Abstract

Testing and evaluation of velocity selector control system of small angle neutron scattering (SANS) spectrometer has been done. It applied a unit of speed control variable AC, Optidrive Invertek Drives. This system is designed to be manually controlled and computerized. To control the Optidrive in manual mode, it can be done by keypad on the unit. The Optidrives can be controlled using computer by connecting the unit into a computer via USB port and OptiTools Studio software. Optidrive Invertek Drives need alternative current (AC) voltage one phase 220 volt with three phase out 220 volt. This out voltage is used as voltage source for moving the motor of disk in SANS neutron velocity selector. The speed of the disk in SANS neutron velocity selector is changed by adjusting the frequency from the Optidrive Invertek Drives. The numbers of speed of the disk determine the neutron wavelength passed through SANS neutron velocity selector. It is observed that every increasing frequency of 1 Hz, it will increase the disk speed by 59.929 rpm. The calibration that has been done for this system using silver behenate, obtain wavelength of the neutrons dependent to the disk speed. They are 3.10, 3.09, 3.41, 3.76, 4.23, 4.71, and 5.39 Å for disk speed 6500, 6000, 5500, 5000, 4500, 4000, and 3500 rpm respectively.

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