STE Cryostat Pictures

Taken during their construction

Side view, showing CCD- and kinematic mounting
side1.jpg / side2.jpg / sidekinm.jpg

Looking in from above
clampoff.jpg / topview.jpg

Two completed systems
grncryo.jpg / bluecryo.jpg

Taken during Chip Cleaning in November 2000

Preparing
ste3&4.jpg / ste4-empty.jpg

Taking apart
lamflowbench-a.jpg / ste4cryo-a.jpg / ste4cryo-d.jpg / ste4cryo-f.jpg / ste4dirt1.jpg

Shorting out CCD pins
ste4wash-a.jpg / ste4wash-b.jpg / ste4wash-c.jpg

The washing process

NB! DO NOT USE BLACKENED CCD CLAMP AS SHOWN IN PICTURES!

1. The setup - ste4wash-d.jpg / ste4wash-e.jpg
2. Acetone washing, close up - ste4wash-l.jpg
3. Heating, to prevent condensation - ste4wash-k.jpg
4. Rotating the chip - ste4wash-f.jpg
5. Change from Acetone to Isopropyl Alcohol and repeat
6. Tip to horizontal - ste4wash-g.jpg / ste4wash-h.jpg
7. Keep up accational heating - ste4wash-j.jpg
8. Increase flow when bucket is full - ste4wash-m.jpg
9. Transfer chip on copper block to belljar
10. Vacuum-bake CCD - ste4bake-a.jpg / ste4bake-b.jpg
11. Vacuum-bake Zeolite @ 276°C - zeolitebake-a.jpg / vacbakesetup-a.jpg
12. Release vacuum after cooldown - vacbakesetup-b.jpg / vacbakesetup-c.jpg