Joining Optical Tables with Rigid Couplings
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Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 Q Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports Suggested Tools and Equipment ■ Gantry crane (rated capacity greater than gross load) ■ Chain hoist and Gantry dolly (rated capacity greater than gross load) ■ Assortment of cargo straps and attachment shackles (recommend 2 each of 6 foot, 8 foot, 10 foot and 12 foot lengths) ■ Lifting hoist (as required to assemble the Gantry crane at worksite) ■ 2 ratchet style 2 inch wide cargo straps 20 feet long ■ Assorted hand tools (Snips, 24 inch Pry Bar, 3/8 inch Drive Ratchet and Socket Set, Allen...

Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 Q Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports Preparation Unloading and uncrating optical tables and support posts. ■ When the equipment arrives the optical tops and associated crates will require a staging area (loading dock) or other area in which to unload the truck. This will often require a forklift. ■ The crates will most likely arrive laying flat on the truck. To safely unload them, it will be necessary to lift them from the bottom using a fork lift or similar device (pallet jack - dock mules). ■ Uncrate the optical tops and support...

Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 Q Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 Q Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports Assemble the isolators or posts in accordance with the instructions provided for your model system. Place isolators/posts in the marked location for the installing the primary optical top. If multiple tops are being joined together, indented numeric codes for the joining order are provided and must be complied to. Lift the optical top and place it on the isolators/posts using care to evenly balance the top...

Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 2 Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports 4 f straight edge oot ( foot min) 2 J oiner plate B J oiner plate A Optical Top Tiebar Isolator or support post Figure 3 Joiner plates J oiner plate threaded holes in milled out slot area f . inch or 250 thickwrench Honey comb connector with 7/ 20 16Allen head sock cap screw et Dowel hole Dowel pin Optical Top Tops coupled together Figure 4 Attaching Joiner plates together Technical Manufacturing Corporation, Peabody, Massachusetts

Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 2 Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports The second top must be level and co-planar with respect to the “reference” top to facilitate proper joining. Continuously check and adjust as required. You can continue using the Gantry crane and straps for this procedure with the optical top suspended in the air, but it will be more difficult to maintain top alignment during leveling and co-planar adjust necessary to engage the dowel pins. Step 11 Place a ratchet strap of appropriate length around the girth of the two optical tops to be joined. S...

Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 2 Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports Slotted shim, 2 inches square, .030 inches thick, 5/8 inch cut-out slot Joiner plate-B .030 inch thick shim 7/16 inch Allen head socket cap screw Honeycomb threaded connector (turns freely over cap screw head) Milled out area for 1/4 inch thick wrench Joiner plate-A Figure 5 Honeycomb Connectors 1/3 turn (120 degrees) 1/4 inch thick wrench Honeycomb connector Milled out area in j oiner plate-A Figure 6 Wrench tightening honeycomb connector Once all honeycomb connectors are engaged into joiner...

Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 Q Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports Step 15 Using the shim tool and wrench shown in figure above, start from the left side of the optical top and turn each honeycomb connector in consecutive order only 1/3 turn or 2 flats at a time, moving in a clockwise direction completely around the top. A Important If one or more of the honeycomb connectors becomes jammed, then stop and loosen all connectors and start over. If at any time a connector is damaged, then all connectors must be loosened, the two tops pulled apart and the damaged...

Vibration Isolation Systems Setup Guide, April 2005 2 Optical Tops, Breadboards, and Supports Once tops have been coupled together, apply provided stainless steel strip of tape down on the joiner plate areas between the joined optical tops. First peel away the backing tape and apply sticky side down. This provides a finished surface across the joined optical tops. Joined optical tops Milled out area in joiner plate-A for wrench to tighten honeycomb connectors Area for applying stainless steel strip of tape Figure 7 Joiner plate area between optical tops Technical Manufacturing Corporation,...