Major Suppliers to the SALT Project
AOA (USA) Primary Mirror Center of Curvature Alignment System (CCAS) | |
BKS ADVANTECH (South Africa) Supplier of the telescope structure and dome and mirror truss. | |
CP DE LEEUW (South Africa) Quantity surveyors | |
DATASMITH (South Africa) Supplier of Great Plains, the financial management system | |
EOS TECHNOLOGIES (USA) Supplier of the primary mirror mounts | |
E2V TECHNOLOGIES (UK) SALTICAM CCD Detectors | |
ITT (USA) Shaping and final figuring of the primary mirror blanks | |
FOGALE NANOTECH (France) Primary Mirror Segment Alignment System (SAMS) | |
GROENEWALD PRELLER ARCHITECTS Architects for the facility and utility buildings | |
G. JOHARDIEN & ASSOCIATES (South Africa) Electrical consulting engineers. | |
LZOS (Russia) Supplier of the primary mirror blanks | |
NEWLANDS ELECTRICAL (South Africa) Electrical installation contractor | |
NINHAM SHAND CONSULTING ENGINEERS (South Africa) Consulting engineers for the design and construction of the facility and utility buildings | |
PHYSIK INSTRUMENTE (Germany) Primary Mirror Segment Positioning System (SPS) | |
REUTECH RADAR SYSTEMS (South Africa) Supplier of the drives and controls for the telescope structure and the dome | |
SAGEM SA (France) Supplier of the spherical aberration corrector | |
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa) Built SALTICAM and the PFIS detector package |
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SPECIAL PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGIES (South Africa) Suppliers of the primary mirror vacuum coating plant | |
SYNAPP (South Africa) Primary Mirror Alignment Control System (MACS) | |
TFD (South Africa) Heat transfer specialists for modelling of ventilation and air-conditioning | |
WBHO CONSTRUCTION (South Africa) Construction contractors for the facility and utility building | |
WML Construction
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