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Neat in-vessel assembly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt70mO2nQac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt70mO2nQac

• jonah 12y ago
  That really illustrates the scale of the operation.
• chii 12y ago
  wow, that's some hugely complex build mechanism. A lot of the cost of building it is going to go into the design, and manufacture of scaffolds, and custom struts etc, just for the conveyor belt. Would it have been cheaper to not have the assembly done in such a fashion?
  • adwf 12y ago
    From what I remember, they need absolutely crazy tight tolerances in every single join and gap. Something like <0.1mm for every component involved in the reaction chamber. And it's huge too. Otherwise the whole thing will start falling apart as soon as they turn it on. I imagine that's what's requiring the unusual build mechanisms.