System Requirements Development for Assembly Alignment at DARHT
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducts a few experiments at the DARHT facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico each year and in order to align to both X-ray beams for imaging, the experimental assembly must be adjusted to the correct spot. The current system to align the position of the assembly requires technicians to lift the assembly out with a crane and adjust the position. This process of lifting the assembly out, adjusting, and lowering back in can add additional hours and even days onto an already limited schedule, which can be very costly as well. The goal of this document is to develop system requirements and a concept of operations for a new system to position and adjust the experimental assembly within DARHT in order to save time and money.