Optical Tooling and its Uses at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

Optical tooling has been a mainstay of the accelerator alignment community for decades. Even now in the age of electronic survey equipment, optical tooling remains a viable alternative, and at times, the only alternative. At SNS, we combine traditional optical tooling alignment methods, instrumentation, and techniques, with the more modern electronic techniques. This paper details with the integration of optical tooling into the electronic survey world.