Looked at SiC#45 in the hot cell. Looked very clean, no deposits on the heat shield or other components. Target also looked very straight. Only issue we saw was sparking marks on the EE side that faces the ground electrode, in several spots. This target had a bout of sparking when ramping up the protons, so I guess that was the location. Will look for matching spark marks on the ground electrode next time TM4 is in the hot cell. Forgot to take picutres...

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 14:20: EE configured for conditioning. HV cage locked up

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 16:46: BIAS / EL / EE at 45 / 22.5 / 0 kV

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 17:16: 30 min without sparking. Lowering to 0. Continue conditioning tomorrow.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 08:22: Resuming HV conditioning

Friday, October 20, 2017, 08:44:  BIAS / EL / EE at 45 / 22.5 / 0 kV

Friday, October 20, 2017, 09:48: No sparking. Continue conditionoing

Friday, October 20, 2017, 10:40: BIAS / EL / EE at 50 / 22.5 / 0 kV

Friday, October 20, 2017, 11:30: HV spark (at 52.5 kV) tripped TP2 and TP1s resulting in IG1S and power supplies tripping.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 13:50: Gelo is troubleshooting flickering on/off of ANODE, TGHT and TBHT power supplies.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 13:51: BIAS / EL / EE at 50 / 25 / 0 kV

Friday, October 20, 2017, 14:26: BIAS / EL / EE at 55 / 28 / 0 kV

Friday, October 20, 2017, 14:37: TP2 tripped on spark

Friday, October 20, 2017, 14:51: Gelo has determined there is a communication problem with the PLC on the HV platform. Troubleshooting continues.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 19:02: Troubleshooting did not succeed. Not able to control power supplies. Troubleshooting continue on Monday.

Monday, October 23, 2017, 09:00: After starting the TCS again today communication has been reestablished. Started heater conditioning.

Monday, October 23, 2017, 14:03: Heater ramping previously aborted and ramp down started due to ongoing PLC communication issues. TGHT and TBHT power supplies tripped on timeout around 13:45. Gelo will continue the troubleshooting.

Monday, October 23, 2017, 19:55: Switching off source after operating for 5 hours without any communication glitches detected (fiber optic communication cables swapped between HV platform and BIAS/EZL PLCs)

Sic#35 has been installed onto TM2. High current fasteners torqued to 130 in lbs.

Mating of the 9 pin connector was extremely problematic but in the end I was able to get it to mate properly. Noticed left (when facing module in hot cell) febiad coil left twisted a bit when torqued up.

SiC#33 has been removed from TM2.

SiC#32 has been removed from TM2. Quick inspection shows some troubling discoloration on the water cooled connection blocks of C and D as well as the left target heater A.

As for the target, both legs are broken and is has the normal "charge up" marks on the 9 pin connector.

SiC#32 has been installed on TM2. High current fasteners torqued to 130 in lbs.

SiC#32 has been open for inspection.

SiC#31 has been removed from TM4 and UCx#13 installed. UCx#13 connection to the 9 pin connector was VERY VERY tight to the tube heater insulator on both the test jig and module.

Ta #45 has been removed from TM4 and SIC#31installed.

Extraction electrode was removed from SiC#31 and target inspected.

Pictures of findings can be found at          https://documents.triumf.ca/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-15131

SiC#30 has been removed from TM3. A quick exam of TM3 source tray did not  yield any obvious signs of damage.

9 pin connector on the target showed the usual sparking/arcing marks.

Heat shield has been removed from the target. Inside of heat shield has some unusual marks on it and quite a lot of black deposits.

SiC#27 has been installed onto TM4. Fit was very good. All electrical connections double checked with mirror.

Pictures can be found at: http://documents.triumf.ca/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-8530
 

SiC#26 was removed from target module #4 this morning. Target shows the now standard arc marks on the 9 pin connector housing...pictures to follow.

Of greater concern is the amount of "plating out" or "arc" marks on both the insulators and connductor of the TM4 source tray. I will again warn that the source trays historically have a life expectancy, and that TM4 continues to show visual signs that the current source tray is rapidly approaching the end of its useful life!

I understand that one of this years goals is to retrofit TM3; however I fear TM4(and possibly TM1) may fail before this can be released. With the current absence of backup source trays and modules I fear we leave the ISAC program in a very vulnerable position.

HP febiad target SiC#26 was installed onto Tm4 on Monday morning.

"JP's" connector required lossing of the two mounting fasteners. Connector was pushed tight to its mating half on the source tray and both fasteners retightened, and the mating checked; it was good.

Two new 7/8 long 3/8-16 fasteners were used for the febiad coil connections.

Installation went well.

Leak check was performed:

Base Pressure: 0.0x10-4

Stable leak rate 0.0x10-9

Left vcr joint was checked two times with a 2 second spray of helium with a 60 second waiting time between sprays; no response.

Right vcr joint was checked two times with a 2 second spray of helium with a 60 second waiting time between sprays; no response.

Fllod of system with a 6 second spray; no response.

I have inserted the test target for TM4 and the CS into the hot cell.

I had some concerns about the condition of the target which I have discussed with Pierre and he has cleared. Pictures are attached.

The shutter in TM2 was successfully replaced today.

New lock washer and nut were installed onto shutter and nut torqued to 120 ft lbs.

Shutter guide alignment tool was used to insure tapped shutter guide holes were concentric with thru holes in shutter side mounting panel, button head screws replaced and torqued to 110 ft-lbs.

The shutter was manually cycled open and closed by David and everything is to operate well.

TM2 has been successfully de-shuttered.

All went pretty much according to plan except I had to remove one fastener out of the upper wiring harness (the one that has just been installed) to allow for enough clearance to rotated the shutter guide out of the way...I shutter to think what would have happened otherwise...anyways...

Close inspection of the shutter does show that the "thin" area isn't in very good shape; whether this is a result of removal or just the way it was is hard.Due to the ease of removal I would quess that it may have been a preexisting condition. That being said...I think we may want to consider replacing it.

Stopped MP1 today in preparation for the power outage over the holidays. both P-25 and P-26 breakers have been switched off to prevent inadvertent start of system

 After conditioning over the weekend the EE developed a short. This was confirmed by measuring the resistance between EE and Heat Shield on the module yesterday.