Performance testing of the LMT/GTM M2 positioner
2014
Prior to the early science campaign of Spring 2013, the engineering team at the Large Millimeter Telescope/
Gran Telescopio Milimetrico (LMT/GTM) conducted a series of performance tests on the hexapod used
for positioning the secondary reflector (M2 mirror). The tests were of particular interest to the project due to
the high mass of the existing aluminum M2 mirror.
The testing was conducted in a lower foundation room at the LMT site on a fixture that allowed the positioner
and mirror to be oriented at both zenith and horizon orientations. In each of these positions, the repeatability of
the system zero position was tested, along with both single degree-of-freedom (DOF) and combined DOF motions.
Additionally, the tests investigated the stability of the system at constant command position to changes in the
orientation of the unit with respect to gravity. Throughout these tests, a laser tracker was used for measurement
of the position of targets on both the fixed base of the hexapod and on the outer rim of the M2 mirror. In this
way, motions of the tracker head or of the support fixture could be eliminated from the analysis.
In this paper, we present results of the accuracy and repeatability of the system, as well as comments on
the effects of the laser tracker measurement geometry with respect to the system at the zenith and horizon
orientations.
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