 Mon Oct 27 15:13:18 2014, Brian Minato, , ,
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cleaning out source to remove potassium and calcium.
Areas cleaned with scotch-brite and then wiped with methanol: plasma chamber, tuning chamber (ports opened for access), TP3 tube. The |
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Tue Oct 28 13:30:47 2014, Brian Minato, Other, Other, MCIS Update
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the cleaning has been completed. The oven assembly is removed and the gate valve closed.
The quartz tubes on the ground electrode have been installed with the larger diameter tube pushed as far downstream (toward the optics box) as |
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Thu Oct 30 13:14:51 2014, Brian Minato, Other, Other, OLIS Update
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a new oven assembly was installed on the MCIS yesterday. The cart has been installed in the cage and is connected.
The power is connected to the cart oven as is the MCIS bias. it is currently on and being tested for Se |
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Fri Oct 31 20:39:56 2014, Brian Minato, Other, Other, OLIS Update
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the MWS Bias and PE have been moved on to the MCIS (the MCIS connections have been removed).
The plug in power to the HP Signal generator has been moved to a continuous source (Removed from the source controlled by the SSW). |
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Thu Nov 6 08:37:52 2014, Brian Minato, Other, Other, OLIS Update
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the source is off. It is under vacuum and in the HV cage.
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Thu Nov 13 16:31:54 2014, Brian Minato, Other, Other, SIS
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A new SIS source has been installed. The oven has been loaded with Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate (Alfa Aesar 10863) and Rubidium Nitrate.
Pictures are located in 2014-11-13 Source and PS Pics |
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Thu Nov 13 16:34:29 2014, Brian Minato, Other, Other, MCIS Update
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The ethernet cable from the CPI TWT amplifier has been temporarily moved to the Alga 50W amplifier. The Alga had been experiencing loss of communication.
This has not been an issue with the CPI so this cable will be tried with the Alga. A signal generator is not connected to the Alga. |
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Tue Nov 18 08:56:23 2014, Brian Minato, Other, General, ALGA Update
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There has been no noticeable loss of communication to the ALGA 50watt amplifier. As a test, the ethernet cable was removed for about a minute and
then reconnected. The amplifer re-established communication without issue. This test was done twice.
Now, the CPI ethernet cable has been returned to the CPI amplifier. The original ALGA ethernet cable (blue) has been reconnected to the ALGA. |
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Tue Nov 25 07:49:50 2014, Brian Minato, Other, General, MCIS and SIS Update
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the Se was loaded into the oven last friday (21st). During the weekend the presence of 76Se +11 to +15 was verified.
NOTE- the oven p/s on the cart is broken. An attempt was made to remove it on friday. It may be possible to remove, if the rack it |
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Wed Dec 17 13:17:13 2014, Brian Minato, Other, Other, MCIS Update
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The MCIS was vented with nitrogen yesterday. The Se oven was drawn back into the tuner. It was removed with the tuner and blanked.
The standard quartz window was removed and replaced with a ceramic, test window supplied by CPI. (p/n VWU2054). The system is currently pumping
down. |
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Mon Apr 20 08:09:03 2015, Brian Minato, Routine, General, OLIS Shutdown Update
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The OLIS 1 week shutdown has been completed (WP 2015-04-13-1).
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Y-Box insulators were inspected and look good. Beamline optics were inspected. |
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Wed Apr 29 07:48:22 2015, Brian Minato, Other, Other, Repair- Water leak inside HV cage
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A water leak was reported inside the HV cage (FR#8079). The cage was accessed to determine the source of the leak (WP#I2015-04-27-1).
The WMS cusp cooling line was leaking. It was close to the MCIS cart (at ground) and had sparked through. The hose was cut at the puncture
location and re-connected. to the fitting. It was re-routed to be further away from the MCIS cart. |
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Thu May 21 09:15:48 2015, Brian Minato, , ,
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Service of MCIS. Plasma chamber cleaned. Repaired shorted, Right steering plate. Added shields to help prevent coating of wires.
Beam is off centre on first collimator of steering assembly.
Moved Ground electrode away from PE approximately 0.10". |