Reassembling the MVD

For each quadrant we have to assemble the endplates and then stack 6 C-cages ( here is a ps drawing of a C-cage). onto the quadrant. Two quadrants are combined into a half of the MVD. The inner enclosures are usually destroyed in the process of disassembling the of MVD, so we will probably need to make two inner enclosures to replace the old ones.

There are lots of fragile and complicated parts involved. This should not be attempted by someone who has never done it. However, an inexperienced person could be the second person working on this. Generally, this process takes two people. It has been done in one week before, but I prefer to schedule two weeks for this.

Some of these pictures might clarify some of this.


John Sullivan
last update: 15-Jan-2002