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Entry  Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 12:57, Fernando Maldonado, , LP-FEBIAD, , , 41790-10, 44378-5, Failed, FEBIAD parameter scan - efficiency measurements 

Assembly has new gas tube to the target for better fit and clearance to the HS.

Electric checks before closing shows no short between TIS and HS.


Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 12:57: Venting

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 13:28: Turbos on. 

TP1A timed out again! Bypassing BV1A to open it, then reset TP1A and turn  it on.  Turbo show that is at speed right away.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 13:38: IG1 on

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 15:24: IG1 @ 7.07e-6.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 15:28: Waterlines open. No vacuum response.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 15:33. IV4. Timed out a couple of times.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 15:37: Power/Sources on.

 Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 17:57: IG1 @ 2.76e-6 T.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 18:04: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 560/280 A. @ 2A/min. 


Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 00:46: Found out that anode got current limited around 9 pm. I wonder if the tube got moved again

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 00:48: Auto-cooling to 0 A to investigate. 

 Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 06:44: IV4 closed

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 06:44: IG1 off. Turbos off. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 08:01: Venting.

 Once more, the tube was touching the heatshield in the same way as before.

  • The cause is likely the spiral line coming from the VCR as in "rest" state in pointing towards the grip handles.
  • I was trying to put an insulator piece and I noticed (and recall) how much force I had to put in order to accommodate the spiral  line in order to align it with the target capillary.
  • This lead me to think that when the targets gets hot and the capillary deforms, this will be pushed towards the HS.
  • To fixed it, I modified the spiral to have less torque or at least make it push to the other side (touching the tbht is no problem).

Closing everything and pumping down.

Entry  Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 08:48, Fernando Maldonado, , LP-FEBIAD, , , 41790-10, 44378-5, Failed, FEBIAD parameter scan - efficiency measurements 

Modified spiral tube from VCR to counteract torque towards the HS. Now points towards TBHT.

Electric checks before closing shows no short between TIS and HS.


Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 08:48: Venting

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 09:18 Turbos on. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 09:26: IG1 on. TP1 didn't timed out.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 10:24: IG1 @ 4.13e-6 T. All voltages can be set with no problem.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 11:48: IG1 @ 1.98e-6 T. Anode @ 10 V.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 11:49: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 560/280 A @ 4A/min. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:10: Heaters reached setpoints. No shorts!

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:14: IG1 @  1.71e-6 T.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:30: Spark when ramping voltage @ 20 kV.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:30: IV4 open. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:32: Bias/ EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV. Anode @ 0 V.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:33: FC0 = 1.09e-10 A 

 Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:34: IG1 @ 1.62e-6 T.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:35:  Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 4A/min. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:48: IG1 @1 .60e-6 T 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:48: FC0 = 2.35e-10 

Ready to start systematic measurements.

 Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 15:00: Mass scan with anode = 0 V started.

Couple more mass scans, and parameter scans with a python notebook.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 20:37:   Auto-ramping TBHT to 285 A @ 2A/min. 


Thursday, July 29, 2021, 11:46: Manually tapping to 279 A as this provides a similar power to an older measurement. Even though the anode-cathode gap distance might be different, this is a preliminary measurement to make sure things look relatively similar. 

 Thursday, July 29, 2021, 21:38: Most of the day I was running parameter scans with similar parameter to an older measurement.

For this I varied TBHT and TGHT and some look closer than other, which indicates how much the sources varies from each other.

I tried running an emittance measurement but it seems the voltage is not been swept. I need to check if the power supply is working.

 Thursday, July 29, 2021, 21:38: TBHT to 270 A  @ -2A/min. TGHT @ 580 A


Friday, July 30, 2021, 09:57: Things stay fine overnight and only TPS:CBC was found off . The plan for today is the following:

  • Check grid integrity
  • Flush and refill gas line
  • Start systematic measurements at low temperature.
    • Mass scan nominal values of coil and anode
    • Anode-coil scans
    • Mass scan interesting points
    • Emittance scan interesting points

 Friday, July 30, 2021, 11:43: Grid is fine. Voltages to 0 to  open cage.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 11:44:  Gas lines flushed and refilled with a pressure of |200| kPa. Similar to older measurements. It seems that yesterday measurements were with |240| kPa.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 11:51: Noticed that TP6 was red. Likely a consequence of a spark. Not sure since when. The vacuum seem ok before. 

Friday, July 30, 2021, 11:55: TP1A interlock due to vacuum on CG1A. When opening it the system pressure peak and trip the heaters :/. Waiting for the backing lines to evacuate before heating again.

 Friday, July 30, 2021, 14:39: TSG:CG1A&B are not coming down. Bypassing TSG:BV1A increase the pressure reading on IG1, indicating that the signal is real. The question is why there is such buildup in the backing lines.

Digging the archive this seems common but only after march 2021, the pressure does not decrease as good as before. This matches a big water leak. Maybe a new pump is needed as it was the case in August 2020.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 14:49: IG1 off. TP1B off. 

Friday, July 30, 2021, 16:05: Backing lines @ 0.025 T. An order of magnitude decrease after swapping RP1 (see elog 889).

Turbos on, IG1 On. Things look to be ok again. TP1A epics readback is 9.92 A at all times but controller reads 6 A upon start (normal) and at full speed reads 0.7 A (normal). To check with control group.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 16:14: IG1 @ 7.02e-7 T.

Entry  Friday, July 30, 2021, 15:34, Carla Babcock, , , , , , , Failed, TSG:RP1 failure 

TP1A tripped off on Fernando, seems the backing pressure got too high. Even with PV1 closed the RP1 pump could not get below 200mTorr. Derek from vacuum group came and had a look, and is swapping RP1 out for one of the vacuum group pumps, then will see if they can repair ours.

Entry  Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 12:22, Aaron Schmidt, TiC#5, LP-FEBIAD, ITE, TM4, 44692-7, 45235-20, Failed, Conditioning TiC#5 TiC#5_conditioning.docx

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.

Entry  Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 19:00, Aurelia Laxdal, TaC#1, LP-SIS, ITE, TM1, 38634-6, 36833-6, Done, Finished testing TaC#1 

Tuesday, September 20, 2011:

Did another mass scan today at 5:40. Saved as: plotdump-local-clean.txt Sept 20 11 11-51-20.txt

Started target cool-down. Tomorrow the target would be ready to be removed from the Test Stand.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011:

Turned off the HV & optics.

Target is ready to be removed. Currently, it's under vacuum and the water is still on.

 

Entry  Friday, September 30, 2011, 18:03, Aurelia Laxdal, SiC#26, HP-FEBIAD, ITE, TM4, 38295-9, 38307-8, Done, Finished testing SiC#26 at the Test Stand 

Today, did a did a mass scan: plotdump-local-clean.txt Sep30 11 12-20-08.txt

Optimized a bit the tune with Friedhelm, then started the Target Cooldown.

Entry  Monday, October 03, 2011, 10:53, Aurelia Laxdal, SiC#26, HP-FEBIAD, ITE, TM4, 38295-9, 38307-8, Done, Target is ready to be removed.  

Turned off the HV and locked up the transformer. Isolated the ion source box. The target is under vacuum and the water is still on.

    Reply  Monday, October 03, 2011, 13:56, Anders Mjos, SiC#26, HP-FEBIAD, ITE, TM4, 38295-9, 38307-8, Done, Venting 

Aurelia Laxdal wrote:

Turned off the HV and locked up the transformer. Isolated the ion source box. The target is under vacuum and the water is still on.

 Monday, October 03, 2011, 13:45: Venting.

    Reply  Monday, October 03, 2011, 14:46, Anders Mjos, SiC#26, HP-FEBIAD, ITE, TM4, 38295-9, 38307-8, Done, Target stored under vacuum 

Anders Mjos wrote:

Aurelia Laxdal wrote:

Turned off the HV and locked up the transformer. Isolated the ion source box. The target is under vacuum and the water is still on.

 Monday, October 03, 2011, 13:45: Venting.

 Monday, October 03, 2011, 14:45

  • Target was visually  inspected and found to be ready to go online.
  • No burn marks found on the 9-pin connectors.
  • Pumping down. Target will be stored under vacuum for now. Target is scheduled to go to Hot Cell on Oct. 20th. Electrical connections (target/tube heater + coil) are not connected
    Reply  Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 13:14, Anders Mjos, SiC#26, HP-FEBIAD, ITE, TM4, 38295-9, 38307-8, Done, Target removed 

Anders Mjos wrote:

Anders Mjos wrote:

Aurelia Laxdal wrote:

Turned off the HV and locked up the transformer. Isolated the ion source box. The target is under vacuum and the water is still on.

 Monday, October 03, 2011, 13:45: Venting.

 Monday, October 03, 2011, 14:45

  • Target was visually  inspected and found to be ready to go online.
  • No burn marks found on the 9-pin connectors.
  • Pumping down. Target will be stored under vacuum for now. Target is scheduled to go to Hot Cell on Oct. 20th. Electrical connections (target/tube heater + coil) are not connected

 Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 13:15: Venting

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 14:15: Target brought back to lab for inspection and final check.

Entry  Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:27, Aurelia Laxdal, , , , , , , Done, Started the Archivers 

Started both ISACT and SOURCES Archivers.

Entry  Wednesday, March 07, 2012, 09:27, Friedhelm Ames, Nb#6, , , , , , Done, water cooling started 

water cooling line valves opened. No response on vacuum TSG:IG1 3.5e-7 T

    Reply  Thursday, May 17, 2012, 08:36, Anders Mjos, SiC#27, HP-SIS, ITE, TM4, , , Done, Target removed 

Thursday, May 17, 2012, 08:36: Turbo pumps switched off in preparation of target removal.

Thursday, May 17, 2012, 08:51: Purging cooling lines.

Thursday, May 17, 2012, 08:55: Venting.

Thursday, May 17, 2012, 09:21: Target removed

    Reply  Monday, June 04, 2012, 10:51, Anders Mjos, Ta#38, LP-SIS, ITW, TM1, , , Done, Venting chamber 

Aurelia Laxdal wrote:

Did the HV conditioning.

Heaters conditioning in progress.

The Hall probe is not working: couldn't pass 35.5 units (readback) or 50.16 units (setpoint) at field -3710G.

Tried to turn ON/OFF magnet PS and to reboot Canbus, but nothing worked. Still waiting for E-Fault 6031 to be resolved.

Started cool-down.

 Monday, June 04, 2012, 10:51: Turbos switched off

Monday, June 04, 2012, 11:06: Purging water. Venting.

Monday, June 04, 2012, 11:36: Target removed

    Reply  Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 16:06, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Done, Vented 

Anders Mjos wrote:

HS water lines blanked.

Monday, June 04, 2012, 11:40: Roughing.

Monday, June 04, 2012, 11:58: Starting turbos. 

Monday, June 04, 2012, 12:06 : Turbos at speed. Vacuum 1.5 E-5

 Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 16:06: Turbos off.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 17:20: Vented.

Entry  Friday, July 06, 2012, 15:36, Friedhelm Ames, , , , , , , Done, switched everything off 

switched everything off to prepare for scheduled power outage on Monday

Entry  Monday, July 09, 2012, 12:57, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Done, Vented 
 
Entry  Thursday, July 12, 2012, 12:23, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Done, TSH:SV5 bypass on 

Thursday, July 12, 2012, 15:48: bypass removed

Entry  Thursday, July 12, 2012, 13:41, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Done, purging gas lines with air 
  • gas lines purged with air for 60 min (through TSHUHV1 and TSHSV4).
  • gas line allowed to fill with nitrogen to 300 torr and evacuated. repeated 3 times.
Entry  Thursday, July 19, 2012, 09:35, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Done, Venting to investigate leak on front door 

Thursday, July 19, 2012, 09:35: Switched off both turbos.

Thursday, July 19, 2012, 10:23: Venting

 

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