The target hall has been locked-out as per Document-70039.

Forced IG1, IG1S and IG2 to switch on BIAS power supply

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 11:53: 70 kV at 0.16 mA

2 sparks observed shortly after 70 kV was reached

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 12:59: No sparks for the last hour.

BIAS power supply off. Forces removed.

 TM#4 with Ta#52 has been moved from the conditioning station to the east target station.

Prepare for TM4 move tomorrow morning.

A  hydraulic leak was found on the manipulator  install and repair cart, upon further investigation the cause was a faulty cylinder. Once the cylinder was removed and disassembled the inner bore was found to be scored beyond repair. Another point of interest was that the rod was painted to the point that when retracted it compromised the rod seal causing the cylinder to leak. attached are photos outlining the issues. new cylinders are being sourced and will be installed upon arrival. We have found that there is interaction between the tops of the cylinders and the bed of the cart when fully retracted and compressed, this might require some modifications to ensure proper operation in the future.

The NHC right side manipulator was evaluated today to check if operation was normal through all ranges of motion.  The manipulator was first moved through usual motions without the electric motion drives: the feel was fairly normal, a sound could be heard from the master side Z motion tapes rubbing on the sides of the pulleys, this problem had been identified a few weeks ago however it was significantly reduced since the master side upper and lower Z motion tapes were tensioned yesterday (using CRL repair manual)

The Y motion drive was then tested:  with the master arm close to the window we attempted to move the slave arm close to the slave side window using the Y motion drive; part way through travel the arm stopped moving and would not move any further towards the window.  At this point it was approximately 1 foot from the slave side window.  (I recall that when the manipulator was installed in the wall it was difficult to get the slave end fully horizontal, the arm would travel part way, then stop for seemingly no reason.  Eventually after multiple attempts I got it to reach the horizontal position)

The Z motion was then tested.  The slave end was moved to the fully extended position.  At this point when the Z drive was continued downwards the master side moved up.  Once it reached the upper limit the drive continued which caused the Z motion tape on the slave end to snap.  At this point testing was stopped.

Our plan is to assemble and test the left side manipulator after the manipulator handling cart repair is completed.  If the left side has the same problems it is likely a manufacturer defect.  If not, the problems with the right side may be due to a timing error introduced when we removed the slave end to fit the assembly and cart through the roof hatch from the ISAC-1 experimental hall.  In either case we plan to have  CRL technician come in to address the issues and tune-up both arms before use.

 Installation of new flow sensors and transmitters for the NHC and SHC duct lines was completed in the target hall today.  The sensors are Dwyer DS-300-8 in-line sensors for 8" pipe; The transmitters are Dwyer MS0121 magnesense differential transmitters with 4-20mA output.  The transmitters will be wired to the new PLC control system when the upgrade is done.

 John Chow configured TCS to cathode bias mode (IRH1538). The anode P/S is in positive mode.

 The spent UC#20 has been moved from the south hot cell to the spent target vault. It was placed in pail #150 and spot 1B in the vault. See attached for details of the vault.

John Chow and I installed new TCS HV cable and feed through with their mounting panel back to TCS Faraday cage this Tuesday. ECO-4269 has been issued for the new cable feed through and mounting panel.

The target was inspected by Chad and Anders. Photos are available on DocuShare. It was noticed that the target tube heater terminals had lifted up from the insulator on the target assembly as seen in this Photo. This has later been detemined to be from the assembly, where additional clearance was required and achieved by installing washers.

NEW HV cable for BIAS installed earlier this week.

Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 16:42: BIAS at 20 kV

Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 16:46: BIAS at 30 kV, EZL at 15 kV

Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 17:00: BIAS at 35 kV, EZL at 17.5 kV

The voltage response on TBHT and TGHT changed as the target was heated up. This was later determined to be due to target shorting to heat shield and the grounding of the power supplies being achieved at the HV pedestal in the target hall and not in the HV enclosure as is done online. When this was changed, the target operated normally again.

I started TCS water system.

Results of electrical check of TM#4 with Ta#52 at the south hot cell and the conditioning station under vacuum.

Turbo -pumps are started . The vacuum looks good so far.

LD base LR:0.0Xe-9 atm.cc/sec. No leak has been found during the check.  The HS line will be helium pressurized at TCS this week.

Helium pressurized the HS line at TCS. 70 psi 2 minutes, 0.0 x E-9 atm.cc/sec. No leak.

 TM#4 with Ta#52 has been moved from south hot cell to the conditioning station.

UC#20 has been removed from TM4 and put in a bucket back-filled with argon. Ta#52 has been installed onto TM4 with new fasteners. High current torqued to 130 in lbs.

 TM#4 with UC#20 has been moved from the east target station to the south hot cell. Also the shield plug was remotely installed as well after David set it up.

 The North Hot Cell module support flange (IRH1152D) was installed on June 21, 2017 using 1/8" rubber sheet as a sealing gasket.  The rubber was glued at the seams with Loctite 495 instant adhesive.  Cameras with all required wiring and connectors were installed on the mounting bars (IGN0325D) and then aligned to provide the same view as at other module installation locations in the target hall.  A cable with 5 video signals, and a camera power cable was routed from the south wall in the target hall (where video line connections are), to the panduit on the north wall.  An additional section of cable will be installed to link to the flange cameras after cable covers are installed on the floor.

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.