Quick Shot

Shown is the rotating cart (RCART) redesigned and built at LLE to be used at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Scientists at the NIF must orient many diagnostics at either 0° or 90°. Currently, the diagnostic (including cart and air box) is removed from the back of a diagnostic instrument manipulator (DIM, seen in the insert) and then the cart is reconfigured in a contamination-controlled area. This is a one-day process. The RCART will facilitate the transition from 0° or 90° without removing the cart from the DIM and will lower the transition time to less than one hour. The RCART team includes Mark Bedzyk (design and engineering), Tim Clark (manufacturing), Chad Abbott (assembly), Maryum Ahmed (NIF system engineering), Todd Smith (test and measurement), and the LLE Model Shop (manufacturing). The insert provides scaling for the DIM and the RCART.