TOB Production - January of 688 rod frames ready. Production rate 3-4 rod frames/day. Shipments (40 rod frames/shipment) started from Helsinki to CERN.

TOB Production - January 2004 Rod frame quality control measurements Results for the first 10 production rods: Co-planarity of module supports: < 50  m Location of module dowel pins: < 40  m Cooling contacts ok. 24 module supports / rod 12 dowel pins / rod

TOB Production - January 2004 Rod cabling stand at CERN

TOB Production - January 2004 Final rod quality and acceptance tests with radioactive source in a ‘XY-table’ Place for 3 rods inside a box Cobalt source guided by linear moving arms Scintillator for trigger

TOB Production - January 2004 TOB Carbon-fiber support Wheel production on-going at Plyform, Italy Disk laminate plates (photo) and cylinder molding tools ready.

TOB Production - January 2004 TOB Assembly and Cabling Mock-up Half disk of the TOB for cabling exercises Final TOB assembly, transportation, and insertion tooling Tracker support tube mock-up Supports for TIB/TID insertion exercises

TOB Production - January 2004 TOB Cooling tests: Modules and Rods From testing of single and double modules to testing of complete rods Tests performed in –20 °C.  Tmax = 10 °C between silicon and coolant. Equal cooling in all module positions along the rod.

TOB Production - January 2004 TOB Cooling tests: System tests A complete TOB cooling segment with 19 “rods” installed and tested in the tracker cold-room Tests in room temperature and –25 °C. Successful and simple filling and draining. Equal cooling performance in all parallel rods. 12 m