Prototyping profile: Alignment mechanism for ATLAS/CMS
Installed inside the shielding of two of the largest experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, ATLAS and CMS there are special collimators known as the Target Absorbers (TAS).
This equipment needs to be adjusted manually each time the detector opens. In addition to this, the TAS has been modified over the years, meaning that the alignment procedure does not match the procedure that was originally envisaged.
Offering students hands-on skills in hardware and software around the domain of health at the 4th EPS TIG Hands-on Event for Science, Technology and Interfaces
Experiments necessitate many hard skills, such as physical understanding of the process, but also a bundle of other skills like know-how in instrumentation, hard- and software and strong teamwork capabilities.
It is to give these skills to students –classically difficult to obtain during studies– that the 4th European Physical Society Technology and Innovation Group's (TIG) Maker Event for Science, Technology and Interfaces was held at IdeaSquare.
Prototype profile: Advanced Heat Exchange Devices (AHEAD)
ATTARCT Phase 1 (2019-2020)
SWaP project: 3D printed metal pipe featuring pressure fittings, electrical feedthrough, and embedded 3D printed sensor Features:
- Pipe & segments: 3D printed via Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
- Sensor: 3D printed via Aerosol Jet Printing (AJP)
- Sensing: fluidic temperature
- Data transmission: wired
Prototype profile: Liquid Sample Dispensing System for β-NMR Studies in Vacuum
β-NMR has proven its capabilities and advantages in the world of nuclear spectroscopy: Not only does it open the door to high precision measurements of nuclear properties, but it also facilitates investigations of unstable, short-lived isotopes, otherwise inaccessible to conventional NMR. Additionally, β-NMR allows for real-time observations of chemical processes, such as biomolecular folding mechanisms.
Prototype profile: CLEAR-Robot (C-Robot)
The C-Robot is a robotic system that was designed and built by 3 members of the CLEAR team (CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research). It was first designed to easily irradiate samples for medical applications. The robot is made of 3 linear stages for X,Y and Z axis, 6 limit switches (2 for each axis), a 3D printed grabber, a mounted-camera system with a moving filter and two tanks (one storage tank and one tank placed in the electron beam).
Prototype profile: 3D-printed polystyrene-based plastic scintillator
The "3D printed Detector" (3DET) collaboration is investigating and developing additive manufacturing as a new production technique for the future scintillator particle detectors with performances comparable to the state of the art.
Prototype profile: ATLAS Phase II Screwholder
Prototyping makes up one of the key pillars of IdeaSquare. A recent prototype, started in March 2023, aims to make a screwholder for the ATLAS Phase II Upgrade on MDT detectors.
Prototyping makes up one of the key pillars of IdeaSquare. A recent prototype, started in March 2023, aims to make a screwholder for the ATLAS Phase II Upgrade on MDT detectors.
Prototype profile: Adjustable Height Table for Wire Bonding
Prototyping makes up one of the key pillars of IdeaSquare. A recent prototype, started in March 2023, is in collaboration with the experimental physics department and BONDLab.
Prototyping makes up one of the key pillars of IdeaSquare. A recent prototype, started in March 2023, is in collaboration with the experimental physics department and BONDLab.
IdeaSquare opened its doors for the CERN Community: the start of a new network of people prototyping at CERN?
Last February, IdeaSquare, the innovation space at CERN, opened its doors for a two days event for the internal community. The event offered visitors a unique opportunity to discover our rapid prototyping and multipurpose facilities and to learn how they could get involved.
Last February, IdeaSquare, the innovation space at CERN, opened its doors for a two days event for the internal community. The event offered visitors a unique opportunity to discover our rapid prototyping and multipurpose facilities and to learn how they could get involved.
Come to our Arduino workshops at IdeaSquare and learn how to use electronic tools for rapid prototyping
Using electronic tools for rapid prototyping, and programming for hardware projects and the big world of Internet-of-Things, is possible if you know how to interface an Arduino. This microcontroller board can represent diverse objects connected to the Internet, for example, traffic lights, air quality monitors, or presence detectors.
Using electronic tools for rapid prototyping, and programming for hardware projects and the big world of Internet-of-Things, is possible if you know how to interface an Arduino. This microcontroller board can represent diverse objects connected to the Internet, for example, traffic lights, air quality monitors, or presence detectors.