LSST Dome - Testing the Azimuth Drives

October 17, 2019 A team from EIE and Phase Motion Control has arrived on the summit to start up and test the LSST Dome azimuth drives. As of last week, the bogies had undergone final alignment, installation/connection of drives was complete and the dome was successfully rotating under power with a provisional friction drive system in lieu of the final rack-and-piñon system.