Skills: Mechanical Engineering

The group Mechanical and Electrical Engineering has knowledge in the following skills of mechanical and physical engineering:

  • design
  • developments and studies
  • calculations
  • production
  • assembly
  • maintenance
  • repair

Below there is a short summery of these skills. Further information is available (Mechanical and Electrical Engineering).


Design

neutrons- and muons-instruments, neutron-optics, neutron-shielding, gamma-shielding, magnetically-shielding, detector-shielding, unmagnetisable mechanics, vacuum, cryogenic, glass, silicon, ceramic, plastic, concrete 

Muons High Magnetic Field Instrument
goniometer
sample table with optical bench

Developments and studies

vibration analysis, test and evaluation of equipments inside magnetic fields 

vibration analysis
high magnetic field test device

Calculations

magnetic fields, strength, stress, deformation (elastic and plastic), dynamics 

guide field by Comsol
elastic deformation by Ansys

Production

milling, turning, drilling, TIG-welding, fine mechanics, sample holders, neutron-shielding 

SINQ workshop

Assembly

neutrons- & muons-instruments, fine mechanics, metrology, magnetising of polarisation equipments, neutron-optics, neutron-shielding, gamma-shielding, magnetically-shielding, detector-shielding, cryogenic, crane-operation 

worm gear EIGER
neutron guide
analyser
neutron adaptive optic

Maintenance

chopper bearing change, chopper weigh heavy, science instruments, He3-cleaning 

chopper drive
chopper test device

Repair

granite floor (for use of air cushion-pads) lapping and stabilizing, neutron-optics, science instruments 

stabilizing of granite floor