A gallery of photos and videos outlining empirical tests and physical components the RadiCal team has done throughout the course of this project.
Mobile App and Motors Functionality Testing
Windmill RPM Limit Testing
Full Chamber Weight Testing
Radiation Chamber on Industrial Scale
Industrial Scale Measurement of Chamber Weight
(70 lb)
Cesium (Cs-137) Source Testing
Geiger Counter Reading of Source Outside Chamber
(1.00 mR/hr)
Geiger Counter Reading of Source Inside Chamber
(0.07 mR/hr)
Barium (Ba-133) Source Testing
Geiger Counter Reading of Source Outside Chamber
(1.00 mR/hr)
Geiger Counter Reading of Source Inside Chamber
(0.01 mR/hr)
Linear Actuators Stress Testing
Synchronized actuators being tested
Setup of linear actuator test
Radiation Testing of Purchased Plates
Cs-137 reading with no shielding
CS-137 reading with 1 TVL steel shielding
Side view of shielding test
Completed Physical Components
Top View of Assembled Chamber with Actuated Door and Windmill
Complete Windmill Assembely
Aperture Opening and Actuated Door
CAD Assembly of RadiCal Chamber
Chamber Physical Components
Machined Steel Outer Chamber
Machined & Welded Steel Outer Chamber
Lead Machined Walls
Lead Machined Assembled Inner Chamber
Windmill Mechanism
a) Lid front. b) Lid back. c) base back. d) base front
PCB & Electronics
Schematic in KiCAD
Prototype PCB
Circuit Schematic in KiCAD
Hardware-in-Loop Testing
Glamour Shots
Isometric View
Front View
Interior View
Top View