Produces 1.00 Each of Prototype - Joint-type transducer

• Process Type: Assemble joint-type transducer

  Assemble the joint-type transducer from individual components - mirror, joint, connector and possibly adapter.

  • Input: consumes 1.00 Each Part by piece - Mosquito glass capillary
    Domain: Mechanical, Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: purchased

    This is a component, a glass capillary, used in joint-type transducer fabrication, and probably in other transducers as well (TBD).
    It was also used to fabricate glass ball lens by melting the a capillary with a butane torch.

  • Input: consumes 1.00 Each Part Optical - Mosquito lever
    Domain: Mechanical, Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: SENSORICA

    The lever is a silver coated rod (can be a glass fiber). The coating is applied on the tip. If glass fiber, after the it has been properly cleaved silver is coated on one tip.

    • Process Type: make levers

      optical fiber coating: fiber preparation - cleaving and cleaning, coat glass fiber tip with silver

      shrinking: assemble the lever with the delivery fiber.

      • Input: consumes 1.00 Each Part Optical - Mirror on fiber
        Domain: Optical, Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: SENSORICA

        Metallic mirror applied to the lever of a joint-type transducer. The mirror is applied in house by the optical fiber wet coating process.
        Mirrors might be used in other types of transducers as well.

        • Process Type: make mirror

          Optical fiber coating. At this moment we only have the wet coating process, perfected by Francois.
          This process can be used for the joint-type transducer and for the constriction-type transducer.

          • Input: consumes 0.30 mL Silver activator concentrate
            Domain: Chemical, Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: purchased

            120 ml. see Silver Concentrate for details

          • Input: consumes 0.30 mL Silver reducer concentrate
            Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: purchased

            120 ml
            see Silver concentrate for details

          • Input: consumes 0.30 mL Silver solution concentrate
            Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: purchased

            120 ml silver solution concentrate (AgNO3+NH3), must be mixed with silver activator (NaOH) + reducer (formaldehyde in methanol)

          • Input: cites 1.00 Idea Method - Wet coating
            Deliverable: Document method, Source: SENSORICA

            improve double side mirrors coating

          • Input: cites 1.00 Idea Design Optical - Joint-type transducer
            Deliverable: Design technical, Domain: Optical, Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: SENSORICA

            A precise, optical fiber-based displacement/force transducer. Used in the Mosquito Scientific Instrument. First designed and tested by Tibi and Ivan in 2010.

          • Input: consumes 15.00 mm Consumable - Optical fiber
            Domain: Optical, Material Item: Consumable, Source: purchased

            Optical guide, can be of glass of polymer. Usually it comes in a cylindrical shape. Can be MM (multimode) or SM (single mode)

          • Input: uses 0.17 HR Silver coating device
            Material Item: Equipment, Source: SENSORICA

            a device to perform wet silver coating

          • Input: uses 0.30 HR Equipment - Optical - Microscope
            Domain: Any R&D, Material Item: Equipment, Source: purchased

            Microscopes are used to observe small objects. They come in many types.

          • Input: work 1.00 HR Work - Manufacturing - Optics
            Domain: Optical, Work: Manufacturing work

            Type of work - Assembling or making of optical/photonics parts. This type of work requires some techniques and training. Manufacturing can be done manually or using some equipment. This is about making stuff to be exchanged on the market, or about making prototypes or demos, for marketing and sales purposes.

        • Process Type: QT joint-type transducer - mirror

          Quality control process of the mirror.

          • Input: work 5.00 min Work - Quality control
            Work: Manufacturing work

            Type of work - Quality control type of work. This is a general category that applies for many manufacturing processes.

  • Input: consumes 1.00 Each Part Optical - Optical connector
    Domain: OptoMechanical, Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: purchased OR SENSORICA

    Connects two optical guides together. There are many types of connectors: ST, FC, SC, etc.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber_connector

  • Input: consumes 1.00 Each Part Optical - Mosquito joint
    Domain: Mechanical, Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: SENSORICA

    Connecting a lever (that has a mirror) to a delivery fiber, with a polymer joint, to fabricate the joint-type transducer. Uses the oven.

    • Process Type: make joint

      Shrinking of the polymer tube for the fabrication of the joint-type transducer. Requires the use of equipment and tools.

      • Input: uses 0.30 HR Equipment - Joint shrinking device
        Domain: Optical, For Sale: For Sale, Material Item: Equipment, Source: SENSORICA

        Device used for the shrinking process in the joint-type transducer fabrication.

      • Input: uses 0.30 HR Equipment - Optical - Microscope
        Domain: Any R&D, Material Item: Equipment, Source: purchased

        Microscopes are used to observe small objects. They come in many types.

      • Input: consumes 5.00 mm Shrinking tube
        Material Item: Part/Component/Product, Source: purchased

        polymer tube that shrinks in diameter when heated. Can be used in electronics, or to assemble the joint-type transducer.

      • Input: uses 0.30 HR Equipment - thermocouple
        Domain: Electronic, Material Item: Equipment, Source: purchased

        used to measure temperature.

      • Input: work 1.00 HR Work - Manufacturing - Optics
        Domain: Optical, Work: Manufacturing work

        Type of work - Assembling or making of optical/photonics parts. This type of work requires some techniques and training. Manufacturing can be done manually or using some equipment. This is about making stuff to be exchanged on the market, or about making prototypes or demos, for marketing and sales purposes.

    • Process Type: QT Joint-type transducer - all

      Quality testing process for the entire transducer. A datasheet is created.

      • Input: work 5.00 min Work - Quality control
        Work: Manufacturing work

        Type of work - Quality control type of work. This is a general category that applies for many manufacturing processes.

  • Input: work 1.50 HR Work - Manufacturing - Mechanics
    Domain: Mechanical, Work: Manufacturing work

    Type of work - Assembling mechanical parts. This type of work requires some techniques and training. Manufacturing can be done manually or using some equipment. This is about making stuff to be exchanged on the market, or about making prototypes or demos, for marketing and sales purposes.

• Process Type: QT Joint-type transducer - joint

  Quality testing of the entire transducer

  • Input: work 6.00 min Work - Quality control
    Work: Manufacturing work

    Type of work - Quality control type of work. This is a general category that applies for many manufacturing processes.