Fiber agitator

[Andrew Smith]

I have constructed a kitchen table prototype of the fiber agitator described in this paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.01642.pdf.

This link shows it in action while testing. It will have a cover to stop my Burmese cat playing with it!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o0axnsb9o5gt3 ... e.mp4?dl=0

Regards Andrew

[Olivier GARDE]

Hi Andrew,

I work on a similar project with a prototype in LEGO like this one you can find in this link page 27 :
http://www.not.iac.es/news/reports/annu ... nRep10.pdf

My prototype (in progress) will have 2 modules:
- One to shake the fiber in the X axis
- One to shake the fiber in the Y axis

Both not having the same speed.

[Andrew Smith]

Hi Olivier, I looked at this design. Are you to using LEGO or just the principles of the design? I liked the fact they had to return the LEGO!

I will post some results when I get them and I look forward to seeing yours.

Regards Andrew

[Andrew Smith]

Here are some results with my Hi Res Spectrograph R ~2300 using tungsten flats. These images have a strong contrast stretch to highlight the difference.

I will be putting the new agitator into production.

No agitation

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Agitation

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Regards Andrew

[Olivier GARDE]

Hi Olivier, I looked at this design. Are you to using LEGO or just the principles of the design? I liked the fact they had to return the LEGO!

I will post some results when I get them and I look forward to seeing yours.

Regards Andrew

Yes with LEGO too, (only for the prototype...)