ESPaDOnS
packing, shipping and transport
packing, shipping and transport
The following pictures were taken by the OMP team members while packing the instrument with the people from the company
contracted for both both packing and shipping, and by CFHT people while unpacking the big ESPaDOnS containers atop Mauna Kea.
Packing and shipping
All small and medium sized individual units were securely wrapped and stored in 7 wooden crates; along with the biggest items
(spectrograph table and enclosure), these crates were then put together in two main containers carried out to Amsterdam on an
antivibration truck with airconditionning, then by airplane cargo to Honolulu.
sections of the instrument securely wrapped before being stored in crates;
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one of the seven wooden crates containing the individual components of ESPaDOnS; this crate contains all the crucial optical parts
(collimators, dioptric camera, grating);
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packing up container 1, with the enclose base at the bottom, the wrapped spectrograph table, and three wooden crates on top of it (the
third one being just added next to the first 2);
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container 1 is almost finished packing;
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packing container 2, with the top sections of the enclosure and 4 wooden crates stored inside;
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container 2 (with all trap doors added on the enclosure) is almost finished packing;
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the antivibration truck already hosts container 1 and is waiting for container 2;
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container 2 is installed in the truck;
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the truck is ready to go;
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the truck is leaving OMP... it is 9:30pm on June 30!!
Arrival at CFHT
Once customs were cleared in Honolulu, ESPaDOnS was sent to the Big Island, then carried out by truck to the top of Mauna Kea on
July 12. The big containers were unpacked at floor level and all wooden crates plus the biggest items (spectrograph table and
enclosure) were transported to the fourth level (Coude room) were most ESPaDOnS items will continue their life from now on.
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delivering container 1;
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unpacking wooden crates from container 1;
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unpacking optical table from container 1;
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unpacking container 2;
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the 7 unpacked wooden crates are stored on the fourth floor of the CFHT building, waiting for the OMP team to start the installation.
© Jean-François Donati, last update July 21 2004
sections of the instrument securely wrapped before being stored in crates;
one of the seven wooden crates containing the individual components of ESPaDOnS; this crate contains all the crucial optical parts
(collimators, dioptric camera, grating);
packing up container 1, with the enclose base at the bottom, the wrapped spectrograph table, and three wooden crates on top of it (the
third one being just added next to the first 2);
container 1 is almost finished packing;
packing container 2, with the top sections of the enclosure and 4 wooden crates stored inside;
container 2 (with all trap doors added on the enclosure) is almost finished packing;
the antivibration truck already hosts container 1 and is waiting for container 2;
container 2 is installed in the truck;
the truck is ready to go;
the truck is leaving OMP... it is 9:30pm on June 30!!
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delivering container 1;
unpacking wooden crates from container 1;
unpacking optical table from container 1;
unpacking container 2;
the 7 unpacked wooden crates are stored on the fourth floor of the CFHT building, waiting for the OMP team to start the installation.
© Jean-François Donati, last update July 21 2004