Last wire of the Drift Chamber Strung on NOV 11th 1997

The 52,140 and last wire of the KLOE Drift Chamber was strung on Tuesday, November 11 at 17:42:37. In about 11 months the DC team put in place about 200 Km of Al and W 10 microns diameter wires, also assuring the wires mechanical and HV requirements to be satisfied.
Due to the mechanical structure of the DC the last three layers were strung with manual transportation of the wires from one endplate to the other.
A giant Ferrari Spumante bottle celebrate the event.

 

Display of the wiring program during the stringing of the last wire

F. Murtas and L. Passalacqua
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