 Friday, February 04, 2022, 11:52, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid up operation - 2022
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The lid up operation took place on Feb. 4, 2022.
The system was not energized well ahead of time to allow to "warm up", |
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Tuesday, February 08, 2022, 11:39, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Development, Radiation Survey - sampling rate error
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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. |
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Monday, March 21, 2022, 13:14, Adam Newsome, Trolley, Repair, Video Trolley Mk 1 - Radial Limit Switch Replacement
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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. |
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 16:05, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid down operation - 2022
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The lid down operation took place on Apr. 27, 2022.
The system was not energized well ahead of time to allow to "warm up", |
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Wednesday, May 04, 2022, 12:07, Adam Newsome, Trolley, Development, Tool Trolley: Brass air fittings replacement complete
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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. |
Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 12:12, Adam Newsome, Probe, Development, LE1/LE2 Probe Frame - Updates 
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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.
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Thursday, October 06, 2022, 17:15, Adam Newsome, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance: MCC-E elevating system motor contactors
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Under work permit C2022-10-04-1, the motor contactors for jack motors
1 through 12 were replaced. The contactors showed signs of corrosion. |
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Friday, January 27, 2023, 12:12, Adam Newsome, Infrastructure, Development, Vault crane - inspection, remote pendant installation
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The vault crane annual inspection was completed by Tom Kauss.
The wired pendant was replaced with a remote pendant by Tom Kauss. |
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Monday, January 30, 2023, 12:20, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid up operation - 2023
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The lid up operation took place on Jan. 30, 2023.
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Friday, March 31, 2023, 13:22, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Standard Operation, Lid down operation - 2023
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The lid down operation took place on Mar. 31, 2023.
The system was energized a few minutes ahead of time. |
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:19, 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, July 28, 2023, 12:05, Adam Newsome, Cyclotron, Development, Maintenance ladders: end caps added
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| The original end feet and end caps were removed from the maintenance ladders and replaced by new end caps (TRH1637). |
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Thursday, August 03, 2023, 10:43, Adam Newsome, Trolley, Development, Previous generation video trolley decommissioned
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The "old" video trolley featuring scissor mechanism and DSLR camera has officially been decommissioned. Going forward, Video Trolley Mk 2 (TRH1089D)
will be used. |
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Thursday, September 14, 2023, 13:51, Adam Newsome, Trolley, Maintenance, Lift Trolley: upgrades to camera tilt mechanism
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The two camera tilt mechanisms on the lift trolley have been upgraded. Upgrades include:
For the individual camera:
Replaced cylinder
Replaced fittings for cylinder
Replaced air tubing from flow control to cylinder
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Friday, September 15, 2023, 10:15, Adam Newsome, Trolley, Maintenance, Lift Trolley: mirror actuation mechanism repair/upgrade
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The mirror actuation mechanism was observed to be "sticky" during 2023 winter shutdown - it occasionally did not function properly and needed
some manual assistance.
The following items were addressed to resolve the issue: |
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 14:03, Adam Newsome, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, Inspection of elevating system motor contacts
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Motor contactors for the cyclotron elevating system jacks were inspected on 2025-01-23 by Joel Semilla under work permit C2024-01-19-1.
Joel's assessment is as follows:
"All the twelve magnetic contactors have the same contact tips condition. Last year, I have [sic] to take out the contacts from the housing |
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:39, Adam Newsome, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, Jack station 11: synchro replaced
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Because of observed noise on the synchro at jack station 11 during recent shutdown lid up/down operations, the synchro at this station was replaced on
Jan. 31, 2024. The procedure in Document-234859 was followed.
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Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 12:04, Adam Newsome, Elevation Jack, Repair, Elevating system - brake master relay fuse issue
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It was observed when attempting lid up operation on 2024-02-06 that the brakes for each of the jacks were not operating correctly. It appeared that power
was not being applied so the brakes were stuck in the engaged state. This ultimately resulted in issues with the lid up operation.
The issue was traced to relay A1 (the master brake power relay) not toggling as expected, despite the relevant control signals being present to |
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Thursday, February 08, 2024, 08:50, Adam Newsome, Elevation Jack, Maintenance, Elevating system - station 10 motor contactor issue
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It was observed during lid up operation on 2024-02-08, approximately halfway through raising the lid, that the motor contactor for station 10 located
within its small motor panel stopped functioning. The symptoms observed were: entire system stopped since station 10 lagged behind (approx. 150 counts
on counter), station 10 could not be jogged locally in either direction, the control signal to activate the motor was being sent to the contactor when |
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Friday, February 09, 2024, 15:43, Adam Newsome, Elevation Jack, Standard Operation, Lid up operation - 2024
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The cyclotron lid was raised starting ~10:30am on 2024-02-06 and finishing at ~3:30pm on 2024-02-08, under work permit C2024-02-06-4.
Upon first attempt to raise the lid, issues were encountered. The system seemed to start as expected but quickly tripped, resulting in no appreciable |
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