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Inside the tandem, before removing the spiral field tube.
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Bob Krause, right, prepares his troops to remove
the spiral field tube.
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The spiral tube begins its journey out of the tank.
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The nail-biting part is when we have to lift the tube over
the column...
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...and slip it out the manway without bending, bumping or
breaking anything.
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The team outside of the tank receives the
spiral tube and brings it gently to rest.
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The exit end of the spiral field tube.
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The entrance end of the spiral tube. Note the
discoloration of the electrodes from years of
beam exposure.
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Mike Wells and Bob Krause swap hardware from the
spiral tube, left, to the inclined field tube, right.
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Examining the hole where the tube used to be.
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The inclined tube is lifted and starts its
trip to the tank.
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The inclined tube comes through the hatch.
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Nail-biting time, take two: the inclined tube
comes up over the column.
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Finally, the inclined tube comes to rest in the column.
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The inclined tube in place.
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Bob, Mike and Kevin Carnes bolt the tube down and
begin attaching various bits of hardware.
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Associate lab director Kevin Carnes rests on the
hard floor of the tandem platform...
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...while the spiral tube rests on a soft bed of foam.
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