Kowari and Koala
Kowari (strain scanner)
Commissioning on Kowari is going ahead well with all of the hardware recently installed. Besides the commissioning work and although OPAL was shut down, participants of the Neutron School on Diffraction had the opportunity to understand how a strain scanner works. Although not necessarily experienced in strain scanning or materials science it was an opportunity to appreciate tasks such as sample mounting and aligning and ?operating/controlling? the instrument. Obviously, those who ?worked? on Kowari had a good time….
Mounting and aligning the sample may be fun, but driving the instrument seems to be even more enjoyable.
Koala (quasi-Laue diffractometer)
The Koala diffractometer has arrived back at ANSTO following its repair and upgrade in France. It is now being installed and will be ready for commissioning by the end of January.
The image-plate reader after it is removed from its packing crate