for monitoring the wire positions and their alignments within a few tens of $\mu$m; for anchoring the wires to their support with a contactless soldering system. The wiring robot consists of:
- List item **WIRING SYSTEM**: a semiautomatic wiring machine with a high precision on wire mechanical tensioning ($<$0.05 g) and on wire positioning ($<$20 $\mu$m) for a simultaneous wiring of multi-wire frames;
- List item **SOLDERING SYSTEM**: a contact-less infrared laser soldering tool for anchoring the wires to the supporting PCB;
- List item **EXTRACTION SYSTEM**: an automatic handling system for removing the multi-wire frames from the wiring system and for storing them and whit adjustable wire tension.
All subsystems of the wiring robot are managed and synchronized with a real-time system, based on a National Instrument CompactRIO platform. The wiring robot has been used for the wiring phase of MEG II Drift Chamber.
Primary authors
Mr
Gianluigi Chiarello
(INFN Roma1)
Dr
Giovanni Francesco Tassielli
(INFN Lecce & University of Salento)
