Photos taken at the Southern site in March/April 2003

Installation work at Los Leones and Coihueco

1.03 - Leveling the rail support with a transparent hose 1.05 - Los Leones - bay 5, all supports installed 1.07 - Detail of support and lower rail 1.10 - Installing seal of aperture box - making holes 1.11 - Installing seal of aperture box - applying cloth 1.13 - Installing seal of aperture box - fixing cloth 1.14 - Marking holes for the moving arm at Los Leones bay 4-5 1.17 - Drilling holes for the moving arm at Los Leones bay 4-5. The vacuum cleaner is used to avoid dust 1.18 - Installing rail support: marking hole position 1.19 - Installing rail support: cleaning hole with a brush 1.21 - Installing rail support: cleaning hole with air 1.22 - Homemade aluminium light seals, bay 5 of Los Leones 1.23 - Homemade aluminium light seals, bay 5 of Los Leones 1.24 - Homemade aluminium light seals, bay 5 of Los Leones 1.25 - raising shutter door at Los Leones bay 5 2.15 - Unwanted gap at the bottom of shutter bay 4 of Los Leones 2.16 - Installing opening system at bay 4 of Los Leones 2.17 - Installing opening system at bay 4 of Los Leones 2.19 - The trick to open the shutter without a motor 2.20 - Bent lower rail at Coihueco - look at the space below the level 2.22 - Bent lower rail at Coihueco after being rotated 90 degrees 2.23 - Control switches at the center of the shutter, bay 6 of Los Leones Control switches at the right of the shutter, bay 6 of Los Leones

Alignment of aperture box at Los Leones

Fixture for the vertical alignment Another view of the fixture for the vertical alignment Fixtures for the horizontal and the vertical alignment - Front view Fixtures for the horizontal and the vertical alignment - lateral view Fixtures for the horizontal alignment on the top of the aperture box Distance between axis and face of alignment compass Measureing the length of the screw of the alignment compass View of the alignmemnt setup View of the alignmemnt setup View of the alignmemnt compass

Pre-production tank deployment

1.28 - Truck loaded with 4 tanks ready to go to El Chacay 1.29 - Truck loaded with 4 tanks at the El Chacay gate 1.30 - Truck loaded with 4 tanks on the Boratav highway 1.31 - Truck loaded with 4 tanks in the middle of the pampa 1.33 - Unloading tanks from the big truck in the pampa 1.35 - Loading one tank on the small truck in the pampa 1.37 - Installing batteries on tank Tomas 2.01 - Installing batteries Moura-Brasil on tank Tomas 2.01 - Drinking mate at tank Tomas 2.03 - Checking position of a new tank 2.05 - Water truck is coming to fill the tank 2.06 - Checking PMT's 2.07 - PMT checking box 2.08 - An oscilloscope in the pampa
Last update: April 29, 2003