4 Kapton wire routed into the 9-pin connector. Unused pins are grounded on the bracket.

Friday, July 27, 2018, 14:25: Roughing

Friday, July 27, 2018, 14:41: Turbo pumps on.

Friday, July 27, 2018, 15:53: RGA on.

Saturday, July 28, 2018, 07:03: Waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum steady @ 1.34e-06T

Friday, August 03, 2018, 10:30: Exposed 9-pin wires inside the cage insulated with electrical tape.

Friday, August 03, 2018, 10:35: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 225 A @ 2A per min.

Tuesday, August 07, 2018, 07:40: Small spikes but frequent noted in the RGA on Water, Nitrogen, and Oxygen. More than usual although the vacuum in reasonable at 7.0e-07T.

Tuesday, August 07, 2018, 07:49: Auto-cooling started @ 2A per min.

Monday, July 23, 2018, 14:20: Roughing.

Monday, July 23, 2018, 14:54: Turbo pumps on. 

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 06:40: Ion gauge on. Vacuum slowly decreasing

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:20: RGA on.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:27: Waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable @ 2.24e-06T

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:29: Power/sources on.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:34: Opening gas lines slowly.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:36: SV2 & SV5 Open.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:43: SV3 Open. 

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:47: SV4 Open. 

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 09:00: Turn off sources/power and check 9-pin in the back of the TS. OK

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 09:20: Restart sources/power. Gases open.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 13:39: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 275 A @ 2A per min.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 13:45: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30  / 13 / -1.5 kV.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 13:46: IV4 opened.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 13:48: Optics set.

Note* Approx 10 sparks noted during auto-ramping. All occurred between 12:30am - 4:00am today.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 06:35: Auto-ramping is ongoing since it was started yesterday. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 275 A @ Vacuum limited rate

TGHT / TBHT @ 310 / 275. Significant out gassing noted adjusting the ramping rate.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 06:40: Auto-ramp halted. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 285 (290 w/ direct readout) A @ Vacuum limited rate. Restart auto-ramp.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 11:25: Increased good ramping limit to 2E-6 Torr - AM

Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 11:28: ANODE voltage to 200 V, 11 mA current read back

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:08: RGA Restarted

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:13: EZL to 13.4 kV

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:19: Coil @ 20 A.

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:29: Coil @ 30 A. TBHT @ 300A.

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:35: Coil @ 40 A.

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:41: Coil @ 50 A.

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 14:33: auto-cooling @ 2 A per min

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 14:45: Coil @ 0 A.

Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:29: Gas lines closed

Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:32: Sources off.

Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:34: RGA off. IV4 closed

Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:36: Ion gauge & turbos off.

Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:39: Power off. Waterlines purged.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 08:50: Roughing.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 09:10: Turbo Pumps started.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 09:15: Ion gauge on.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 10:17: RGA started.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 13:15: Check Vacuum @ 6.56e-07T

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 07:27: Waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum ok @ 2.69e-07T

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 07:30: Power/sources on.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 07:35: Auto ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2A per min.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 13:18: Vacuum ok @ 5.48e-07T

 Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 13:29: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30 / 13.5 / 1.5 kV.

BIAS current: 40uA

EZL current: 49uA

EE current: 518uA

Thursday, March 15, 2018, 08:00: Check, Vacuum @ 4.76e-07T

Thursday, March 15, 2018, 13:19: Check, Vacuum @ 4.65e-07T

Thursday, March 15, 2018, 15:13: Started cool down. Vacuum at 4.76e-7 by AM

Friday, March 16, 2018, 06:24: Power/sources off.

Friday, March 16, 2018, 06:27: Waterlines purged

Friday, March 16, 2018, 06:28: RGA, ion gauge, and turbos off.

Friday, March 16, 2018, 07:57: Venting.

Thursday, May 04, 2017, 13:48: Roughing.

Thursday, May 04, 2017, 14:09: Turbos on.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 07:35: RGA on. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T

Friday, May 05, 2017, 07:37: Waterlines opened gradually. Vacuum increased to 1.64e-06T. Response noted on RGA.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 07:45: Vacuum Increase into e-05T range. All waterlines turned off & purged.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 08:00: Vacuum decreased to 1.85e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 08:22: Open lines one by one & monitor. Vacuum @ 1.76e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 08:26: FS#4 TBHT cooling: Ok, No response.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 08:27: FS#2 TGHT cooling: Ok, No response.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 08:28: FS#5 HS cooling: Ok, No response.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 08:30: FS#3 EE cooling: Ok, No response.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 08:35: No immediate response.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 08:37: Vacuum spike into e-05T range.

Open lines one by one @ 10 minute intervals & monitor. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 09:30: FS#4 TBHT cooling: Ok @ 10 minutes. No RGA Response. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 09:40: FS#2 TGHT cooling: Ok @ 10 minutes. No RGA Response. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 09:50: FS#5 HS cooling: Ok @ 10 minutes. No RGA Response. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:00: FS#3 EE cooling

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:01: No response @ 1 minute. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:02: No response @ 2 minutes. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:05: No response @ 5 minutes. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T. Ok @ 6 min. ok @ 7 min.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:10: No response @ 5 minutes. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:11:39: Vacuum Increasing.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:12: Supply/Return closed. All lines purged.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:13: Vacuum @ 3.82e-06T and increasing.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 10:20: Vacuum @ 1.25e-05T. Line FS#3 closed.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 11:04: RGA off. Vacuum @ 1.56e-06T.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 11:05: Ion gauge. Turbos off.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 12:03: He lined into cooling. Venting.

New O-rings installed on FS#3.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 14:24: Roughing.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 14:34: Waterlines reconnected to air lines. He likely still in lines. May show in RGA if there's an issue prior to opening the waterlines.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 14:47: Turbos started.

Friday, May 05, 2017, 17:59: Water leak still present on FS#3

Monday, May 08, 2017, 08:54: Line re-route on FS#3. Return line on (F) re-routed to Return line on (K). (EE)

Monday, May 08, 2017, 09:00: Open water into line FS#3 wait 10 minutes. Vacuum @ 4.52e-07T.

Monday, May 08, 2017, 09:12: Vacuum @ 4.52e-07T. Lines purged. No response on Vacuum or RGA.

Monday, May 08, 2017, 09:20: Line re-route on FS#3 through (K) supply to (G) & return on (E)

Monday, May 08, 2017, 09:28: Vacuum increased to 6.41e-07T. Response noticed on RGA. FS#3 purged & closed.

Monday, May 08, 2017, 09:30: Slow Vacuum increase to 6.67e-07T & climbing.

Monday, May 08, 2017, 10:13: Vacuum has decreased.

Monday, May 08, 2017, 10:26: Line re-route on FS#3 through (K) supply to (H) & return on (F).

Monday, May 08, 2017, 10:20: Open water into line FS#3 wait 10 minutes. Vacuum @ 4.69e-07T.

Monday, May 08, 2017, 10:30: Vacuum @ 4.60e-07T. Lines purged. No response on Vacuum or RGA.

Monday, May 08, 2017, 10:39: Spike on RGA while tightening (G)

Monday, May 08, 2017, 12:02: RGA off. Ion gauge & turbos off

Monday, May 08, 2017, 14:14: Vented. Lines adapted to leak detector on line (G) of FS#3. Line (E) blanked off. Check for leaks.

Monday, May 08, 2017, 14:49: Roughing.

Further purging of the lines required. Leak detector unable to achieve vacuum in the lines. Adapters removed. Line re-route on FS#3 through (K) supply to (G) & return on (E) for purge.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017, 07:30: Venting & Purging. Purge for a minimum of 20 mins.

Attach adapters. Hook up leak detector

Tuesday, May 09, 2017, 09:24: Leak found @ (G) line block

The (G) block line was disconnected and 'Blanked' off. The (G) line, block to feed through, was re-tested. No leak was found on blank off.

O-ring area cleaned. O-ring replaced. Blank removed. Block to Coil end reconnected. Leak highest when He sprayed directly on block.

Masking tape and/or 'putty' added block to block & confirm solder joint ok.

(E)(G) line removed. Block to block leak/sealing issue confirmed. (G) block leaks on the seat. (E) block ok. Tested externally. Achieves 1.0e-09 leak rate.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 09:22: Test stand (G) line from block to feed through has a separate leak. Cannot achieve below e-04 leak rate. Does not fully seal.

Removed heat shield to condition in evaporator 2.

Friday, March 10, 2017, 15:40: Roughing.

Friday, March 10, 2017, 15:58: Turbo pumps started.

Friday, March 10, 2017, 16:19: Ion gauge on.

Friday, March 10, 2017, 16:22: RGA on.

Monday, March 13, 2017, 09:20: Water lines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum @ 1.99e-07T

Monday, March 13, 2017, 09:38: Power/sources on

Monday, March 13, 2017, 09:42: Auto ramping TGHT to 580A @ 2A per min.

Monday, March 13, 2017, 11:58: Water: 95 PSI on Supply. 10 PSI on Return.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 08:55: Vacuum @ 3.26e-07T

Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 15:54:

Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 15:55: Auto-cooling started @ 2A per min

Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 09:30: Power/Sources off.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 14:11: RGA off

Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 14:13: Ion gauge & Turbo pumps off.

by Anders

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 08:47: Venting

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 09:3: HS removed

Thursday, October 27, 2016, 13:36: Roughing.

Thursday, October 27, 2016, 14:27: Turbo pumps started.

Thursday, October 27, 2016, 14:33: Ion gauge on.

Thursday, October 27, 2016, 14:35: Both Turbo pumps at speed.

Thursday, October 27, 2016, 16:00: RGA on.

Friday, October 28, 2016, 07:57: Water lines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable @ 2.80e-07T.

Monday, October 31, 2016, 09:42: Power/sources on.

 Monday, October 31, 2016, 09:43: Auto-ramping TGHT to 500 A @ 2A per min.

Monday, October 31, 2016, 14:46: TGHT @ 500 A, looks ok. Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2A per min.

Monday, October 31, 2016, 15:28: TGHT @ 580 A. 

Wednesday, November 02, 2016, 08:23: Auto-cooling TGHT @ 2A per min.

Wednesday, November 02, 2016, 13:15: Auto-cooling complete.

Thursday, November 03, 2016, 08:40: Sources/power off.

Thursday, November 03, 2016, 08:42: Water lines purged.

Monday, November 07, 2016, 08:08: RGA off. Ion gauge off. Turbo pumps off.

Tuesday, November 08, 2016, 08:07: Turbo pumps restarted. Removal not yet required.

Tuesday, November 08, 2016, 08:13: Ion gauge switched on.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 08:05: Ion Gauge off. Turbo pumps off.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 09:45: Venting.

Wednesday, June 01, 2016, 10:02: Begin roughing.

Wednesday, June 01, 2016, 10:44: Turbo pumps started.

Wednesday, June 01, 2016, 10:47: Ion Gauge IG1 ON.

Wednesday, June 01, 2016, 10:50; Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.24-5T.

Thursday, June 02, 2016, 08:54: Sources and power supply on. RGA on. Open water. Vacuum stable at 2.1E-07T. Heat shield water flow at 4.0 lpm.

Thursday, June 02, 2016, 09:05: Auto ramping TGHT/TBHT @ 2A min to 580A/250A

Thursday, June 02, 2016, 09:10: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/13/1.5kV. IV4 opened

Thursday, June 02, 2016, 11:54: Stopped auto ramping for lunch break. - AM

Thursday, June 02, 2016, 13:01 : Auto ramping resumed. -AM

Thursday, June 02, 2016, 15:03: TGHT/TBHT @ 580A/250A

Thursday, June 02, 2016, 20:43: ramping down TGHT/TBHT at 2 / 1 A/min - AM

Friday, June 03, 2016, 08:06: Source off. Turbo pumps off. Ion gauge off. IV4 closed.

Friday, June 03, 2016, 08:21: Supply water pressure: 103 PSI. Return pressure: 10 PSI.

Friday, June 03, 2016, 09:27: Venting.

T/C installed

CH 1: Attached to TGHT outside middle
CH 2: Through HS outside TGHT right
CH 3: Through HS inside TGHT  right
CH 4: Attached to HS on left gripper. Does not read temp

Monday, September 08, 2014, 16:22: Roughing

Monday, September 08, 2014, 16:43: Started turbos

Monday, September 08, 2014, 16:51: Turbos at speed

Monday, September 08, 2014, 16:53: Vacuum at 2.7E-5 T

Tuesday, September 09, 2014, 08:20 : Opened HS water supply. Vacuum stable at 3.7E-7 T

Tuesday, September 09, 2014, 08:21: Starting auto ramping. TGHT to 580 A at 2A/min

Tuesday, September 09, 2014, 08:50 :

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 11:30: T/C attached to tube does no longer read a correct temperature. Cooling down.

Thursday, September 25, 2014, 08:50: Turbos stopped.

Thursday, September 25, 2014, 11:07: Venting

Thursday, September 25, 2014, 14:00: Heat shield removed

Friday, July 18, 2014, 11:30: Roughing

Friday, July 18, 2014, 11:51: Starting turbos

Friday, July 18, 2014, 11:59: Turbos at speed.

Friday, July 18, 2014, 12:01: Vacuum at 1.4E-5 T

Monday, July 21, 2014, 08:51: Opened water for HS circuit. Small vacuum "bump" recovered to 1.5E-7 T

Monday, July 21, 2014, 09:17: Starget TGHT autoramping to 580A @ 2 A/min

Monday, July 21, 2014, 14:05: TGHT @ 580A 7.47V.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 10:41: Data logger installed

 Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 13:41: BIAS / EZL / EE to 30 / 14 /2 kV. EE:RDCUR 695 uA

Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 14:23: Starting cool down of TGHT 2A/min. Vacuum at 2.7E-7 T 

Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 09:05: BIAS / EZL / EE off. Turbos off. Vacuum at 1.3E-7 T.

 Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 14:05: Purged HS water line.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 14:07 : Venting

Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 14:33: Heat Shield removed

Gas line is attached. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 14:18: Roughing.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 18:20: Closed backing valves. Vacuum @ 2.140 T? 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 06:23: Venting manually.  

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 06:50: Left line slightly un-seated. Swapped out waterline gaskets. Close. Roughing.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:22: TP1B on. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:33: Backing pressure below 0.100T. TP1A on. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:43: TP1A Tripped. Backing pressure @ 0.067T.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:47: TP1B off to bring backing pressure below 0.050T. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:56: Re-opened & Restarted TP1B

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 08:38: Re-closed. Will have to allow TP to spin down before opening the vent valve to give the interlock a reset. (We should remove that or have a bypass in the future)

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 08:46: Coordinated opening BV1A & BV1B simultaneously from 2 computers to bypass the interlock. Success. TP1B. On & green. TP1A started.  

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 08:52: TP1A at speed (Green) Teamwork makes the dream work!!! IG1 on.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 13:41: Vacuum @ 1.10e-06T. Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 13:43: Power / Sources on. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 13:46: Checks. TGHT / TBHT to 5/5A. BIAS / EE / EZL to 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. OK. Tap back down. Allow vacuum to drop further. Ready for operation. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 13:48: Open IV4. Timed out. Tighten sensor. Reset. Open IV4. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 05:25: Vacuum @ 4.23e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 09:01: Vacuum @ 6.01e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:46: Optics on. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:54: TGHT tripped completely off & was unable to restart while turning up the HV. Was at 580 A. BIAS / EE / EZL was tapped up to near 27.5 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:05: Verified nothing appears to have burnt up or similar. Unable to begin auto-cooling on TBHT as it requires both heater PS to operate. Will tap down TBHT manually. TGHT is set @ 0A.

Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:11: TBHT tapped down to 0A. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:14: Once at 0 A, the TGHT PS status turned from red to black??? Was able to reset & turn it back on. Brought it up to 5 A. That's different. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:23: Sources PS off. Will re-ramp on Monday.

Monday, November 18, 2024, 07:24: Vacuum @ 2.43e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 4 A per min. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 09:17: Vacuum @ 2.69e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:02: Sources / Optics On.

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:08: BIAS / EE / EZL to 20 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:10: BIAS / EE / EZL to 27 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:20: TGHT Shut off again during a mass scan!

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:22: Restarted TGHT. This is problematic. TGHT @ 580A. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:25: Redo mass scan. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:59: Mass / wire scans complete. HV to 0 kV. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 14:00: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 10:04: IV4 closed

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 10:06: Sources off.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 10:07: IG1 & TP off. 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 11:16: Power off / lockout. FS#5 purged. Venting. 

Friday, May 17, 2024, Spare FEBIAD Development target installed

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:00: Roughing

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:38:  TP1B started.

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:43 TP1B Green. OK.

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:46 : TP1A on.

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:54 : TP1A Green. OK.

 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 09:47 :   TP1A and TP1B switched off. Source tray calibrated leak to be removed.

 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 10:13 :   VV1 open for venting to atmospheric pressure.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 11:26 :  Source tray calibrated leak removed, target calibrated leak connected to gas line. Chamber closed, roughing valves open. Roughing down.

 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 12:02  TP1B on

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 12:04: TP1A on. 

 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 15:12  gradually raising BIAS/EL/EE voltages to 50kV/25kV/2kV.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 15:58  increasing BIAS to 50+kV, watching for sparks.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 16:38: voltage stable at 55kV. after 10 minutes, of high voltage with no sparks, dropping the voltages to 0V.

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 11:36:  increasing voltage BIAS/EL/EE to 30kV/15kV/1.5kV.

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 11:56 gradually increasing COIL to 80A, letting vacuum recover as necessary. 

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 13:31:  COIL to 90A, recovering vacuum.

 Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 16:58 increasing TGHT TBHT to 440A/290A at 1A/30s. reducing COIL to 0A and voltages to 0V overnight

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 11:14 :  increasing voltage BIAS/EL/EE to 30kV/13kV/1.5kV.

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 11:33:  Sensor on beam line vacuum TMSIG6 not working. reports bad vacuum, despite both TMSTP6 TMSTP2 running at full speed. Likely that vacuum is at appropriate level.

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 11:35: turning on optics and confirming correct tune.  --- cannot do this due to interlock on TP6.  investigating problem. -- switched to filament 2 on control panel

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 13:14:  after setting magnet to argon-40, running degaussing script for coil / anode optimization  - measure_id= 6220.  heat map at bottom. . optimal point at 120V 40A (local maximum)

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 13:45:  allowing vacuum to recover after scan. vacuum during scan was approximately 4e-6 T

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 13:57 running mass scan with gas on -  2024-05-23-14-25 LP FEBIAD backup leak 1.txt

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 14:29 mass scan gas off (purged) - 2024-05-23-15-03 LP FEBIAD backup leak 2.txt

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:04   increasing tght tbht to 490A 320A 

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:26:  when at TGHT TBHT = 461A/313A, the anode power supply began current limiting (shorted to hvc)

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:28  cooling to 460A/310A

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:35  cooling to 450A/300A 

 Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:44  stopped cooling at 455A/305A as the anode became UNshorted.

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 16:19  mass scan with gas off - 2024-05-23-16-18 LP FEBIAD backup leak 3.txt

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 16:21   gas on - mass scan -  2024-05-23-16-51 LP FEBIAD backup leak 4.txt

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 16:52 :  increasing TGHT TBHT again to test anode shorting threshold:  - shorted at: 458A/308A.  then decreased to 450A/300A, did not UNshort until after a few minutes at that current.  shorted when increased to 456/306

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 17:22   decreasing voltages to 0V

 Thursday, May 23, 2024, 11:14 :  increasing voltage BIAS/EL/EE to 30kV/13kV/1.5kV.

 Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 12:59  cooling target to 0A. will remove target to attempt fix on anode short.

 Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 17:17   TGHT TBHT at 0A. TP1A and TP1B off.

42972-5 Base / 42972-9 Lid

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 16:30: Roughing. 

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 17:04: TP1B on.

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 17:13: TP1A on.

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 17:21: IG1 on @ 2.41e-05T 

Wednesday, November 06, 2024, 10:35: Vacuum @ 5.75e-07T. Waterline FS#5 open. 

Wednesday, November 06, 2024, 16:24: TGHT/TBHT ramping to 580/230A at 2A/min

Thursday, November 07, 2024, 09:16:  Increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV slowly

Thursday, November 07, 2024, 11:26:  as expected, no beam out to FC0. slowly increasing to bias to 45kV alongside ezl to 28kV

Thursday, November 07, 2024, 11:27:   TGHT dropped out for 1s. Did not register a trip or anything. simply jumped down to 0A and immediately recovered.

Thursday, November 07, 2024, 14:40:   At 45kV, there were no sparks noticed. The target assembly was brought down to 0V and ramped down to 0A/0A at -2A/min  

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 09:15: PS Off. TP off - AS. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 11:26: VV1 opened - BB. 

test stand vented

Rick Maharaj wrote:

test stand vented

 Thursday, October 13, 2011, 15:40: Pumping down

Friday, October 14, 2011, 10:00: Cooling water is on. Pressure increase from 8e-7 to 3e-6 torr. Venting.

Friday, October 14, 2011, 11:10: Replaced seals on cooling lines with new silver plated SS seals. Pumping down.

Friday, October 14, 2011, 13:25: Cooling water is on. Vacuum at 1.35e-6 torr.

Monday, October 17, 2011, 09:00: Vacuum at 5.4e-7 torr. target ready to be heated.

Wednesday, June19, 2024, Spare TiC HP-SIS target installed. TiC#24C

Wednesday, June19, 2024, 15:00: Roughing

Wednesday, June19, 2024, 17:25:  TP1B started.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:30:  TP1B Green. OK.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:30 : TP1A on.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:40: Time out on TP1A

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:43: Turn on BV1A & TP1A

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:43 : TP1A Green. OK.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:44: IG1 turned on @ 3.92e-05 T

_________   dave neilson

 Thursday, June 20, 2024, 10:23: Water cooling valves opened. no effect on vacuum.    

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 11:19: Power on. Increasing TGHT TBHT to 440A 290A at 1A/30s

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 15:59  increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 16:21   slowly increasing BIAS to test for high voltage sparking  --- sparked at 33.6kV, sparked at 34kV. 34.6kV, 37.8kV sparking infrequent (period >5min)

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 17:18  decreasing high voltages  to 0

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 17:36  decreased TGHT to 300A overnight.

Friday, June 21, 2024, 09:16 Increasing TGHT to 580A (1A/30s) for testing

 Friday, June 21, 2024, 12:28  increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

 Friday, June 21, 2024, 16:31  decreasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 0

Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 10:05 : TP1A TP1B off. preparing to vent chamber for target replacement.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 12:22: Venting - AS

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 14:57: Roughing.

FM-SW calibrated leak installed.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 13:48: Roughing.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 14:20: TP1B started.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 14:26: TP1B Green. OK.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 14:30: TP1A on.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 08:44: Vacuum @ 4.58e-07T. Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 08:50: Power / sources on. Tap up check. TGHT / TBHT to 5 / 5 A. BIAS / EE / EZL to 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode to 100 V. Coil to 4 A. Ok. Tap back down.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 10:44: IV4 open.

-BB:

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:07: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:12: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -1.8 -2.0 / 17 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:19: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 43 / -2.0 / 19 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:23: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.0 / 19 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:27: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 47.5 / -2.2 / 22 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:33: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 50 / -2.5 / 25 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 12:05: 30 minutes @ 50 kV. 3 sparks at the very end. 2 inside and 1 outside.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 12:09: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Vacuum @ 4.67e-07T. Start tapping up coil.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 12:32: Coil @ 80 A. Tapped up manually at 4 A per min approx. Vacuum @ 5.2e-07T

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:00: Vacuum @ 7.20e-07T (30-60 min depending on whether the out gassing levels or begins to decrease)

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:02: Coil @ 0 A.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:05: Anode @ 100 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:07: Anode @ 200 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:09: Anode @ 500 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:11: Anode @ 0 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:33: HV @ 0 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:34: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 @ 2A per minute.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 07:18: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 @ 2A per minute. 

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:44: Gas lines purged & refilled with Ar.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:48: optics set.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:51: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:56: Anode @ 100 V. Coil @ 20 A

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:59: Reset / Cfg MB1

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 14:40: Initial mass & wire scans complete.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:07:  Argon gas lines purged. 

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:07:  Mass scan repeated.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:42:   Gas on. Magnet set to 40.1 mass/charge. Anode & coil vs fc6 output optimization scan started. 0-90A coil and 0-400V anode.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:55:   Vacuum is noticeably rising. If it reaches 5e-6T, will terminate the scan.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:59:  rate of increase appears to be slowing and reaching a plateau.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 16:01:    optimization data at measure_id=6058.  image at bottom.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 16:03: COIL and anode set to 0. decreasing BIAS/EZL/EE to 0V

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 16:12: decreasing TGHT TBHT at 1A/30s to 0

 Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 09:38:   TP1B and TP1A turned off, winding down

 Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 10:1: VV1 open, venting.  Water cooling off. purged lines

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:03: Roughing.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:08: BV1A open.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:32: TP1B on.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:38: TP1A on.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:47: TP1A Timed out. Restarted it within 30 seconds & it's up to speed. IG1 on.

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 11:49: Vacuum @ 3.68e-07T. Waterline FS#5 opened. Vacuum stable.

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 11:52: Power / Sources on.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 12:20: Power / Sources off

Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 12:26: IG1 Off. TP1B & TP1A off.

Ceramic elbow installed on the anode.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 06:47: Roughing.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 07:24: TP1B on.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 07:34: TP1A on.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 07:43: IG1 on.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:12: Vacuum @ 6.91e-06T. FS#5 opened. Vacuum stable.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:16: Power/sources on. Gases set

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:19: Optics on / set.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:21: Quick System ready check - OK. Manually set. 

TGHT / TBHT @ 5 / 5 A

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV

Anode @ 100 V - 7.326mA

Coil @ 10 A.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:23: Ready for operation. All sources back to 0 A / 0 V. Optics remain. Vacuum continues down @ 6.70e-06T.

Monday, May 08, 2023, 08:21: IV4 open.

Monday, May 08, 2023, 08:25: Tap up Anode in steps @ 20 v per 20 seconds.

Anode @ 100 V = 4.884 mA

Anode @ 200 V = 6.105 mA

Anode @ 300 V = 7.326 mA

Anode @ 400 V = 7.326 mA  

Monday, May 08, 2023, 08:42: Anode tapped down to 20 V. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 08:52: Coil tapped up to 70 A @ 7 A per minute. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 09:12: Coil tapped back down to 0 A @ 7 A per minute.  

Monday, May 08, 2023, 09:15: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 / 1 A per min.  

Monday, May 08, 2023, 09:20: BIAS / EE / EZL set to 10 / -1.0 / 5 kV. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 14:37: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 290 A. BIAS / EE / EZL set to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 14:38: Anode tapped up to 100 V @ 20 V per 20 seconds. Begin mass & wire scans.  

Monday, May 08, 2023, 15:01: Mass & wire scans complete. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 18:59: Tap up Anode in steps @ 20 v per 20 seconds from 100 V.

Anode @ 100 V = 9.768 mA

Anode @ 200 V = 12.210 mA

Anode @ 300 V = 14.652 mA

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:05: Anode @ 400 V = 17.094 mA

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:18: Anode tapped down to 20 V. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:24: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:35: Coil tapped up to 70 A @ 7 A per minute. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:49: Coil tapped back down to 0 A @ 7 A per minute. Vacuum rose to 6.20e-06T @ 70A. Stabilized back down around 2.24e-06T.

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:53: Auto-cooling @ 1 A per minute. 

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 06:59: Anode, & HV sources to 0 V. IV4 closed.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 07:35: SV5 closed. Power / sources off.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 07:38: IG1 off. TP1B & TP1A off.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 08:49: Venting.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 09:15: Roughing.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 12:22: TP1B on.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 12:40: TP1A on.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 13:03: IG1 on.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:23: Vacuum @ 3.42e-07T.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:24: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:31: Manual Checks:

TGHT / TBHT @ 5 / 5 A ok

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / 0.5 / 1 kV ok.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:32: Anode @ 100 V ok. Coil @ 10 A ok.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:56: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 100 A @ 2 A per minute.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 11:45: Abort heating. TGHT / TBHT @ 233 / 100 A.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 13:53: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min 

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 11:07: New TMS:RP2 roughing pump installed: Elog 961

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 12:06: Gas lines opened. Ar gas @ 50 kPa

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 13:34: IG1 @ 2.27e-07T / IG6 @ 6.46e-06T. Open IV4

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 13:35: IG1 @ 3.66e-07T / IG6 @ 6.31e-06T7.

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 13:39: IG1 @ 4.03e-07T / IG6 @ 6.24e-06T. Power / Sources on.

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 13:42: Optics still require vacuum below 5.01e-06T on IG6. Wait.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 06:30: Optics still not configuring on TMS:Q2,Q5 or TMS:CB1. Controls group notified. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 06:42: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2A per minute.  

Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:26: Optics fixed / set. Continue ramping to 580 / 270 A @ 2A per minute.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 12:27: Halt & hold ramping. Vacuum @ 5.01e-06T. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 13:54: Ramping continued. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 14:57: Halt & hold ramping. Vacuum @ 5.01e-06T. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:38: Ramping continued. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:47: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 290 A.

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Anode @ 100 V. Coil @ 10 A

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:51: Anode @ 400 V. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:52: Anode back to 300 V / 41 mA. . Limited around 350 V. Current limit 50 mA.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:55: Adjusted current limit. Anode @ 400 V / 72.039 mA.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:58: Adjust Anode current limit further. 300 mA. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 16:06: Anode stable. Reduced current limit to 150 mA. Anode @ 400 A / 91.575 mA

Friday, April 14, 2023, 16:35: Spark* during mass scan. Current limited on the Anode. Reset optics as well.  

Friday, April 14, 2023, 16:41: Reduced Anode to 100 V /  30.525 mA. Current limit reduced to 100 mA. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 19:45: Auto-Cooling @ 2 A per min. HV, Coil, & Anode to 0. 

Monday, April 17, 2023, 07:35: Coil manually tapped up to 80 A @ 8 A per min.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 08:39: IV4 closed. 

Monday, April 17, 2023, 08:44: Power ? Sources off.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 08:45: IG1 off. Turbos pump TP1B & TP1A off.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 13:24: Venting.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 13:26: Odd, the venting is going very slowly. "Aiding" the venting process.

Target oven was inspected post TS. Risks of cracking due to crystallization.