CuLCW will be shut off tomorrow. Valved off water supply to MB1 and TSG to minimize air into the system. Turbos are off.

Anders Mjos wrote:

CuLCW will be shut off tomorrow. Valved off water supply to MB1 and TSG to minimize air into the system. Turbos are off.

Opened up for water flow.

Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:30: Started turbos

Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:34: TP2 and TP6 at speed. Vacuum at 2.5E-5 T

Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:34: TP1B at speed. Vacuum at 1.3E-5 T

Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:38: TP1A at speed. Vacuum at 1.6E-6 T

Wednesday, February 05, 2014, 11:27 : Stopped turbos

• 2x spacers ITD0468 1/8" THK installed to shift the wire scanner screen closer to the wire scanner. (ITD0469 1/16" THK spacers not used).
• Emittance Rig installed. Manually actuated from out -> in -> out position. No interference observed.
• Replaced two insulators on wire scanner screens that broke in the installation process. New insulators kindly donated from ISIS.

By Anders and Ayan.

Wednesday, February 05, 2014, 16: Roughing

Thursday, February 06, 2014, 08:42: Turbos started

Thursday, February 06, 2014, 08:50: Turbos at speed. IG6 6.2E-6 T, IG1 1.3 E-6 T

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 08:55: Stopped turbos 

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 11:28: Venting

Installed one sample. No cleaning. Connection tabs wiped with alcohol to prevent making the source tray dirty.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:17: Started roughing

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:38: Started turbos

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:42: TP1B at speed. Vacuum at 5.4E-5 T

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:46: TP1A at speed. Vacuum at 1.9E-5 T 

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:48: Vacuum at 1.7E-5 T

EPICS white-out due to ER0 activity. Graham assisted in getting the system back up.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 15:16 : Vacuum at 4.8E-6 T 

Friday, February 27, 2014

Leak checked doors. No leak found.

Friday, February 28, 2014, 08:42: Opened up water supply. Major vacuum response.

Friday, February 28, 2014, 08:42: Stopped turbos

Friday, February 28, 2014, 10:19: Venting

Removed cleaning sample.

Friday, February 28, 2014, 11:38: Pumping down empty chamber

Friday, February 28, 2014, 11:56 : Starting Turbos

Friday, February 28, 2014, 12:05 : Turbos at speed

Friday, February 28, 2014, 12:06: Vacuum at 1.7E-5 T 

Monday, March 03, 2014, 09:28  : Vacuum leak on waterline (HS) still present. Stopping turbos for investigation.

Tuesday, March 04, 2014, 09:58: Venting

Replaced Cu-gaskets with Parker SST gaskets.

Tuesday, March 04, 2014, 11:03: Roughing

Tuesday, March 04, 2014, 11:26: Starting Turbos

Tuesday, March 04, 2014, 11:35: Turbos at speed. (TP1A timed out once)

Tuesday, March 04, 2014, 11:36: Vacuum at 1.6E-5 T

Thursday, March 06, 2014, 08:21: Vacuum leak no waterline (HS) still present. Stopping turbos.

See fault report 7240

Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 09:04: Stopping TMS:TP6. Vacuum at 9.7E-6 T.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 10:22: Venting TMS section for TP2 replacement.

Edi replaced TP2

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 15:36: Roughing TMS section.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 15:45: Starting turbos.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 15:49: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 3.6E-5 T.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 15:55: Vacuum at 1.5E-5 T.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 09:03: Venting to investigate

A new Heatshield waterline loop was manufactured and installed to replace the old one which had a leak.

Chamber vacuum currently being roughed down.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 10:41: Started turbos.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 10:5:0 Turbos at speed. TP1A timed out once.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 10:51: Vacuum at 2.6E-5 T.  

By AM

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 10:20: Opened water. Vacuum stable at 9.3E-7 T.

Venting chamber to investigate slow pump down.

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 10:21: Stopped turbos.

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 11:15: Venting

By RM

HS loop wiped with methanol, door seals wiped.

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 11:47: Pump down Started

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 12:05: Turbos started

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 12:09: TP1B at speed

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 12:12: TP1A at speed

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 12:13: IG1 turned on Vacuum at 7.2E-06

By AM

Monday, March 17, 2014, 12:55 : Stopped turbos. Vacuum at 2.4E-7 T. 

Monday, March 17, 2014, 17:39: Venting

Roughing

Friday, March 21, 2014, 13:59: Starting turbos

Friday, March 21, 2014, 14:08: Turbos at speed

Friday, March 21, 2014, 14:09: Vacuum at 7.5 E-6T

The performance of the roughing pump has gradually gone down. Notably after the system has been vented. See attached screenshot from the archiver.

E-fault 7258.

The archiver was not running

Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 14:15: Roughing

Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 14:34 : Starting turbos

Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 14:42 : Turbos at speed

Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 14:44 : Vacuum at 8.3E-6 T

Thursday, April 24, 2014, 09:12: Opened water for HS loop. Vacuum stable at1.6E-7 T

Thursday, April 24, 2014, 09:25: Started heating TGHT to 580A at 2A/min

Thursday, April 24, 2014, 14:07: Aborted autoramping. Cu-strip glowing. Started Target Cooldown.

Monday, April 28, 2014, 08:36: Stopped turobs. Vacuum at 1.2E-7 T

Monday, April 28, 2014, 10:23: Started roughing

Monday, April 28, 2014, 10:48: Started turbos. CG1 at ~0.3 T 

Monday, April 28, 2014, 10:56 : Turbos at speed

Monday, April 28, 2014, 10:58 : Vacuum at 7.2E-6 T

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 09:15: Vacuum over night was somewhat erratic with a couple of excursions. Venting to redo door seal and inspect chamber. 

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 13:18: Venting 

Aborted venting.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 10:15: Vented. Cleaned front door o-ring and groove. Inspected VCR joint on HS water loop. No visible issues.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 10:15: Roughing

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 10:35 : Starting turbos

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 10:44 : Turbos at speed

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 10:45 : Vacuum at 6.5E-6 T

Thursday, May 01, 2014, 08:44: Vacuum erratic over night. Small burst of pressure increase in vacuum with ~2 hours intervals. Leak found on HS cooling circuit by purging the water line.

Thursday, May 01, 2014, 08:46: Stopping turbos. Vacuum at 2.7E-7 T

HS water line should be purged again before breaking VCR seal.

Thursday, May 01, 2014, 09:59: Venting

Thursday, May 01, 2014, 10:45: Removed HS loop.

Thursday, May 01, 2014, 10:45: Roughing

Thursday, May 01, 2014, 11:11: Starting turbos. CG1 ~ 0.1 T

Thursday, May 01, 2014, 11:19: Turbos at speed

Thursday, May 01, 2014, 11:21 : Vacuum at 5.2E-6 T

Monday, May 12, 2014, 10:03  : Turbos stopped. Vacuum at 1.22 E-7 T

Monday, May 12, 2014, 13:34: Venting

 Archiver restarted.

Monday, May 12, 2014, 10:02: Jane R. power cycled the hardware. EPICS is back up. Sources archiver required a restart.

Restarted archivers.

The ground connection between B and F (ISK4523D Rev 6) was found burnt off. It will be switched out as per CATHODE BIAS configuration (ISK4563D Rev 3) by Ray D.

As per ISK4562 Rev 3 and ISK4563 Rev 3

By Ray D. and co.

Anders Mjos wrote:

The performance of the roughing pump has gradually gone down. Notably after the system has been vented. See attached screenshot from the archiver. E-fault 7258.

 Edi replaced the backing pump on June 5th.

Monday, June 16, 2014, 09:12: Roughing

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 14:38: Venting 

A water leak on MB1 was found and reported by operations on June 10th e fault 7429

MB1 can not be switched on due to an TSH:MB1 water flow trip. Paddle wheel is rotating.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 14:03: Paddle wheel replaced with a used one from beam lines. Model SST150. Signal recovered.