Will went chamber to replace the filament.

See e-fault 8501 

Monday, October 19, 2015, 09:43: turbos stopped

Monday, October 19, 2015, 10:19: Venting

Monday, October 19, 2015, 15:36: Gauge replaced by Anthony.

Monday, October 19, 2015, 15:36: Roughing

Monday, October 19, 2015, 16:05: Turbos started

Monday, October 19, 2015, 16:13: Turbos at speed. Vacuum does not display correct value (1E-11 T)

Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 08:14: Switched on controller. Gauge seem to operate fine.

Anders Mjos wrote:

by vacuum group. The pump was making more noise than usual.

 It seems the exhaust line is blocked which caused pressure to build up and eventually forced the exhaust tube off RP2 as RP1 was roughing down the vacuum chamber.

Vacuum group has been notified and will ask plant group to investigate.

Plant group has removed the blockage. Exhaust lines are reconnected to the roughing pumps.

Mico replaced the T's with copper tube and leak checked.

Monday, November 02, 2015, 12:46: Roughing

Monday, November 02, 2015, 13:19: Starting turbos

Monday, November 02, 2015, 13:27: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 2.6E-5 T. RGA on

Tuesday, November 03, 2015, 08:23: Pressurized TGHT line with 70 psi He. No response on vacuum or RGA.

Tuesday, November 03, 2015, 08:38: Opened water supply all lines. Vacuum stable at 6.8E-7 T. No response on RGA

Tuesday, November 03, 2015, 08:59: Starting TGHT ramping to 580 A at 1 A/min

Thursday, November 05, 2015, 16:39 : Ramping down

Monday, November 09, 2015, 08:13: Turbos stopped

Monday, November 16, 2015, 10:24: Venting

Installed Cu-shunts on TGHT and TBHT terminals. HS water looped.

 Monday, November 16, 2015, 14:43: Roughing

Monday, November 16, 2015, 15:21: Turbos started.

Monday, November 16, 2015, 15:30: turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.7E-5 T

Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 11:27: finished high current test.

Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 09:47: Turbos stopped.

Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 13:49: Venting

To recover performance

No supply of N through the piping due to work on the N tanks. Confirmed with Geoff Hodgson. ISIS supply is shut off. Using a bottle until the supply is returned.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Nitrogen supply from ISIS restored and reconnected.

New 2x 9-pin connector grounding tool with gripper installed.

Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 15:30: Roughing

Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 17:14: Starting turbos

Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 17:32: Turbos at speed.

Thursday, December 03, 2015, 14:51: Opened water supply for HS circuit. Vacuum stable at 2.3E-7 T. No response on RGA

Monday, December 07, 2015, 08:45: Auto-ramping TBHT to 100 A at 2A/min. RGA on. Vacuum at 1.7E-7 T

Monday, December 07, 2015, 09:55: IV4 opened.

Target at TGHT / TBHT 100 A / 200 A over night.

Tuesday, December 08, 2015, 08:48: Ramping TGHT to 200 A at 4 A/min

Friday, December 11, 2015, 09:24: Ramping down target

Friday, December 11, 2015, 15:5: IV closed.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 15:11: RGA off

The new controller (XGS-600) installed for IG6 use a different voltage to pressure conversion than the previous models. This causes a discrepancy between values in EPICS and the value displayed on the controller. An e-fault has been submitted.

Friday, December 18, 2015, 14:40: EPICS updated and restarted.

 The Swagelok fitting on the return side of the flow sensor for the HS circuit was tightened to stop the leak. See e-fault 8650

Monday, January 11, 2016, 09:02: Turbos stopped.

Monday, January 11, 2016, 12:58: Venting

Roughed down yesterday due to change of plans.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016, 09:58: Turbos started.

Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11:44: Turbos stopped.

The pump failed to pump down below 2 Torr. on Friday 15th E-fault 8680 submitted. Vacuum group will replace the pump today

 Friday, January 22, 2016, 11:07: Stopped turbos

Friday, January 22, 2016, 15:30: Turbos started

Friday, January 22, 2016, 16:14: RGA ON

Monday, January 25, 2016, 10:30: Opened water. No response on vacuum.

BIAS / EZL / EE to  30 / 15 / 1.5 kV

Started auto-ramping to 300 / 200 A at 2 A/min.

Monday, January 25, 2016, 15:34: Aborted auto-ramping and stepped down to 180 A on TGHT / TBHT to conserve salts. Vacuum at 1.2 E-6 T

Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 08:30: Continue auto-ramping.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 09:15: Tuning by Alex

Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 08:24: Increased good/bad vacuum to 4/6 E-6T

Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 08:58: Continue ramping to TGHt 400 A

Thursday, January 28, 2016, 13:28: Continue ramping to TGHT / TBHT 420 / 220 A

Monday, February 01, 2016, 08:31: Ramp down started

Monday, February 01, 2016, 10:40: Isolation valve closed

Monday, February 01, 2016, 10:42: RGA off.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 09:07 Monday, February 01, 2016, 16:35: BIAS / EZL / EE off. Stopped turbos.

Tuesday, February 02, 2016, 09:28: Venting through turbo pump (air).

Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 08:35: Roughing

Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 09:06: Starting TP1B only.

Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 09:17: Force on TSG:IG1 for high vacuum test

Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 09:27 : EE current limiting around 1500 V with IG1 at 4E-5 T. EE can no longer hold more than some hundred volts before current limiting.

Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 10:01: Stopped turbo. Will vent and inspect insulator.

Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 10:06: Force removed from IG1.

Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 12:11: Venting

TEST 2

Cleaned PE and EE with acetone.

Friday, February 05, 2016, 15:05: Roughing

Friday, February 05, 2016, 15:48: Turbos started.

Friday, February 05, 2016, 15:56 : Turbos at speed. Vacuum at  3.7E-5 T

Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 08:55: Opened water to HS circuit. Vacuum stable at 6.2E-7 T. No response on RGA

Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 08:59: Started auto-ramping heaters.

Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 09:12: Opened IV4

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, 14:15: Increased voltage limit on TB HT

EE voltage limited over the weekend on Feb 14th. See attached.

Observed EE opening with telescope. Could not see any material buildup. Nice round shape visible.

Monday, February 15, 2016, 11:55: Starting ramp down of heaters.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 08:32: BIAS/EZL/EE off. Stopped turbos.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 08:37: RGA off.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 09:08: Venting

Cleaned up EE and around target tube. Removed PE

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 10:40: Roughing

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 11:09: Starting turbos

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 11:47: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 7.5E-6 T

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 13:43: EE to 1500 V. 518 uA

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 15:07: RGA on

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 08:48: Opened cooling water supply for HS circuit. Vacuum stable at 3.6E-7 T. No response on RGA

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 08:51: IV4 opened

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 08:56: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV. Started auto-ramping to 420 / 220 A at 2 A/min.

Tuesday, March 01, 2016, 06:30: EE went into current limiting.

Tuesday, March 01, 2016, 08:30: Lowered EE voltage to 200 V

Tuesday, March 01, 2016, 09:41: Started cool down of target.

Tuesday, March 01, 2016, 09:50: RGA off

Tuesday, March 01, 2016, 13:27: BIAS / EZL / EE off. Stopped turbo pumps

Wednesday, March 02, 2016, 08:20: Venting

 The insulator for the TGHT terminals cracked during an attempt to remove a seized bolt.The right TGHT block was removed with the target and the bolt cut to remove the target. The single stand-off insulator on the target assembly cracked in the process.

Friday, March 04, 2016

Re-installed the TGHT terminal with new Keensert.

Friday, March 04, 2016, 14:20: Roughing

Friday, March 04, 2016, 15:05: Turbos started

Friday, March 04, 2016, 15:11: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 3.5E-5 T.

Monday, March 07, 2016, 08:34: Opened water. Vacuum stable at 6.7E-7 T. No response on RGA

Monday, March 07, 2016, 08:46: Started auto-ramping TGHT to 420 A at 2 A/min. EE to 1500 V

Tuesday, March 08, 2016, 08:26: Continued auto-ramping TGHT to 500 A.

Wednesday, March 09, 2016, 09:25: TGHT voltage limited at 488 A. Increased voltage limit from 6 to 6.5 V. Resumed auto-ramping to 500 A

Thursday, March 10, 2016, 08:19: Begin cool down @ 2 A/min ; Vacuum @ 7.1E-7 T

Thursday, March 10, 2016, 13:20: TGHT to 0 A. Switched off RGA.

Thursday, March 10, 2016, 14:04 : Source off. Stopped Turbo pumps.

Friday, March 11, 2016, 08:15: Begin venting.

Friday, March 11, 2016, 08:28: Heat shield water circuit has been purged.

Two Ta-tubes sealed with 2 end caps each placed in the vacuum chamber. 

Friday, March 11, 2016, 15:03: Rouging

Monday, March 14, 2016, 09:43: Caps still on the tube. Vacuum on CG1 5 mT

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 08:37: Venting

Back up heat shield for UC#15

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 09:58: Roughing

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 12:54: Started Turbo pumps

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 13:02: Turbos at speed, Vacuum at 7.16E-06T

Thursday, March 17, 2016, 08:30: Opened water on heat shield circuit. Vacuum stable at 3.0E-07T. No response on RGA.

Thursday, March 17, 2016, 08:37: Auto-Ramping started. TGHT to 500A @ 2A/min. EE to 1500V.

Thursday, March 17, 2016, 15:40 @ 500A and 6.76E-07T

Friday, March 18, 2016, 08:35: Auto-cooling. Vacuum @5.87E-07T.

Friday, March 18, 2016, 14:13: Source off. Stopped turbo pumps.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 13:22: venting

to test the effect of extraction when biasing of the target.