Mechanical benders
The best solution for tuning high-quality x-ray beams
- Fine control of the bent shape
- Allows elliptical, parabolic or cylindrical shapes
- No twist induced
- Insensitive to temperature variations
The best solution for tuning high-quality x-ray beams
- Fine control of the bent shape
- Allows elliptical, parabolic or cylindrical shapes
- No twist induced
- Insensitive to temperature variations
Mechanical benders
The best solution for tuning high-quality x-ray beams
- Fine control of the bent shape
- Allows elliptical, parabolic or cylindrical shapes
- No twist induced
- Insensitive to temperature variations
The best solution for tuning high-quality x-ray beams
- Fine control of the bent shape
- Allows elliptical, parabolic or cylindrical shapes
- No twist induced
- Insensitive to temperature variations
To guarantee the best possible control of the actual mirror shape, IRELEC produces 4-point mechanical bending systems with the following features:
- Direct and absolute encoding of the bending forces that allows:
- Unequalled control of the bending shape
- Improvement of the initial mirror shape by optimization of the bending forces using optical metrology
- High bending operation repeatability
- Kinematic configuration that suppresses any twisting effect while bending
- Full UHV compatibility (neither motors nor high outgassing components in contact with the vacuum)
- Easy access to the mirror for installation and maintenance
Two independent bending actuators combined with contoured mirrors produced by major manufacturers in the field (JTec, WinlightX, InSync, Zeiss, Seso…) make it possible to achieve, with the best possible accuracy, the ideal nominal shape (conic curvature as easily as cylindrical curvature).
IRELEC mirror shape compensators can be built in together with the mechanical bender.
Specifications
Bending range
From 50 m to ∞
Resolution (ΔR/R)
0.01%
Repeatability and backlash (ΔR/R)
0.3%
Long term stability (ΔR/R)
0.05%
Tangential slope error / nominal elliptical shape
< 100 nrad rms
Vacuum compatibility
10-10 mbar
Mirror shape compensator
optional
References
| ESRF | |
|---|---|
| SOLEIL | |
| DLS | |
| ANKA | |
| DELTA | |
| PETRA III |
| ALBA | |
|---|---|
| MAX IV | |
| SSRL | |
| NSLS II | |
| CAT Indore | |
| Australian Synchrotron |