TMA Camera Lifting Fixture Testing

One of the activities included in Factory Acceptance Testing of the Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) is insertion and removal of the surrogate camera, a steel structure that approximates the mass of the LSST camera assembly, using the camera lifting fixture. The camera lifting fixture, like the TMA, was fabricated at the Asturfeito factory in Spain. Using a surrogate camera for these tests ensures that any issues arising during the insertion or removal process can be addressed long before the real--and far more delicate--camera is integrated with the TMA in Chile.