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    Reply  Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 17:23, Anders Mjos, SiC#32, HP-FEBIAD, ITW, TM2, , , In progress, Conditioning SiC#32 SiC#32-3.docxEmittance.zipNeEfficiecy.xlsx

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 17:22: Roughing

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 18:07: Started turbos.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 18:15: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.9E-5 T


Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 07:55: Vacuum at 4.0E-7 T. Pumping on gas lines.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 08:00: Opened HS water. No response on vacuum or RGA.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 08:03: Ramping heaters to 580 / 300 A

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 08:10: Opening gas lines.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 08:14: IV4 opened.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 16:00: RP2 replaced. See separate e-log entry.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 16:32: TBHT 305 A

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 17:02: Opened He. - 5.6

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 19:15: Started cool down of target.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 19:16 : Closed gas valves.


Thursday, October 15, 2015, 06:22: Source off. Stopped turbos. RGA off.

Thursday, October 15, 2015, 07:46: Venting

The bolt on the right side TGHT leg was difficult to remove. Se separate e-log entry

Entry  Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 16:13, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TMS:RP2 replaced 

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

Entry  Thursday, October 15, 2015, 11:19, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Right side TGHT connector block removed Photo_2015-10-16_11_57_45_AM.jpgPhoto_2015-10-16_11_57_51_AM.jpg

The keensert has been worn out and will be replaced.

The keensert was re-tapped and the block re-installed. New bolts used for TGHT connection (2x). Swagelok T connections shortened (pluged).

Entry  Friday, October 16, 2015, 12:26, Anders Mjos, Target tube only, , , , , 41120-4, In progress, Conditioning HS for UC#14 2015-10-22_TS_Leak.docx

Friday, October 16, 2015, 12:20: Roughing.

Friday, October 16, 2015, 13:06: Started turbos.

Friday, October 16, 2015, 13:25: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 3.2E-5 T


IG1 filament beeing replaced.


 Thursday, October 22, 2015, 13:56: Leak on water lines (pressurized all lines except HS line with helium)

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 13:57: Stopping turbos. RGA off.

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 15:02: Venting

Re-tightened all newly installed fittings.

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 15:41: Roughing

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 16:12: Turbos started.

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 16:22: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.2 E-5 T. RGA on


Monday, October 26, 2015, 08:42: Stopped turbos. Water leak still present. RGA off.


Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 08:57: Venting

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 14:25: roughing

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 15:03: Turbos started.


Water can still be seen on the RGA when the TGHT cooling lines are pressurized.

Thursday, October 29, 2015, 14:00: Stopped turbos. RGA off.


Monday, November 02, 2015, 08:30: Venting

Entry  Monday, October 19, 2015, 09:45, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, IG1 filament dead 

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.

    Reply  Monday, October 19, 2015, 15:39, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Exhaust came off the new RP2 

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.

Entry  Monday, November 02, 2015, 12:47, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Removed Swagelok T from rioght TGHT water lines 

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

    Reply  Tuesday, November 03, 2015, 09:00, Anders Mjos, Target tube only, , , , , 41120-4, In progress, Conditioning HS for UC#14 

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

Entry  Monday, November 16, 2015, 14:52, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , In progress, Current measurement 2015-11-17_High_Current_Test.png2015-11-17_Current_vs_Voltage_TGHT_and_TBHT.xlsx

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

Entry  Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 11:27, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Ran RP2 with gas ballast for 15 min 2015-11-17_RP2_performance.png

To recover performance

Entry  Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 14:50, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Nitrogen supply for venting temporarely from bottle 

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.

Entry  Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 15:30, Anders Mjos, , LP-SIS, , , , , , New centre block test 

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

Entry  Friday, December 18, 2015, 11:44, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, IG6 not reading correctly 

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.

Entry  Wednesday, January 06, 2016, 09:28, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Water leak fixed on flow sensor for HS circuit 

 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

Entry  Monday, January 11, 2016, 09:02, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , , Venting 

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.

Entry  Monday, January 18, 2016, 08:41, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TSG:RP1 nor performing 

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

Entry  Friday, January 22, 2016, 11:07, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , In progress, Venting 

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

Entry  Friday, January 22, 2016, 15:34, Anders Mjos, SiC, LP-SIS, , , 41077-3, , In progress, EE coating test 2016-02-14_EE_V_limit.png

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

Entry  Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 10:43, Anders Mjos, SiC, LP-SIS, , , 41077-3, , , EE coating test - no Plasma Electrode 

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

Entry  Wednesday, March 02, 2016, 12:08, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TGHT insulator broken 

 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.

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