Mechanical Engineering & Design

Major Responsibilities

Mechanical engineering, R&D, and design in support of new APS initiatives including accelerator upgrades, new ID vacuum chambers, new and upgraded beamlines and front ends, and 4th generation x-ray sources.

Design and fabrication of new components for the accelerator, front ends, and beamlines to improve reliability.

Mechanical engineering support for operations of the accelerator, rf system, front ends, and beamlines.

Specific Responsibilities and Capabilities

ID VC Design and Engineering
ID VC design and engineering ID VC fabrication, assembly, test, and installation

LCLS Undulator System Design and Engineering
Undulator mechanical design and engineering
Support and mover design and engineering
Undulator procurement
LCLS quad design and engineering
LCLS quad procurement
LCLS ID VC design and engineering

FE Design and Engineering
Mechanical design of new front ends
Mechanical design of front end upgrades
Thermal design of front ends
Cooling system design of front ends
Installation of colling systems for new front ends
Front end high heat load R&D
Fabrication, assembly, test, and installation of new front ends

Support of XOR beamlines
Thermal analysis of beamline components
Infrared imaging of components
Beamline component fabrication, assembly, test, and installation
Low vibration water system (LVWS) design and engineering
LVWS fabrication, assembly, test, and installation
Experimental apparatus design and enginerring
Beamline upgrade design and engineering
Support updating of XOR ray traces and layouts

Support of Non-XOR beamlines
Thermal analysis of beamline components
Infrared imaging of components
Support updating of beamline ray traces and layouts
LVWS fabrication, assembly, test, and installation

Engineering analysis
Mechanical finite element calculation