Caled cyclotron ops to open P23 and confirmed penthouse valve open.

Filled up TK2 to 21 in water leve.

Update TH schedule weekly to show the job process.

See attachments.

Update schedule to show job process in TH. See attachment 1,2.

Plant group and us  finished TH floor mopping and garbage collections last Wednesday. Th moping head had 800 count after using. all garbage were bagged , checked, tagged, and sent to radwaste area.

Jason Sargeant mopped up TH floor this morning. The mop head was checked after the job. There are 1500 counts on it. He think this level is reasonable low. 3000 counts would be normal in past.

Frank and I did the test.  The emergency exit hatch on roof was opened and closed twice. Everything works fine.

TH emergency exit hatch which is located on TH west end roof is opened and closed for functional check. The hatch works fine. The limit switch on hatch is in position. No obstacle on hatch way to the roof. 

Gordon Crane technician Tom Kauss finished the replacement of the east side main hoist brake assembly. A new set up is installed. he adjusted gap too close during first time try. So, the smell appeared when operate the brake. He increased the gap to a proper distance then. It looks like everything works fine now. Still, The brake need to be tested with 10K lBS load on it. We will do the load test on next Thursday when he come here to replace west side brake assembly.  Before that, No module move or other heavy lifting action should be fulfilled on TH crane.

2017-04-20. Tom Kauss finished the replacement of west side main hoist brake assembly. The old set up will be rebuilt, and stored as spare for the future. The load test is done.  10k lbs load was used for testing. Brakes work fine. No strange noise and smell has been found during the test. 

Gordon crane technicians continued their troubleshooting on this Tuesday. They found the crane up-limit protection switch which is installed on the same bracket with the the crane down view camera is broken. The spring inside the limit switch  which is used for pushing the action plunge out in the switch lost its function. This up limit switch is the last protection for the crane so it is set as when it is in action the crane main contact coil  which controls crane  power supply will be in open position. The broken switch is replaced by a new one( same type) on this Wednesday. The crane annual inspection has been  finished after the switch replacement. The crane works fine now.

Gordon crane technician started TH crane trouble shooting this morning. The problem is found that there is no 115VAC power supply to energize  a main coil which is used to switch on 450V AC power supply to crane. He did a test and found  the crane could be operated  by big yellow pedant in control room when he manually gave the coil 115VAC power supply to energize it.. At that moment, the crane is set to big yellow pedant operating mode. But, he can not figure out why there is no 115VAC power to this coil.The wiring  tracking back is not an easy job for him. The troubleshooting is  stopped now. The job will be resumed on next week with more skilled technician involving in from Gordon crane.

TH crane main hoist B starting delay issue appears again this Thursday. It is about 1 minute waiting time after power on the crane. this is an old problem we spent so much time in investigation and tried solve during last summer and fall. During this period, the delay time became shorter and the problem disappeared completely in November. It worked fine since then  until this this day. TH crane still works fine other than it. I will watch in this issue closely. 

Last Friday, During the crane per use check, I found the main power supply to to crane was shut off. I was told   Don and Travis shut off the main power before Triumf power outage. Travis restored crane main power and I  could turn on the main relay on radio pedant  in TH.  But, I didnt have all crane main bridge movement controls on TH raido pedant except rotation. I still have all movement controls on small trolley from the radio pedant. When I operated radio pedant, Travis could hear the relay works in crane control room, but in TH no crane movements. It looks like a crane control problem so Dave Morris was contacted. Dave found one of battery on PLC board is dead and need to be replaced.He did order the battery right way. On this Wednesday, Dave noticed us we could temporarily run the crane. I went to T.H  for checking. At the beginning, I found I cant not turn on the crane main relay from radio pedant in TH. Don was in crane control room. He switched the crane control from TH radio  mode to control room pedant( big yellow control box laid on the ground, the mode switch is located on the up left corner of first main panel)  and he turned on the main relay by doing this and got all movement controls from the big yellow pedant. After switching the mode back to TH radio mode I also got all the controls from TH radio pedant. Everything worked fine on crane so we moved the man lift into TH on Wednesday afternoon and arranged the TH crane inspection on Thursday. On Thursday morning, Gordon Crane guys came in TH and started their inspection. At the beginning, everything works fine. But after they did some operation and checks on crane, the crane main relay could not be switched on again (from TH  raid box). The crane inspection job are suspended. RH group tried to active the main relay by switching the mode back to yellow pedant in crane control room just like we did on Wedsday, but it did not work this time. David Morris was contacted to check from his side if anything wrong. He checked and told us the program is working and everything  is good from his side. A crane expert is needed to trouble shoot this problem. Neil Wong is going to bring Gordon crane guys and start to trouble shoot the problem this morning.

Target hall crane does not work properly after TH crane main power is switched off during Christmas time in control room. I switched the main power back this morning. The only movement could be operated is crane rotation. Power is supplied crane. The control  on N-S, E-W and up-down movements do not work. We had the same problem last year. After trouble shooting, It was pointed to a PLC battery issue. Control group changed the battery and reloaded the program. I guess  the battery is drained out very fast for some reason. So, We face the same problem again this year.

Adam checked control room main power supply. I checked in TH crane again. The problem is still there. We can confirm this is the same issue like last year. 

  TH crane is used for transferring five shielding blocks(30000lbs) today. All brakes work fine. Mostly, I do not need crane slow up motion for this job so during 1 hour moving, no rattle sound and burning smell has been found.  I think TH crane is good to use as we decided. 

Gordon crane technician Peter came in today and checked TH crane. Maico and I were there with him. What he found is that brake gap on both side of main hoist decreased after months of using.  The solution is to lock the automatic self adjustment system so the gap will be fixed there. Each year during annual inspection, they will adjust the gap manually. After he locked both side of device, I tested the crane up and down couple of times. The brakes work fine. 

This morning, when I prepare for today's crane check, The crane made a very strong noise without any load during the full speed up motion. I stopped the crane right away, and noticed that east side of main hoist motor area was smoking . The crane was moved to east end. And, I climbed up to the top, and found the smoke is coming form brake side, and should be produced by braking. The smell is same as before.Unless other thing is wrong,  I think Gordon crane technician has to adjust the gap to a proper distance on both side of the main hoist. I feel very uncomfortable by operating the crane this way. They have to figure out what is wrong on these new brake assembly installation.

2017-05-12. This morning , Crane technicians increased both side of main hoist brake gaps today. They found on east side brake assembly, The gap is automatically closed after some  jogging motions. Peter think this is caused by torque produced by automatic adjustment springs on brake. This torque rotate  the gap adjustment device and closed the gap.  We operate the crane for a while with 20000lbs load on it after gap adjustment. The rattling sound is still there at slow up motion.  But, The main hoist braking sound is softer and gentle comparing to past month.This sound is more close to the sound before we replaced the brake assembly. So, This adjustment could be right in my view.  They checked  gaps after 0.5 hours operation. Everything is still fixed there . No change. They suggest we keep operating the main hoist, and they will be back on next Monday check again.  I operated the main hoist up and down in different speed motion for 1 hour after they left. Everything works fine. Braking are gentle. No strange sound and smoke during up or down. I will do  more operation on Monday morning before they come. Lets see the result after their checking.  

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2017-05-15.  Gordon crane technician Peter came in during lunch time. Both side main hoist brake gaps have been checked. They are still at the same position as last Friday. The gap is not changed after operation. Peter will be back on next Monday and check everything again.  

TH crane burning smell showed again this morning. It appeared after 1-1.5 hours of continuously using during the F308 flasks moving in TH.After a certain time of using I think the brake gap is reduced because of  thermal expansion. The main hoist and brakes work fine still. We knew these brakes gap are tight especially on west side. So, It is not surprised that this burning smell appeared again. It does not affect the safe of crane use in my view. But, The life of this brake assembly could be affected.  I would like everyone know this issue. We may need to consult Gordon crane as well. Maybe, The gap should be increased up a little bit.  On this Friday, I will use crane to transfer 30K lbs shielding blocks. It will be a good test on crane main hoist again. 

Dave.Morris installed a new battery on crane control PLC board and uploaded the program. Travis, Dan and I tested the crane in local, remote, and test mode. The crane works fine. Also, the TH lock up has been tested. Everything is good.

TH shut down activities schedule from Feb 23th-March 25th. The schedule will be updated each week. See attachment 1.

Feb-27-2015: Updated the schedule, and uploaded as PDF file. See attachment 2.