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filter slider

Description

changes filters in front of CCD camera

Handle pulls 1/32" stranded steel cable inside 2-meter-long teflon tube. End of cable pushes/pulls telescoping brass tube so it slides over inner stationary tube. Outer moving tube carries glass filters used to shield CCD camera from infrared light.

Type

Assembly

Drawing

Drawing (27.1 Kb)

Filter slider pieces.pdf (11.7 Kb)

Filter slider pieces.cdr (25.5 Kb)

Pictures

filter slider

assembled filter slider shown before cutting extra cable and before glueing galss filters.

filter slider

filter slider parts

components of filter slider

filter slider parts

Parents

· instrument Head

Parts

Name	Manufacturer	Vendor	Required	Cost
Filter Slider Base	custom shop	Various machine shops	1	$30.00
Filter Slider Pieces Set	custom shop	Various machine shops	1	$100.00
Filter	blue glass	Thorlabs	0.5	$82.00
tubing , Stainless	#17 hypodermic	Small Parts Inc.	0.5 ft	$2.00
Spaghetti Clamp	custom shop	Various machine shops	2	$50.00
Cable, Stainless	1/32" diameter	Small Parts Inc.	6 ft	$0.25
tubing, Teflon	#18 Thin Wall	Small Parts Inc.	6 ft	$0.50
tube, round 3/32"	K and S Engineering	K and S Engineering	1	$0.75
tube, square brass 3/16"	K and S Engineering	K and S Engineering	1	$1.69
tube, square brass 5/32"	K and S Engineering	K and S Engineering	1	$1.59
Estimated cost: $280.53

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2008/04/20 17:46