A.G.O.
is proud to be supplying the servo controlled winches for the Large Adaptive
Reflector/Square Kilometer Array project. This work is supported by funding
from NRC and through a grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation to
Dr. Meyer Nahon of McGill University (previously with University of Victoria).
This international project involves building the world's largest steerable radio
telescope at Penticton, BC, Canada (Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory).
It will have 100 times the sensitivity of current radio telescopes. The
winch pictured top right is one of the servo controlled winches that will be
used to control the aerostat.
Pictured bottom right is a technician preparing the aerostat for launch. The aerostat is 18 metres long and 7 metres in diameter. This is part of a one-third-scale multi-tethered aerostat system that will be used to prove the airborne platform concept. The winch pictured bottom right is an A.G.O. model CSW-7.
More
images and movies (broadband connection recommended):
| More Pictures | Movies |
|---|---|
| Portrait View | Fly-by [19 MB] |
| Portrait View with Rays | Circle Trajectory (long) [25 MB] |
| The Reflector Surface | Circle Trajectory (short) [5 MB] |
| View from Above | Vertical Trajectory [3 MB] |
| View from a Distance | Airborne Feed [5 MB] |
| View from a Mountainside | Section of Reflector Surface [11 MB] |
| Section of Reflector (above) | LAR Array Fly-by [7.4 MB] |
| Section of Reflector (below) | LAR Video [14 MB] |
| Phased Array Feed (above) | |
| Phased Array Feed (below) | |
| Mooring Concept |
The
following individuals and companies helped make the LAR winch project a success:
Aaron Saunders - engineeering
Acklands Grainger - material supplier
Casey Lambert - engineering
Goodall Rubber- material supplier
Island Commercial
Engravers - engraving
Island Powder Coating
- painting
Lejeune Engineering - aluminum welding
Metal Supermarkets
- material supplier
Norco Inc. - material supplier
Rexroth Bosch Group
- servo system supplier
Shamrock Metals - material supplier
Western Equipment - material supplier
