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Building the Front-End Assembly and integrating it with the Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator

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The FET boxes
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The FEA lid, with CTS filter
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Use the torque, Jonathan!
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Inspection in the clean tent
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Ooh, shiny!
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Checking the fit
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Let the integration begin
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Just a little more tweezing, please.
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Into the magnet bore
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Down we go
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Shooting through the clean tent walls
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Almost there...
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And there it is!
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Inspecting after the lid goes on
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Measuring with the Faro arm
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