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Surveying the monument system at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory`s Advanced Light Source accelerator

Conference ·
OSTI ID:88824

Particle accelerators with demanding alignment requirements face a need for periodic re-surveying of their reference monument systems. At the ALS, significant foundation settling and the necessary relocation of some floor monuments mean that the entire system of over 100 monuments must be re-surveyed to an accuracy of 100 microns at two year intervals. Last Fall, the monument survey was conducted entirely by the in-house Survey and Alignment crew using a simplified instrument mounting system and an inexpensive commercial software package. Precision levels, plummets, theodolites, and an electronic distance measuring system were used with the innovative ``Monopod`` instrument mounting system in a cost effective approach to this critical task.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
88824
Report Number(s):
LBL--36565; CONF-950512--284; ON: DE95014836
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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