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Tolerances optimisation in the mechanical design of components for a medical Linac
M. (Marco) Garlasché
47 - 71
10.3233/978-1-61499-242-4-47
Case Studies in Advanced Engineering Design
Abstract

This chapter focuses on the analysis performed by ADAM SA

ADAM: Application of Detectors and Accelerators to Medicine.

mechanical department in order to optimise the production of components for the Linac for Image Guided Hadron Therapy (LIGHT), a linear accelerator dedicated to cancer treatment.

After a brief introduction on proton therapy and on LIGHT, the case study is presented

Refer to chapter ‘Mechanical Optimisation of a RF Coupling System for a Medical Linac through FMEA’ for further information both on LIGHT and on proton therapy.

. Essential basic theoretical background on accelerating cavities and production tolerances drives the analysis of tolerances, followed by the numerical evaluation. The main design goal is to maintain the performance accuracy under more relaxed manufacturing tolerances.

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