Yesterday, TM4 B line was supplied with water at TCS for testing.  TCS: IG1 and IG2 had big response on it. See attachment. The water was disconnected right away, and line was purged. Vacuum recovered after overnight pump.

 TM4 has been moved from the conditioning station to the south west silo. Module was placed with the turbo pump facing south which puts the windows facing north and south and the shutter facing west. 

Original Problem:

Leaks on the B and D copper blocks, probably due to corrosion between the blocks and the inserts. Final solution, after many tries, was to make an indium sheet the size of the copper blocks and use that to seal the entire surface.

So far offline tests seem to show these seals working, though long term tests are needed to say for sure.

New Problem:

TM4 was in the conditioning station, running water and under vacuum. 50A on the target and tube heaters from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon.

Sunday morning 9:30am target heating increased to 200A, 100A on the tube heater, ramp finishing around 1:30pm.

At around 3pm, the vacuum stops dropping and begins to climb very slowly, continuing until Monday morning (see first attachment).

Tests on the individual water lines show an immediate vacuum response only to the EE lines, the other lines show no response (note the window line is blanked off since the containment box is not on).

With water in the EE lines, the vacuum sits around 1e-6 near the target.

Testing:

Ramped target to 400A and tube to 200A. Sitting there for several hours shows no change in the vacuum response, though there is a variation that corresponds to the chiller turning on and off (see second attachment).

Ramped target to 450A and tube stayed at 200A. Vacuum staying in the low 10^-6 range, seems to be entirely due to EE leak, other seals are holding well.

TM4 has developed 4 leaks so far:

1. Line B - seems to be solved with an indium gasket (some testing already done)
2. Line D - seems to be solved with an indium gasket (some testing already done)
3. EE - indium gasket installed, preliminary tests are good
4. Window cooling line - David found with 70 psi helium, leak detector response went from 3E-7 atm.cc/sec to 4E-4torr atm.cc/sec in 1 min and stayed there. When water was put through the circuit, there was an initial vacuum increase to about 1E-6, then a couple hours later it began to fall and has been falling for ~14hrs, now in the 7E-7 range for IG1.

Testing indium seals on lines B, D, EE. No repair has been done for window line. Ramping heaters to TGHT=450A, TBHT=200A. Everything behaving normally.

Wednesday, ramped up BIAS, EZL and EE to 36kV, 17kV, 1.5kV. Sparking at about 1 spark per 20 - 30 mins. Bias current somewhere between 66uA and 78uA, varying with the chiller ON/OFF.

Thursday morning around 2am everything tripped off. No spark visible on strip tool, seems this is from an increase in the window water leak. Vacuum recovered on its own and heaters were ramped back up.

LD base leak rate, 0.0Xe-9atm.cc/sec. Helium pressure, 70psi. 5 minutes each circuit. No response on all water line except containment box window which has a VCR leak issue now. Window line leak rate, 2.3Xe-4 atm.cc/sec.

TM4 is moved from TCS to SW silo this morning. The move is good.

TM4 HS and window line are helium pressure checked at TCS. 70 psi helium 5 minutes. No response @1.2XE-8 atm.cc/sec. They are leak free.

TCS is argon vented. TM4 is disconnected at TCS.

Tuesday, October 01, 2019, 15:15: Started roughing.

Tuesday, October 01, 2019, 16:30: Started TPs

Tuesday, October 01, 2019, 16:34: All TPs at speed

Conditioning completed over the weekend by RIB operations. The shutter was left closed on the module, so no beam could be seen on the FC. Conditioning otherwise OK.

TM2 has been connected at TCS this morning. helium pressure test on Tm2 HS line is done. No leak.

Yesterday a leak was discovered in the ISAC-I experimental hall. The leak appears to be at the connection between the evaporator and the return water line. 1 in of water was lost from TCS:TK1. The water is currently valved off to prevent further leakage.

A fault reportt has been submitted to mechanical services - awaiting response.

Friday, November 01, 2019

Leak repaired by Mechanical Services. A brass fitting had cracked and was replaced with a galvanized fitting.

Helium pressure leak check on TM2 HS line at TCS is done. No leak. Also, Helium are sprayed to gas line adapter and fittings. No leak. TM2 is connected at TCS. Anode plug on TCS is connected to module 52pin connector. Water system is started. Vacuum pumping down is good. HV cover will be installed today.

Thursday, November 07, 2019, 10:35: Tested source to 30 A on TGHT, TBHT and COIL. ANODE at 100 V.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

The FEBIAD source worked well over the weekend. The anode current limit was adjusted twice to stop voltage limiting. About 5E-8 A on the FC with TGHT=580A, TBHT=300A, ANODE=200V,150 mA, COIL=50A. Bias was conditioned to 30 kV

TM2 was disconnected in ITE yesterday.

 TM#3 has been moved from the south west silo to the conditioning station.

I started TCS roughing pump. TM3 TP1 and TP2 will be started tomorrow morning.

Using a long pole with a probe to spray helium on TCS vacuum seals and joints which are installed in  TCS service pit. No response has been found on leak detector during leak check. TCS is leak free.

TM3 TP1 and TP2 work  fine in past 4 days. During operation, The current draw on pumps were 0.7A to 0.8 A. TM3 will be moved back to silo tomorrow.

 TM#3 has been moved from the conditioning station to the centre east silo.

TM4 has been moved from SHC to TCS. No target on module. The move is successful.