SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a medium resolution (~4500) wide-band (0.35 - 2.0 {\mu}m) spectrograph which passed the Final Design Review in 2018. The instrument is planned to be installed at the NTT in La Silla and it is mainly composed by five different optomechanical subsystems (Common Path, NIR spectrograph, UV-VIS spectrograph, Camera, and Calibration) and other mechanical subsystems (Interface flange, Platform, cable corotator, and cooling). It is currently in the procurement and integration phase. In this paper we present the post-FDR modifications in the mechanical design due to the various iterations with the manufacturers and the actual procurement status. The last part describes the strategy used to keep under control the mechanical interfaces between the subsystems.
@article{arxiv.2012.12693,
title = {Manufacturing, integration, and mechanical verification of SOXS},
author = {M. Aliverti and L. Oggioni and M. Genoni and G. Pariani and O. Hershko and A. Brucalassi and G. Pignata and H. Kuncarayakti and R. Zanmar Sanchez and M. Munari and S. Campana and P. Schipani and R. Claudi and A. Baruffolo and S. Ben-Ami and F. Biondi and G. Capasso and R. Cosentino and F. D'Alessio and P. D'Avanzo and M. Landoni and A. Rubin and S. Scuderi and F. Vitali and D. Young and J. Achrén and J. A. Araiza-Duran and I. Arcavi and R. Bruch and E. Cappellaro and M. Colapietro and M. Della Valle and M. De Pascale and R. Di Benedetto and S. D'Orsi and A. Gal-Yam and M. Hernandez and J. Kotilainen and G. Li Causi and S. Mattila and M. Rappaport and K. Radhakrishnan and E. M. A. Redaelli and D. Ricci and M. Riva and B. Salasnich and S. Smartt and M. Stritzinger and E. Ventura},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.12693},
year = {2020}
}