 Wednesday, May 05, 2021, 12:20, Adam Newsome, Infrastructure, Development, Cyclotron RH Control Room: Outlets Installed
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The following outlets were installed by Electrical Services Group in order to facilitate upgrading power supplies for Cyclotron Remote Handling, as per
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 15:02, Adam Newsome, Carrier, Development, Emergency Trolley Rescue Winch: Installed and Tested 
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An emergency trolley rescue winch (TRH1527) was developed for the purposes of retrieving trolleys from the cyclotron tank whose radial drive have failed.
This winch was tested today on the carrier in mockup setting with success by Adam Newsome, Dan McDonald, and Travis Cave. The
following is a summary of the test: |
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Thursday, April 01, 2021, 13:47, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Vault Shield Door Closed
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| The vault shield door has been closed and seal inflated. The operation was performed with no issue. |
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Friday, February 26, 2021, 13:00, Adam Newsome, Trolleys serviced, Maintenance, Lower Resonator Trolley - Radial Drive Failure Issue
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On Feb. 24 while practising a training exercise, the lower resonator trolley unexpectedly experienced a radial drive failure. The trolley did not move
in either radial direction (this occurred after approx. 5 minutes in the tank, near the centre post, with FTRF jig installed). The trolley was retrieved
from the tank manually for investigation. Upon retrieval and testing on the mockup, the radial drive began to work again. |
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Friday, February 26, 2021, 08:29, Adam Newsome, Trolleys serviced, Maintenance, First Turn Radial Flag (FTRF) Jig - Pneumatic Upgrade
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Old fittings and broken pneumatic tubing on the FTRF jig have been replaced with new push-connect fittings and polyurethane tubing. The jig was previously
not in a functioning state due to damaged tubing. A pneumatic diagram was created in the process of the upgrade. The tubing will be cleaned up within the
next few days and the jig tested. |
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Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 12:37, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Development, Ladder Handling Tool - First In-Tank Test (SAS0824)
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The newly developed Ladder Handling Tool (TRH1401), which is used to move the maintenance ladders from the #5 resonator area closer to the centre post,
was tested inside the cyclotron tank to perform the actual operation. This is a task that was historically performed by operators, resulting in dose received
(typically 0.1 - 0.3 mSv for two people, twice per annual shutdown). This tool completely eliminates the need for people to receive this dose - only a |
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Friday, January 22, 2021, 14:30, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid up operation - 2021
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The lid up operation took place on Jan. 22, 2021.
The system was not energized well ahead of time to allow to "warm up", as is usually done.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 11:35, Adam Newsome, Shielding, Maintenance, Shadow Shields Inspection - 2021 Shutdown
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All shadow shields which are remotely placed inside the cyclotron during shutdown were inspected by Adam Newsome and Chris Peterson on Jan. 13, 2021.
The inspection consisted of:
Verifying feet were damage-free, welds intact (note: only outer feet were checked due to the large amount of effort that would be involved |
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Monday, November 09, 2020, 09:17, Adam Newsome, Infrastructure, Development, New crane pendant: B2 level crane
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A new remote crane pendant was installed to replace the existing wired pendant on the B2 level of Remote Handling building (basement area - vault access).
Two remote pendants exist (spare). The previously used pendant will be kept, at least temporarily, as a backup if needed.
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Thursday, November 05, 2020, 15:38, Adam Newsome, Infrastructure, Development, New crane pendant: B1 level crane
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A new remote crane pendant was installed to replace the existing wired pendant on the B1 level of Remote Handling building (electrical lab). Two remote
pendants exist (spare). The previously used pendant will be kept, at least temporarily, as a backup if needed.
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Thursday, July 16, 2020, 11:57, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Development, Cyclotron Mockup: Orbital Position Pendant Upgrade
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The pendant used for controlling the orbital motion of the bridge mockup was upgraded. Features of the new pendant include:
One cable to controller (formerly two cables required)
Ergonomic and robust form factor of pendant
Easily
modifiable button/contact setup, with spare button space
Extended cable to reach anywhere in the room
Pictures attached show |
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Sunday, April 05, 2020, 13:24, Dan McDonald, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, Elevating system station swap 2019-2020
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Station 11-12 where swapped for station 13-14 during 2018-2019 shutdown. Once lock out and motor disconnect was complete we commenced removal of spares
and installation of original equipment. Station 13 was swapped in for station 3 and the upper bearing was serviced. In addition to regular maintenance
we built and installed a cover for the void in between station 10-11, this void in shielding measured approx 2'x4'. RH borrowed a demo Milwaukee 1' cordless |
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Saturday, April 04, 2020, 10:03, Dan McDonald, Trolley, Development, Addition of DC motor controller mounts
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| Upper and lower resonator trolleys received mounting plates and brackets to accommodate DC motor controls for updated drive motors. |
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Saturday, April 04, 2020, 09:47, Dan McDonald, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid down operations
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Lid down operations for 2019/2020 shutdown went ahead as planned on March 10th 2020 with Dan Louie and Arthur Leung absent due to a conference. Please
see attached file for station counter numbers. Station two right side Highfield gear box was making intermittent growling from outboard bearing, this station
is next on scheduled maintenance and will be inspected post removal next shutdown. Station 3 has spare jack set 13 in place, using Operations thermal camera |
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Wednesday, February 05, 2020, 15:04, Adam Newsome, Trolley, Repair, Upper resonator trolley: cylinders for Ex 2C tasks
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[B]Cylinder 4[/B] on the upper resonator trolley was not fully functional when removing Ex 2C during 2020 shutdown. It worked occasionally. Upon inspection
it was determined that it was binding when extend was attempted. This cylinder was [B]replaced[/B] Feb 5, 2020 (model: American Cylinder 562SVS-2.00).
The other three cylinders were inspected and all of their shafts appear significantly bent. Replacement cylinders will be ordered and these will be replaced |
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Wednesday, February 05, 2020, 12:44, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Development, Cyclotron Small Object Retrival Tool - Intial Test
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The small object retrieval tool was tested in the cyclotron tank for the first time. At this time, there are no known accessible objects that were requested
to be retrieved. The tool was tested in order to gain confidence in functionality for future tasks, when needed.
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Wednesday, February 05, 2020, 12:37, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Development, Cyclotron Vacuum Cleaning Tool - Initial Test
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The vacuum cleaning tool (TRH1366, vacuum cleaning configuration) was tested in the cyclotron tank. The following test were performed:
1. Access to areas of interest - are we able to reach certain areas?
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Monday, February 03, 2020, 11:06, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Development, Porthole Cover Handling Tool - Initial Test Report
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The suction-cup based porthole cover handling tool (TRH1366) was tested for the first time inside the cyclotron as part of the regular porthole cover moving
task (Jan. 29, 2020). The tool was operated by Adam Newsome and Travis Cave.
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Thursday, January 30, 2020, 06:55, Dan McDonald, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid up operations
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Lid up operations took place on January 21st starting at 10:25 lid went up without issue. Couple things to note are station 11 had a number of spikes
in the first ten inches of travel and number five had a couple in the first five inches of travel. We will monitor these stations and perform maintenance
as needed. Station three which has spares #13 saw above normal heat generation in the right side High field gear box, we will investigate next week. |
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Thursday, October 31, 2019, 14:31, Adam Newsome, Service Bridge, Repair, Outrigger 2 Vertical Drive Repair
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Outrigger 2 vertical drive repair is complete - ball screws were replaced to resolve a jamming issue (this work was done in the summer).
The outrigger has been recalibrated and all limit switches and feedback signals tested. All ranges of motion were tested multiple times as well.
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