Specialists of the Novosibirsk State Technical University (NETI) have started manufacturing equipment for the experimental station "Microfocus" (stations 1-1) for the Siberian Ring Photon Source Center under construction (CRC "SKIF"), Interfax reported The first vice-rector of NSTU-NETI is Vasily Yanpolsky.
"Everything is going according to schedule, the working design documentation for this project has been submitted and accepted by the customer, and a monochromator and other high—tech equipment for this station are being manufactured directly here at NSTU-NETI, at our production base," he said.
The agency interlocutor noted that for the Microfocus station, NSTU-NETI designed a two-crystal monochromator designed to isolate a given range of energies from a photon beam, as well as a slit block designed to form a synchrotron radiation beam, a monochromatic beam shutter, a bremsstrahlung collimator, and an ionization chamber.
Vasily Yanpolsky stressed that such equipment, in particular, a monochromator, is being designed for synchrotrons of generation 4+ in Russia for the first time, and a design and technology bureau was created at NSTU-NETI to perform work on the SKIF.
"The main element of the monochromator is two silicon crystals. Their normal operation requires a thermal stabilization system, a vacuum system, precision mechanics devices, a control system integrated with the station's control system, and vibration protection with an impressive granite slab. This plate is made by special order and weighs about two tons to eliminate fluctuations. Linking everything in one design is not an easy task; therefore, specialized specialists and designers are needed with an understanding of the beam processing process and the operation of all device systems," he noted.
The test assembly and alignment (alignment) of the equipment is planned to be carried out in August of this year, after which it will be disassembled again and transported to the SKIF CRC. Installation and commissioning will also be handled by university specialists.
Earlier, Jan Zubavicius, Deputy Director of the SKIF Central Research Center for Scientific Work, noted that the monochromator is the key and most complex component of the experimental station.
"NSTU specialists have undertaken an important and ambitious task. Monochromators will be needed not only for the SKIF, but also for other synchrotron radiation sources that will be built in Russia according to the relevant federal program," he said.
Tomsk Polytechnic University is the integrator of the Microfocus station. The station will specialize in the study of ultra-small objects (micro and nano-level) using X-ray microscopy and microtomography combined with high-resolution scanning X-ray fluorescence analysis and structural studies of crystals under high pressures.
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Personnel training and equipment development for the SKIF CRC is one of the directions of the strategic leadership program "Priority 2030" of NSTU-NETI.
The Siberian Ring Photon Source Center of the Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a megascience class project with a synchrotron of the 4+ generation, which is being built in the Novosibirsk Koltsovo science city.
CRC "SKIF" is a complex of 34 buildings and structures, as well as engineering and technological equipment, providing scientific research on synchrotron radiation (SI) beams.
The unique characteristics of the new synchrotron will allow advanced research with bright and intense X—ray beams in a variety of fields - chemistry, physics, materials science, biology, geology, and the humanities. SKIF will also help solve the urgent tasks of innovative and industrial enterprises.
The Siberian ring photon source is being created within the framework of the national project "Science and Universities" for the development of a modern domestic network of synchrotron radiation sources of a new generation in Russia.