LHCb Outer Tracker
C-Frames for Module Support
The present design of the
``C-Frames'',
12 indpendent units to which the
OT Modules
are hung, has been driven by the
requirement that each 1/4 station
(two of the four layers on the same side of the beam-pipe, also referred
to hereafter as a ``curtain'')
could be moved independently from the
rest of the detector.
The global description of the OT Station design can be found in the
Introduction .
The technical specifications and the production schedule of the C-Frames
are summarized in
LHCb-2005-026.
The complete set of technical drawings can be reached from the
Engineering Drawings Web Page.
Notice that the design of the C-Frames has been fine-tuned through the
construction of a full-scale prototype,
based on a
design
by NIKHEF
and realized by
Lans Engineering.
Detailed information concerning this prototype can be found at: