NECAT Beamline

The Northeastern Collaborative Access Team (NE-CAT) facility at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory is managed by Cornell University and consists of seven member institutions:

  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Harvard University
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Rockefeller University
  • Yale University.

    • Primary funding for this project comes from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additional financial support for NE-CAT comes from the member institutions.

    Status of NE-CAT Sector 24 Activities

     

    September 2007  

     

    Sector 24 Insertion Device Beam Lines

     APS accelerator operation was shut down during the entire month of September for scheduled accelerator maintenance. Therefore, there are no users’ experiences to report for this month. During this shutdown period, new software was developed to enable automated beam steering when the x-ray energy is changed. The software will be tested and new steering function tables will be established as soon as APS resumes user operations.

    Move of the 8-BM beam line to Sector 24

     The Final Design Report for the new 24-BM bending magnet beam line was submitted to APS for approval. Approval is needed before the critical optical and collimation systems can be installed in radiation enclosure 24-BM-A. We anticipate that final approval will be received by early November. However while waiting for final approval, we have been moving the non-critical components associated with the end station from 8-BM to 24-BM. The following photograph shows the detector support “A” frame from 8-BM being installed in 24-BM-B. The detector support frame will fit into the existing limited floor space of 24-BM-B, although somewhat tight. Being able to reuse the 8-BM detector support frame represents a considerable effort and cost saving to the project, at no risk since the frame has been successfully used at 8-BM for several years.

     

    The next photograph shows the beginning of assembly of the beam line control station console. All the control electronics as well as the electronics modules for the ADSC Quantum 315 detector are being refurbished and upgraded, if needed, before installation.
     

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