Vacuum cryogenic wheel-driving mechanism with high positioning repeatability

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4822, Issue , 2002, Pages 104-111

  Churilov, V ^a   Smith, G ^a   Hingley, B ^b  

^a ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^b Sonacom Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Encoding; Repeatability; Vacuum cryogenic mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GEARS; IMAGE CODING; MECHANICAL DRIVES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPECTROGRAPHS; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

ALUMINUM WORM; ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY INFRARED IMAGER AND SPECTROGRAPH; GEARWHEEL; INFRARED SENSORS; REPEATABILITY; STEPPER MOTOR; VACUUM CRYOGENIC MECHANISM;

CRYOGENICS;

EID: 0036993248     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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