Construction and Assembly of the Wire Planes for the MicroBooNE Time
  Projection Chamber

Acciarri, R.; Adams, C.; Asaadi, J.; Danaher, J.; Fleming, B. T.; Gardner, R.; Gollapinni, S.; Grosso, R.; Guenette, R.; John, J. St.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lockwitz, S.; Raaf, J. L.; Soderberg, M.; Strauss, T.; Szelc, A. M.; Yu, B.

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Construction and Assembly of the Wire Planes for the MicroBooNE Time Projection Chamber

Authors: R. Acciarri
C. Adams
J. Asaadi
J. Danaher
B. T. Fleming
R. Gardner
S. Gollapinni
R. Grosso
R. Guenette
J. St. John
B. R. Littlejohn
S. Lockwitz
J. L. Raaf
M. Soderberg
T. Strauss
A. M. Szelc
B. Yu
Publication date: 1 January 2017
Publisher: 'IOP Publishing'
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Abstract

In this paper we describe how the readout planes for the MicroBooNE Time Projection Chamber were constructed, assembled and installed. We present the individual wire preparation using semi-automatic winding machines and the assembly of wire carrier boards. The details of the wire installation on the detector frame and the tensioning of the wires are given. A strict quality assurance plan ensured the integrity of the readout planes. The different tests performed at all stages of construction and installation provided crucial information to achieve the successful realisation of the MicroBooNE wire planes.Comment: 24 pages, 22 figures, accepted for publication as Technical Report in JINS