Paper 13100-163
Paper 13100-163
Manufacturing, assembly, integration and verification of the mechanical support structure of the DDRAGO instrument
On demand | Presented live 19 June 2024 
Abstract
The dimensional acceptance reports of the DDRAGO instrument structure for Colibri 1.3 mteter telescope of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional in San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico, are shown. And a series of guidelines for the manufacture, assembly, integration and validation for mechanical structures in astronomical instrumentation are proposed.
Presenter
Alejandro S. Farah
Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
He studied Mechanical Engineering and completed a doctorate in Mechanical Design at the Facultad de Ingeniería of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM. Since 2001, he works at the Instituto de Astronomía of the UNAM. Its areas of interest are technological innovation, finite element analysis and mechanical design applied to astronomical and space instrumentation. He has participated as a designer in instruments such as OSIRIS for the Gran Telescopio Canarias, RATIR, COATLI, DDOTI, DDRAGUITO / DDRAGO for the National Astronomical Observatory in San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico. Today, Dr. Alejandro Farah Simón is working on the optomechanical design of different projects applied to astronomy and on the development of nanosatellites for Mexico at the Programa Espacial Universitario.