The assembly of the AEI-SAS started in 2010. The parts for the tables were manufactured by Galli&Morelli in Lucca, Italy. Each single part of the table was cleaned, wrapped in aluminium foil and sent to the AEI in Hannover, Germany to be assembled. Each of the three AEI-SAS tables consist of over 1000 aluminium and stainless steel parts, plus nuts and screws. Most of the parts were unwrapped after arrival and cleaned again in an ultrasonic bath. The construction of the tables was often slowed down by tests and modifications of the subsystems. During the assembly of the first table, the parts were found to be re-poluted between cleaning and delivery. All large parts, including the optical tables, all spring box plates, and base plates were sent back to the manufacturer for re-cleaning.