Monday, December 11, 2017, 14:21

Dave updated evap2 interlock limits to 500mTorr for TGHT and TBHT on friday

Laura Lambert wrote:

Laura Lambert wrote: Laura Lambert wrote:  Thursday, December 07, 2017, 09:57 Each endcap is wrapped in a separate piece of graphite foil and placed in a target boat. There are also 4 coated springs, 2 on each side of the stack of endcaps. The boat is wrapped with 3-layers of Ta heatshields. Chamber pumped down overnight. OMEGA slope = 0.98 HS water valves opened, no leaks detected. IGP1 = 5.9e-7 Torr IGP2 = 4.0e-7 Torr Tapping up manually. Final desired temperature = 1800C    Thursday, December 07, 2017, 11:51 TGHT tripped off. Turns out the vacuum limits have not been fully updated when they should have been and the old ones still apply. IGP1 reached 8e-5 Torr which tripped off the system. TGHT = 80A, 1.05V when the system tripped.    Friday, December 08, 2017, 15:29 Interlocks have been updated. TGHT should now run up to 500mTorr before tripping off.

Friday, December 08, 2017, 15:41

IGP1 = 2.8e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 1.9e-7 Torr

Tapped up manually to 50A

Initiated auto-ramp at a rate of 0.2A/min up to 300A.

Vacuum limit stop at 3.0e-5 Torr, backing off at 4.0e-5 Torr.

 Monday, December 11, 2017, 09:37

IGP1 = 2.4e-7

TGHT = 300A, 4.80V

OMEGA = 1175C

Tapping up manually...

 Monday, December 11, 2017, 14:19

Tapped up manually to 1800C

IGP1 = 2.1e-6 Torr

IGP2 = 2.1e-6 Torr

TGHT = 545A, 9.90V

OMEGA = 1810C

Will remain at max setpoints overnight and cool down in the a.m.

 Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 09:01

TGHT = 545A, 9.96V

OMEGA = 1833C

Remained at max setpoints for ~18hrs

IGP1 = 4.2e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 3.9e-7 Torr

Initiating auto-cool at 2.0A/min

 Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 11:05

Vented in air and removed from evap2 this morning.

Laura Lambert wrote:

Laura Lambert wrote:  Thursday, December 07, 2017, 09:57 Each endcap is wrapped in a separate piece of graphite foil and placed in a target boat. There are also 4 coated springs, 2 on each side of the stack of endcaps. The boat is wrapped with 3-layers of Ta heatshields. Chamber pumped down overnight. OMEGA slope = 0.98 HS water valves opened, no leaks detected. IGP1 = 5.9e-7 Torr IGP2 = 4.0e-7 Torr Tapping up manually. Final desired temperature = 1800C    Thursday, December 07, 2017, 11:51 TGHT tripped off. Turns out the vacuum limits have not been fully updated when they should have been and the old ones still apply. IGP1 reached 8e-5 Torr which tripped off the system. TGHT = 80A, 1.05V when the system tripped.

 Friday, December 08, 2017, 15:29

Interlocks have been updated.

TGHT should now run up to 500mTorr before tripping off.

Laura Lambert wrote:

Thursday, December 07, 2017, 09:57 Each endcap is wrapped in a separate piece of graphite foil and placed in a target boat. There are also 4 coated springs, 2 on each side of the stack of endcaps. The boat is wrapped with 3-layers of Ta heatshields. Chamber pumped down overnight. OMEGA slope = 0.98 HS water valves opened, no leaks detected. IGP1 = 5.9e-7 Torr IGP2 = 4.0e-7 Torr Tapping up manually. Final desired temperature = 1800C

 Thursday, December 07, 2017, 11:51

TGHT tripped off.

Turns out the vacuum limits have not been fully updated when they should have been and the old ones still apply.

IGP1 reached 8e-5 Torr which tripped off the system.

TGHT = 80A, 1.05V when the system tripped.

 Thursday, December 07, 2017, 09:57

Each endcap is wrapped in a separate piece of graphite foil and placed in a target boat.

There are also 4 coated springs, 2 on each side of the stack of endcaps.

The boat is wrapped with 3-layers of Ta heatshields.

Chamber pumped down overnight.

OMEGA slope = 0.98

HS water valves opened, no leaks detected.

IGP1 = 5.9e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 4.0e-7 Torr

Tapping up manually.

Final desired temperature = 1800C

 Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 16:17

LP-FEBIAD loaded into evap2 today and currently pumping down.

Temperature measurements of the ionizer will be done by Fernando for ARIEL development.

Ta foil covering side holes on heat shield so no temp measurements can be done using OMEGA on side ports of evaporator as per request of Fernando

No Ta heat shields on container.

Final desired temperature of ionizer = 2000C

 Thursday, November 30, 2017, 09:51

HS water valves opened, no leaks detected.

IGP1 = 2.1e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 1.7e-7 Torr

Tapped up to TGHT = 350A, 5.83V; TBHT = 230A, 3.31V

IGP1 = 6.3e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 3.7e-7 Torr

Will check temp measurements in lab after lunch before proceeding...

 Friday, December 01, 2017, 11:04

Temperature measurements done.

Initiated auto-cool this morning.

TGHT cooling at 2.0A/min and TBHT at 1.0A/min.

Monday, December 04, 2017, 11:04

Removed from evap2 this morning.

 Thursday, November 23, 2017, 14:54

Graphite insert loaded into previously TaC coated target boat.

One endcap removed to allow for outgassing: left side out, right side in.

Weight of graphite tube + single endcap = 10.2012g

Same Ta heats shields remain on container from sintering TaC coating.

Currently pumping down in evap2.

Friday, November 24, 2017, 11:31

IGP1 = 4.52e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 3.43e-7 Torr

OMEGA slope = 0.98

Good vac at 3.0e-4, bad vac at 8.0e-4 Torr.

HS water valves have remained open since the last time evap2 was used.

No leak check done.

Tapped up manually to 50A.

Vacuum stable.

IGP1 = 5.34e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 5.54e-7 Torr

Initiating auto ramp for TGHT @ 0.2A/min to a max setpoint of 300A

Once max setpoints achieved, will tap up manually to final desired temperature of 2000C

Uranium targets go to a max temperature of 1950C online, so graphite insert should be tested to 2000C

 Monday, November 27, 2017, 10:15

IGP1 = 2.5e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 1.9e-7 Torr

Reached 300A, 4.61V

OMEGA = 1298C

Tapped up manually to 485A, 8.46V

OMEGA = 1808C

Remained at this setpoint for a day

Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 15:41 

IGP1 = 3.88e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 3.58e-7 Torr

Tapping up to 2000C...

Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 16:10 

TGHT = 570A, 10.20V

OMEGA = 2005C

IGP1 = 9.64e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 1.05e-6 Torr

There was a minor drop in voltage at 540A, 9.58V - dropped to ~9.4V then slowly went back up to 9.58V [see photo]

Will remain at this setpoint overnight and cool down in the a.m.

 Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 08:48

Voltage increased slowly while sitting at max setpoint of 570A [see photo]

TGHT = 570A, 11.20V --> voltage increased by 1.0V over ~16.5hrs

OMEGA = 2114C

IGP1 = 6.6e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 6.5e-7 Torr

Initiating auto-cool at 2.0A/min

 Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 16:15

Vented in air and removed today.

Will update tomorrow with results and photos.

 Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 12:01

Boat coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' and let dry overnight.

Wrapped with 1 long Ta heat shield 3x

Loaded into evap2 just before lunch

IGP1 = 7.1e-6 Torr

OMEGA slope = 0.98

Good vac at 3.0e-4, bad vac at 8.0e-4 Torr.

HS water valves have remained open since the last time evap2 was used.

No leak check done.

Tapped up manually to 35A.

Waited ~25min

Vacuum stable.

IGP1 = 1.15e-5 Torr

IGP2 = 1.17e-5 Torr

Initiating auto ramp for TGHT @ 0.2A/min to a max setpoint of 300A

Once max setpoints achieved, will tap up manually to final desired temperature of 1900C

 Wednesday, November 22, 2017, 09:32

TGHT = 270A, 4.15V

OMEGA = 1285C

IGP1 = 1.23e-6 Torr

IGP2 = 1.13e-6 Torr

Vacuum stable.

Increasing ramping rate to 1.0A/min and final setpoint to 350A

 Wednesday, November 22, 2017, 10:25

TGHT = 325A, 5.15V

OMEGA = 1500C

IGP1 = 2.80e-6 Torr

IGP2 = 2.93e-6 Torr

Vacuum stable.

Increasing ramping rate to 1.5A/min and final setpoint to 400A

 Wednesday, November 22, 2017, 10:49

TGHT = 350A, 5.60V

OMEGA = 1580C

IGP1 = 4.5e-6 Torr

IGP2 = 4.9e-6 Torr

Vacuum stable.

Increasing ramping rate to 2.0A/min

 Wednesday, November 22, 2017, 11:18

TGHT = 400A, 6.64V

OMEGA = 1734C

IGP1 = 5.8e-6 Torr

IGP2 = 6.2e-6 Torr

Vacuum stable.

Increasing final setpoint to 450A.

 Wednesday, November 22, 2017, 15:59

TGHT = 460A, 8.07V

OMEGA = 1898C

IGP1 = 1.34e-6 Torr

IGP2 = 1.27e-6 Torr

Sintering process complete.

Remained at max setpoints for just over 4hrs.

Initiating auto-cool at 2.0A/min.

 Thursday, November 23, 2017, 13:09

Removed from evap2 this morning.

Coating looks good.

Monday, November 06, 2017, 18:21

Samples of Horn and Probe - npSiC. see pg 74.

6 samples in total, to be heated to 1550C, about 450A.  Set ramping rate at 0.2A/min.  

Chamber pumping down

 Tuesday, November 07, 2017, 15:01

TGHT reached to 450A/8.2V, temperature measured at 1460C.  See attachment 1.

Increased ramping to 480A, targeting 1550C.

 Tuesday, November 07, 2017, 22:26

Samples have been heating at 1550C with TGHT at 480A/8.78V for about 8 hours.

Vacuum stabilizes at 8.4e-7 Torr.

Initial cooling at 2A/min.

 Wednesday, November 08, 2017, 10:36

Venting chamber.

Wednesday, October 04, 2017, 16:37

3 samples of npSiC/PAN cast-pellets, see lab book p. 57 for details.

Desired temperature 1550C, expected TGHT ~450A.

Chamber pumped down.

TGHT ramping at 0.2A/min

 Friday, October 06, 2017, 10:45

TGHt at 450A/7.7A, temp at 1510C.  (p.s voltage is lower than before, elog 389).

Tapped up to 466A/8.08v, temp reached to 1550C.  A slight increase in pressure when tapping up TGHT. (see attached screen capture)

Will maintain heating temperature for several days before cooling down

 Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 10:50

Samples was heated for several days at 1550C. 

Cooling down initiated at 2A/min.

 Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 18:07

Chamber is vented.

Process done

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 18:05

 3 samples from NS-npSiC pellets, pressured at 10T  (see lab book pg 53)

3 samples from B3 pellets, 600MPa (see lab book pg 50)

Desired temperature = 1550C, est current = 450A

 Thursday, September 28, 2017, 11:17

Vac at 8.8e-7 Torr.  

Ramping TGHT up to 450A at 0.2A/min

 Thursday, September 28, 2017, 17:54

Setup screen capture, see pg 53 for saved directory

 Friday, September 29, 2017, 23:54

TGHT reached to 450A/7.9V, temp at 1510C.

Tapping up TGHT to 465/8.2V to reach 1550C

Pressure coming down from 1.6e-6 Torr.

See attachment 1 for the 20-hour plot

 Sunday, October 01, 2017, 00:30

At around 20:00 on Sep 30, there was an increase of ~0.1 V which caused a rise in temp from 1550 to 1576C (see screen capture).  Pressure increased slightly.

Tapped down TGHT to 445A/8.05V; temp maintained at 1550C.

 Monday, October 02, 2017, 17:55

Cooling TGHT from 445A/8.07V, 1500oC to room temperature at 1A/min

 Tuesday, October 03, 2017, 11:09

Target has been cooled for over 10 hours. 

Venting chamber

 Friday, September 15, 2017, 09:44

Target consists of 470 discs.

Total packed length 3.4cm [exactly 7.8cm space on both sides]

Total mass g [Incl foils + Ta wire on 6 packs]

Target consists of 350 single discs and 6x20 packs of Ta discs

Discs in target are arranged as follows: 1pack / 75singles / 1pack / 100singles / 2packs / 100singles / 1pack / 75singles / 1pack

1 long Ta Heat shield on each side, not incl center block.

No endcaps inserted, no Rh foil inserted.

Loaded into evap2 yesterday.

Chamber pumped down overnight.

TBHT will be ramped up to 230A at 1.0A/min.

TGHT will be ramped up to 650A at 2.0A/min.

Final desired temperature = 1900C

OMEGA slope = 0.98

HS water valves were already open.

Tapped up manually to 40A, vacuum stable.

IGP1 = 1.1e-6 Torr

IGP2 = 7.8e-7 Torr

Initiating auto-ramp.

Vacuum limit stop at 3.0e-5 Torr, backing off at 4.0e-5 Torr.

 Monday, September 18, 2017, 08:38

TGHT = 647A, 10.04V

TBHT = 233A, 3.51V

IGP1 = 4.65e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 3.78e-7 Torr

OMEGA = 1700C

Increasing max setpoint of TGHT to 750A

 Monday, September 18, 2017, 14:49

TGHT = 760A, 11.96V

TBHT = 233A, 3.54V

IGP1 = 8.9e-7 Torr

IGP2 = 8.6e-7 Torr

OMEGA = 1905C

Conditioning process complete.

Initiating auto-cool at 2.0A/min for the TGHT and 1.0A/min for the TBHT.

 Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 10:38

Target was cooled down in sections so Yasser could take some temperature measurements with his thermocouples.

Vented in air and removed from evap2 this morning.

Target looks good.

Endcaps inserted and expanded.

Inserting Rh foil this afternoon.

 Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 10:53

Tapped up manually to 230A over the course of ~35min.

TBHT striptool = 228A, 0.33V

TBHT direct readout = 230.4A, 0.33V

Vacuum good/ stable.

Minor spike to IGP1 = 1.5e-5 Torr ~5min after reached max setpoint of 230A.

IGP1 striptool = 3e-6 Torr

IGP1 direct readout = 3.79e-6 mBar

Initiating auto-cool at 2.0A/min.

 Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 12:00:

The coated back window was changed to a shuttered window.

On star-point flange bolt interfered with the shutter, however it was removed, shortened, and re-installed.

The installation is complete. Awaiting roughing pump to leak check.

Monday, August 21, 2017, 17:09

Two pellets of sol-gel SiO2+CNT were produced.  See lab book pg 44-46 for details. 

Samples were loaded in Ta boat, wrapped with heat shield (1 layer)

Synthesis temperature = 1600C.  TGHT ~ 460A/8.0V

Vacuum at 7.5 e-6 Torr.

TGHt Auto-ramp at 01A/min to reach 350A. 

 Thursday, August 24, 2017, 00:28

TGHT reached to 350A/5.9V, temp @ 1230C (in-line with the last measurement see elog 378).

Increase TGHT to 430, ramp at 0.1A/min.

 Thursday, August 24, 2017, 23:42

TGHT reached to 430A/7.87V, temp at 1410C. Outgassing pressure reached to peak at 430A before TGHT stabilized.  (Evolution of SiO(g)???)

Ramp up to 460A at 0.1A/min.

 Friday, August 25, 2017, 10:30

TGHT reached to 460A/8.6V, temp at 1520C.  More outgassing was observed as temp was increased.

Tapping up TGHT to reach 1600c.

Friday, August 25, 2017, 15:17

Temp reached to 1600C; TGHT at 492 A/9.3 V.  Temperature was held for 3 hours.  Due to a problem with the backing pump, the cooling down process was initiated. 

Sample will be taken out next Monday for evaluation.

 Tuesday, August 08, 2017, 14:57

See elog i.d's #384 and #381

Investigated wiring in PLC.

Some wires in PLC were not creating a good contact - could be problem re: IGP1 tripping off.

Wires replaced by Gelo.

Pumped down and turned on power supplies over weekend.

Everything remained on - IGP1 did not trip system off.

May proceed with regular use.

Laura Lambert wrote:

Marla Cervantes wrote:  Monday, July 31, 2017,   Pellets previously pressed by Marla and Pauline.  Pellets are placed inside a small graphite container. Graphite container loaded with 5 pellets was loaded into Ta-boat previously coated with TaC. Ta-boat is wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields. Loaded in evaporator 2.  Tuesday, August 01, 2017, Chamber pumping down.  Wednesday, August 02, 2017, 16:03 HS water valves were opened, no leaks were detected. Current was tapped manually to 40 A. After the stabilization of the vacuum auto ramping was set up to 0.5 A/min. Up to a final set up point of 300 A. Final desired temperature ~1700 C.    Friday, August 04, 2017, 10:20 evap2 tripped twice yesterday. 1st trip) there was a power bump which caused a trip at ~4:20pm, this can be seen in the striptool image attached. -TGHT spiked to zero, but immediately went back to the ~420A it was sitting at at the time. -This did not initiate a full trip of everything, but a visual spike in the system can be seen -Oddly this was not picked up in archives - happened so fast and must have been in the small time frame it was not picking up information -Did TGHT actually drop to zero followed by then applying an immediate 420A? -Or did it simple not register a reading due to power bump? 2nd trip) IGP1 stopped communicating at ~5:45pm, this can be seen in both the archives, striptool and evap2 control screenshot images attached -IGP1 was fine, vacuum was good -Registering good vacuum in epics - can see in screen shot vacuum was still good but IGP1 turned yellow as if turned off -This resulted in TP followed by BV tripping off due to no longer getting a vacuum reading making the TP think there was a bad vacuum. -Possible miscommunication with PLC? -This is the same scenario that happened on mon - see elog i.d. 381 Will follow up when more information acquired...

 Friday, August 04, 2017, 14:05

Vented in air and transferred to glove box today.

Container did not break.

Some wires in PLC were not creating a good contact - could be problem re: IGP1 tripping off.

Wires replaced by Gelo.

Put back under vacuum with nothing loaded over weekend to see how things run...

Marla Cervantes wrote:

Monday, July 31, 2017,   Pellets previously pressed by Marla and Pauline.  Pellets are placed inside a small graphite container. Graphite container loaded with 5 pellets was loaded into Ta-boat previously coated with TaC. Ta-boat is wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields. Loaded in evaporator 2.  Tuesday, August 01, 2017, Chamber pumping down.  Wednesday, August 02, 2017, 16:03 HS water valves were opened, no leaks were detected. Current was tapped manually to 40 A. After the stabilization of the vacuum auto ramping was set up to 0.5 A/min. Up to a final set up point of 300 A. Final desired temperature ~1700 C.

 Friday, August 04, 2017, 10:20

evap2 tripped twice yesterday.

1st trip) there was a power bump which caused a trip at ~4:20pm, this can be seen in the striptool image attached.

-TGHT spiked to zero, but immediately went back to the ~420A it was sitting at at the time.

-This did not initiate a full trip of everything, but a visual spike in the system can be seen

-Oddly this was not picked up in archives - happened so fast and must have been in the small time frame it was not picking up information

-Did TGHT actually drop to zero followed by then applying an immediate 420A?

-Or did it simple not register a reading due to power bump?

2nd trip) IGP1 stopped communicating at ~5:45pm, this can be seen in both the archives, striptool and evap2 control screenshot images attached

-IGP1 was fine, vacuum was good

-Registering good vacuum in epics - can see in screen shot vacuum was still good but IGP1 turned yellow as if turned off

-This resulted in TP followed by BV tripping off due to no longer getting a vacuum reading making the TP think there was a bad vacuum.

-Possible miscommunication with PLC?

-This is the same scenario that happened on mon - see elog i.d. 381

Will follow up when more information acquired...

 Monday, July 31, 2017,  

Pellets previously pressed by Marla and Pauline. 

Pellets are placed inside a small graphite container.

Graphite container loaded with 5 pellets was loaded into Ta-boat previously coated with TaC.

Ta-boat is wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields.

Loaded in evaporator 2.

 Tuesday, August 01, 2017,

Chamber pumping down.

 Wednesday, August 02, 2017, 16:03

HS water valves were opened, no leaks were detected.

Current was tapped manually to 40 A.

After the stabilization of the vacuum auto ramping was set up to 0.5 A/min.

Up to a final set up point of 300 A.

Final desired temperature ~1700 C.

Monday, July 31, 2017, 15:24

Turned on BV and TP this afternoon.

Started ramping down, ~1min after turned on both tripped off.

Vacuum box turned red.

IGP1 appears yellow but still registering a vacuum.

TP interlocks: requires IEVAP2:IGP1 < 500mTorr but IGP1 = 6mTorr when tripped off.

Should have been satisfied and therefore not tripped but IGP1 not communicating?

Nothing wrong with ion gauge in person, vacuum good on direct read out.

When attempting 'Global Reset', nothing would reset - vacuum box remained red etc.

See screenshot attached of errors.

 Tuesday, August 01, 2017, 15:31

Had kept BP, PV and RV overnight.

This morning vacuum fine, everything had reset except "IEVAP2:TP on" under device notes for IEVAP2:TP remained red.

Turned on BV and TP, once turbo pump registered on, red wording went away.

Currently pumping down - everything looks fine now.

Still unsure of reason for these errors...

 Friday, August 04, 2017, 10:55

Happened again last night at ~5:45 while evaps at ~420A - see elog i.d. 383 for photos and details.

 Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 13:44

Discs previously casted by Marla and Pauline and weighed. 

Discs are placed inside a small graphite container.

Graphite container with discs loaded with 30 discs was loaded into Ta-boat previously coated with TaC.

Ta-boat is wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields.

Loaded in evaporator 2.

Chamber currently pumping down.

Thursday, July 20, 2017, 16:07

 HS water valves were opened in the morning, no leaks were detected.

Perform water test to confirm paddle wheels are working well.

Current was tapped manually to 40 A.

Read out on meter confirmed paddle wheels are registering 

Tap back down to 20 A, tripped off system on purpose by closing HS water valves.

TGHT tripped off as expected.

Water flow test was good, initiating ramp up of samples.

Taped manually to 40 A.

After the stabilization of the vacuum auto ramping was set up to 0.2 A/min.

Up to a final set up point of 250 A.

Final desired temperature ~1800 C.

 Friday, July 21, 2017, 10:20

Final set up from July 20 was reached.

Current reading: 244.6 A.

Voltage reading: 3.82 V.

Temperature reached: 1105 C.

Final set up was change to 1500 A.

The temperature reached at 6 pm was 1936 C so the current  was decreased  to 488 A.

The final temperature after 30 min was 1800 C.

The set up stayed the same for the weekend.

 Monday, July 24, 2017, 13:06

Temperature reading in the morning was 1856 C.

TGHT: 487.87 A, 9.07 V

TGHT power supply: 

IGP1: 3.75e-7 Torr

IGP2: 3.51e-7 Torr

Started to ramp down at 1 A/min rate.

Initiating auto cooling at 1.0A/min for TGHT.

 Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 09:27

LaC2/C discs were taken off of evap2.

LaC2/C discs were brought in to glove box.