John Wong wrote:

Monday, August 29, 2011, 13:16: Target oven was coated with TaC and let dry over night.  The target oven is in the evaporator and currently being pumped down.   Monday, August 29, 2011, 15:12: Currently vac @ 8.41e-6 torr.  Monday, August 29, 2011, 15:32: Stepped current up to 77A, started to see increase in pressure.  Monday, August 29, 2011, 15:39:  Stepped current up to 110A.  Vac @ 1.32e-5 Torr. Monday, August 29, 2011, 15:53: Vac went up to 3.8e-5 Torr @ 110A after 8 mins.  Brought TGHT back down to 100A, and began auto heating @ 2.0A/min to max current of 520A. Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 08:39:  TGHT reached to 520A and was cool down by ISAC Ops at around 00:30.  See attachment#1 for striptool.  Evaporator will be vented.

 Tuesday, September 06, 2011, 17:04:  Re-conditioning sintered-TaC-coated target oven filled with sintered D-endcap.  No heat-shields.  Evaporator is currently pumping down:  CG2 = 51mT, IG1 = 2.65e-5 Torr.

TGHT auto-heating started by ISAC Ops as per JW at 18:45 yesterday when vacuum level at 6.6 e-6 Torr.  Then auto-cooling began at 05:30 this morning. BP @ 50mT - time to change backing pump oil. (see attachement1: overall striptool)

Wednesday, September 07, 2011, 11:16: Vented evaporator.  BP oil will be changed by Edi.