The vault shield door has been closed and seal inflated. The operation was performed with no issue.

The lid down operation took place on Mar. 31, 2023.

The system was energized a few minutes ahead of time.

Starting Master Synchro value: 47388. The master synchro was jogged up prior to starting to approximately 47395.

Upon startup at 10:38 am, the system worked fine and lowered the lid. No stops occurred and the lid lowered smoothly. No abnormal observations made. The lid was completely lowered at 11:05 am.

See attached summary.

During the 2023 shutdown outrigger 1 failed. While performing the HE Probe removal we found that the outrigger could only travel vertically about one inch in each direction.

Upon further inspection we found that the linear bearings had been pulled off the ball screws. And 2/3 of the ball screws had been bent. Additionally one of the linear bearings broke and was missing some of the balls, the parts were later found inside the tank.

The event that caused the failure is unknown, but one guess is that while the outrigger was in the home position the shoulder joint was opened before the elbow joint.

The outrigger was repaired on March 21st, using parts from the old outrigger. After the shutdown the parts should be replaced again with new parts. Additionally it was observed that the linear bearings are quite old so they should be replaced on outrigger 2 also.  See photo for details on which parts where repairs or replaced.

Update 2023-09-01: Both outrigger 1 and 2 had the linear bearings replaced with brand new bearings. Note that the same brand and part number was used (Thomson super-12-OPN ball bushing), however the quality of the new ones seems to have decreased and likely will not last as long as the previous ones. It is recommended that we review if they need to be replaced again in 5-10 years. 

 Annual Jack Inspection: The annual elevation system inspection has been completed (Jan 31,2023).

At station 1, Highfield gear Jack 13R needs a coupler seal replacement. It is ok for this shutdown, but should be replaced before next shutdown.

During the lift, station 7, Right Highfield was running a little rough - should also be checked before next shutdown. 

All motor and gearbox temperatures recorded during lift were consistent to temperatures recorded in the past. 

The full service to two jacks are not being completed this year. 

The Hinged section of the festoon rail at Cyclotron has a piston to keep rail in the up position for shutdown work (Bridge and Trolley in tank work).

A plastic liner for the piston has fallen apart and needs to be replace.

A spare one has been temporarily put into  place until another one has been machined and reinstalled.

The lid up operation took place on Jan. 30, 2023.

The system was not energized well ahead of time to allow to "warm up", as is usually done.

Starting Master Synchro value: 62

The Master Synchro was jogged to a value around 2 prior to starting, to allow it to lag behind the jacks.

When first starting: after a few attempts to raise, it was determined that the master synchro value needed to lag behind the other synchros more than initial suspected. This was changed, and the system operated smoothly for a short time.

During lid travel, station 5 and station 11 both caused trips and needed to be manually jogged to match the rest of the stations. The system was restarted, and more trips occurred. Stations 7 and 10 were adjusted as well. Eventually, after adjusting a few stations, the lid travel smoothed out and no more issues were observed for the remainder of the operation.

The system was stopped at approx. 3 inches of travel (synchro count 5255) to inspect the seal, etc. Everything OK.

No major issues with any jacks. No overheating observed.

Jack 11 showed occasional noise spikes on readback (this happened in 2021 and 2022 as well - suggest replacing this station's synchro next).

When finished, the limit switches toggled as expected, and the gap was measured at 46.5" (correct value).

Ending Master Synchro value: 47388

The attached spreadsheets show all synchro values before and after the operation, as well as jack station infrared heat measurements.

Start time: 9:23 am
End time: 10:53 am (includes gap measurement, etc. - actual lid travel finish was a bit earlier)
Total time to raise was approx. 1.5 hr.

Doses:
Adam Newsome: 0.005 mSv
Maico Dalla Valle: 0.121 mSv
Eric Lahe: 0.056 mSv
Ryan Anderson: 0.017mSv
Kevin Lucow: 0.060 mSv
Ed Parton: 0.007 mSv
Jason Zhang: 0.025 mSv
Nadia Jorgenson: 0.005 mSv
Arthur Leung: 0 mSv
Dan Louie: N/A

[edited 2023-09-8 to fix typo - Adam Newsome]

The vault crane annual inspection was completed by Tom Kauss.

The wired pendant was replaced with a remote pendant by Tom Kauss.

Under work permit C2022-10-04-1, the motor contactors for jack motors 1 through 12 were replaced. The contactors showed signs of corrosion.

The LE1/LE2 Probe Frame was mounted on the Upper Resonator Trolley in the mockup with the intention of confirming functionality and making some updates to the probe installation/removal procedure document.

The following updates were made to the LE1/LE2 Probe Frame and the Upper Resonator Trolley:

• Additional holes drilled and grommets installed in the trolley's valve bank mounting plate to support all of the air cylinders on the Probe Frame
  
• All old brass fittings replaced with quick-connect style fittings
• All air tubing replaced with new polyurethane tubing
• Flow control valves installed
  

The air cylinder functionality was tested in the mockup and working as expected. In the future, a full mockup procedure will be performed in order to confirm camera views as well as finish updating the procedure document.

 The vault shield door has been closed and seal inflated. The operation was performed with no issue.

 We removed the left bushing that is around the air cylinder on the festooning rail, right outside the cyclotron. It was cracked. Will need to replace next year when the vault door opens again.

The rope and pulley system that is used to raise the festooning rail across the vault shield door has been re-routed. It now makes use of all three pulleys and is easier to raise and lower without interference. 

All of the old brass air fittings on the Tool Trolley have now been swapped over to push-connect style fittings. As these are plastic fittings, it is recommended to inspect them after ~5 years for degradation.

The lid down operation took place on Apr. 27, 2022.

The system was not energized well ahead of time to allow to "warm up", as is usually done.

Starting Master Synchro value: 47387

Upon startup, the system worked fine and lowered the lid.

After some time, jack station 12 became out of sync with the master synchro. It needed to be manually jogged to adjust its synchronicity. After it was adjusted, the entire operation went smoothly and the system did not automatically stop again.

No major issues with any jacks. No overheating observed.

An issue was observed in which radial motion on the Video Trolley Mk 1 did not respond to commands. After troubleshooting, it was determined that this was due to the "OP LIMIT" interlock - the "OP LIMIT" pushbutton on the console was illuminated in red, and needed to be continuously held down in order to operate the radial in/out motion buttons.

It was determined that the root cause of the issue was a failed radial limit switch which was likely damaged during trolley transport. The limit switch was replaced, and functionality was restored.

When attempting to perform the radiation survey, the program displayed an error at startup stating that the software was not able to keep up with the incoming hardware samples, and suggested to increase sampling rate or buffer size. The default sampling rate of 500 ms was not used - rather, 100 ms was used. No issues were observed with this rate. As far as I am aware, this issue had not occurred in the past, and the cause is unknown.

The lid up operation took place on Feb. 4, 2022.

The system was not energized well ahead of time to allow to "warm up", as is usually done. Upon starting, brakes were not energized - this was because of the master synchro position - once it was adjusted, interlocks for motor brakes toggled as expected.

Starting Master Synchro value: 61

Minor issue when first starting: after a few attempts to raise, jack 12 needed to be manually jogged to adjust its synchronicity with the others. After it was adjusted, the entire operation went smoothly and the system did not automatically stop again.

The system was stopped at approx. 3 inches of travel to inspect the seal, etc. Everything OK.

No major issues with any jacks. No overheating observed.

Jack 11 showed occasional noise spikes on readback (this happened in 2021 as well - suggest replacing this station's synchro next).

Meter stick hit the ceiling and bent slightly. The meter stick versus limit switch discrepancy could be due to the stick shifting slightly by accident (due to vibrations or accidentally being bumped by someone). The limit switches were trusted as it would be highly unlikely for them to both disagree with the meter stick simultaneously if there was an adjustment setting issue with them.The limit switches toggled as expected, and the gap was measured at 46.5" (correct value).

Ending Master Synchro value: 47387

Total time to raise was approx. 40 minutes.

Doses:
Arthur: #150, 0
Dan L: #310, 0.02
Dan M: #819, 0.04
Nadia: #868, 0.02
Adam: #862, 0.014
Kyle: #111, 0.09
Ryan: #115, 0.05
Chris: #840, 0.043

 The shield door is now open on the RH B2 level.

The two support fingers on the upper resonator trolley were bent due to excessive loading during cylinder toggling.

Fingers were bent back into position such that they are vertical when the cylinder is retracted.

The cylinders used to actuate these fingers were replaced (one was leaking) - replacement allowed for the opportunity for upgrade. The following changes were made:

• Changing reverse spring-return cylinders to double-acting cylinders (formerly American Cylinder 750RVS-2.00, replaced with SMC NCDMB075-0200C)
• Addition of in-line flow controls for both extension and retraction motions
• Tuning of flow control to achieve smooth operation and prevent further damage to the fingers during actuation

 The new finger configuration has been tested and is working.

The following items from Phase 1 of 2 of Bridge Lift Mechanism Refurbishment (O504) are complete:

• Replacement of pneumatic tubing
• Replacement of hydraulic cylinders for lifting, and procurement of spare

The newly refurbished system has been tested by Dan McDonald (June 16, 2021) and verified as functioning.

Phase 2 of the refurbishment will include replacement of the hydraulic pump and creation of pneumatic/hydraulic drawings. This is expected to be complete by end of 2022.

[Edit 2024-10-16]: Phase 2 has been completed. See e-log 191