 Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 10:18, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TP1B and TP6 stopped/fault
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possibly due to HV spark
Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 10:24: Starting TP1B and TP6
Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 10:26: Both turbos at speed. Power 15 W and 17 W.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 11:37: Happened again. Restarted. |
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Thursday, December 18, 2014, 14:34, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, GE cooling water lines disconnected
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In preparation for leak check
Thursday, December 18, 2014, 16:37: Reconnected after leak check
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:02: Water opened. |
Thursday, December 18, 2014, 16:38, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Leak found on service cap F/T Q 9 pin connector 
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Largest response on the bottom of the insulator.
Thursday, December 18, 2014, 16:39: Closing pumping valves. Will allow system to leak up over night
Friday, December 19, 2014, 08:19: Venting
Friday, December 19, 2014, 11:55: F/T and insulator removed. Lid not yet installed. Spark marks found on the insulator (see attached photo).
Installed blank off on F/T Q. New o-ring (1-1/02235) and screws 10-24x0.50 (1-2/02526). F/T insulator reference ITA0439
Monday, December 22, 2014, 09:54: Roughing
Monday, December 22, 2014, 10:25 : 0.5 T at CG1
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:00: No leak detected at 0.2 T
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:01: Starting turbos
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:02: Opened water flow on GE (and TP1B)
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:03: Some noise from TP1B around 12 kRPM
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:07: TP1B at speed
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:10: TP1A timed out restarted. Bypass BV1A required.
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:11: Turbos at speed.
Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:11: Vacuum at 2.6 E-5 T
Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 08:27 : Vacuum at 1.8E-6 T
Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 08:51: Opened water. Vacuum stable at 1.7E-6 T
Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 09:05: No leaks found with leak detector. Base leak rate <7.7E-8 mbar-l / s
Monday, January 05, 2015, 09:28: Repeated leak check. Both doors. Sprayed He through service cap cover. No response above 2.4E-8 mbar-l/s base leak rate. |
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Monday, December 22, 2014, 11:06, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Copper rod removed
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A copper rod - not used was removed from one of the cooling lines. |
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 09:08, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , , Water closed for Christmas
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Shutting of water supply to the source box. Water not needed. |
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Monday, January 05, 2015, 09:06, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TSG:TP1A found to be timed out after the Hollidays
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Vacuum at 1.7E-7 T
Corrected title from off to timed out . It seems the controller lost contact with the pump when I touched the rack. The pump recovered right back to 38 kRPM upon restart.
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Monday, January 05, 2015, 09:20, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, IV4 did not get close signal before the Hollidays
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The valve closes physically, but does not receive the closed signal.
Cycled the valve multiple times before finally showing closed state. |
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 14:31, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Ne leak disconnected for recallibration
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SN 11-231 from VIC |
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 13:40, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , In progress, HV BIAS Test
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 13:34: Opened water flow.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 13:42: 30 / 15 kV (BIAS / EZL)
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 13:4: 40 / 20 kV
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 13:54: No sparks.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 13:56: 50 / 25 kV
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 14:0: No sparks
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 14:11: 55 / 30 kV
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 14:45: No sparks
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 14:47: 60 / 30 kV and 37 / 122 uA
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 16:00: No sparks.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 16:02: PS off.
Thursday, January 22, 2015, 10:18 : Started TBHT heating
Thursday, January 22, 2015, 10:26: Opened isolation valve
Friday, January 23, 2015, 09:45: 30 / 15 kV
ANODE 200 V
COIL 0 A
EE -1400
Friday, January 23, 2015, 09:46: TBHT auto heating to 280 A (235)
Friday, January 23, 2015, 10:05
COIL 5.4 A 4.9 V
Friday, January 23, 2015, 10:13: 40 / 17 kV
Coil voltage limited. Reduced to 0 A - minimal impact on FC0 current.
Friday, January 23, 2015, 10:24: 50 / 22 kV
Friday, January 23, 2015, 10:42: 60 / 26 kV
Friday, January 23, 2015, 11:45: Sparking activity. Seen and heard by people in the area.
Friday, January 23, 2015, 12:00: Reduced current limit on BIAS PS to 0.10 (on the pot)
Friday, January 23, 2015, 12:04: A couple more sparks.
Friday, January 23, 2015, 12:05: Anode current limited since shortly after the large spark at 11:45
Friday, January 23, 2015, 12:11: 50 / 23 kV
Friday, January 23, 2015, 12:48 : Restarted turbos after the spark. TP1B and TP6
Friday, January 23, 2015, 13:16: 55 / 25 kV
Friday, January 23, 2015, 14:44: ~ 5 sparks / hour for the last 60 min
Friday, January 23, 2015, 15:49 : No sparks for the last 60 min. Cooling target.
Friday, January 23, 2015, 16:14: Source and HV off.
Monday, January 26, 2015, 11:15: TBHT at 235A set point
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 10:13: Source on
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 10:13: 30 / 15 kV
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 10:59: COIL to 3.5 A
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 11:15: 40 / 20 kV
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 13:17: 50 / 23 kV
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 16:56: No sparks for the last 3 h. 1 spark earlier.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 16:59 30 / 14 kV
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 17:02: Cooling down target. Source and HV off. |
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 10:40, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Test Stand shut down for site wide power outage today
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Friday, January 30, 2015, 10:50: Optics section accidentally vented during work on the ER
Monday, February 02, 2015, 13:24: Roughing TMS section
Monday, February 02, 2015, 13:39: Starting turbos
Monday, February 02, 2015, 13:45: Turbos at speed
Monday, February 02, 2015, 13:49: Vacuum at 5.7 E-5 T
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 09:00: Vacuum low 1E-6 T. Backing pressure high ~ 75 mT. Caused by TP6.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 09:01: Turbos stopped to investigate vent screw on TP6.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 09:40: Venting through TP6
Gasket on the TP6 venting screw had fallen off. Re-installed.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 09:57: Roughing
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 10:32: Started turbos
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 10:45: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.3E-5 T |
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 09:40, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, RGA installation
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 09:40: Venting
RGA installed on the 12" CF port below the Source Tray.
Wednesday, February 04, 2015, 13:45: RGA turned on and mass scan performed. |
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 14:33, Anders Mjos, Empty, LP-SIS, , , , , In progress, Target with new center block and new EE insulator
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Also with newly installed RGA
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 14:33: Roughing
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 15:05: Turbos started
Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 15:15: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 3.3E-5 T
Wednesday, February 04, 2015, 13:56: Cooling water on HS circuit on. No response on IG1 or on the RGA (water)
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 09:00: RGA started. Scan 1-100 every 5 min
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 09:02: Opened IV4
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 09:16: Started target heating to 500 / 150 A at 2 / 1 A/min
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 09:24: Opened electrical cage to switch on TGHT PS
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 09:26 : Started target heating to 500 / 150 A at 2 / 1 A/min
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 09:28: BIAS/EZL/EE on and at HV
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 13:21: TGHT voltage limited. Voltage limit increased to 7 V
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 13:53: Continue to 580 A
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 14:25: RGA stopped around 13:34. Started scanning again
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 15:08: Heating to 200 A on TBHT
Friday, February 06, 2015, 10:34: Heating TBHT to 220 A
Friday, February 06, 2015, 11:07: TBHT at 230 A. TGHT at 580 A
Friday, February 06, 2015, 11:50: Cooling down target
Friday, February 06, 2015, 11:56: RGA off
Friday, February 06, 2015, 11:5: BIAS/EZL/EE off
Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 11:34: BIAS/EZL/EE on. Started heating to 580 / 230 A at 4 / 2 A/min. RGA on
Monday, February 16, 2015, 08:46: BIAS/EZL/EE on
Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:13 : Started heating to 580 / 230 A at 4 / 2 A/min. RGA on
Monday, February 16, 2015, 10:10: Opened isolation valve
Monday, February 16, 2015, 14:23: TGHT was found voltage limiting at 7 V. Increased voltage limit to 7.2 V
Temperature read with digital optical pyrometer. Inside target 1800 - 1900 deg C. Outside 1900 - 2000 deg C
Monday, February 16, 2015, 15:50: Starting cool down
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 08:30: RGA off
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 08:32: BIAS/EZL/EE off. Isolation valve closed.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 08:34: Turbos off
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 13:58: Venting |
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 16:10, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Current read back on TBHT has been corrected to 600 A
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By controls group |
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Friday, February 13, 2015, 13:59, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, PLC failure
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The PLC CPU came out of the socket around 11:50am today (Dave Morris). The CPU had not been properly attached. This resulted in full stop of all power supplies and vacuum pumps.
Restarted vacuum pumps at 12:10pm (20 min later). |
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 14:41, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , In progress, Pumping down empty chamber
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 14:35: Roughing. Doors were difficult to get to seal.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 15:11: Started turbos
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 15:34: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 6.7E-6 T |
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 13:32, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Switched off system in preparation for power outage
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Thursday, February 19, 2015, 12:14: Starting system again after the power outage
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 13:27: The performance of RP1 has degraded. Edi flushed some air through, which helped a bit. It now takes longer to start up.
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 13:33: Vacuum recovered. |
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Thursday, February 26, 2015, 10:11, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , In progress, Installing FEBIAD test target for emittance rig tests
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Thursday, February 26, 2015, 10:11: Stopped turbos
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 11:23: Venting
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 11:39: Stopped venting at 550 T. To be continued later
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 15:46: Started roughing. Doors needed a push.
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 16:23: Started turbos
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 16:39: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 5.2E-6 T
Friday, February 27, 2015, 09:22: Water on. Vacuum stable at 1.6E-7 T
Friday, February 27, 2015, 09:30: RGA on
Friday, February 27, 2015, 10:32: HV on. Ramping to TBHT 250 A at 4A/min
Friday, February 27, 2015, 16:38: Source off
Monday, March 02, 2015, 14:00: Gas lines purged. Opening.
Fixed a air leak on one of the Swagelok joints.
Monday, March 02, 2015, 14:47: RGA with Ne Open
Total 3.5E0-7T, IG1 9.7E-8 T
20Ne 6.3E-10 T
22Ne 1.7E-10 T
Mass 18 1.6E-7 T
Tuesday, March 03, 2015, 09:58: Started heating
Tuesday, March 03, 2015, 16:33: Finished ER testing. First ER scans made on mass 4.
Wednesday, March 04, 2015, 14:32: TSG:CB1 found off. Switched back on.
Emittance vs EE voltage studied
Thursday, March 05, 2015, 09:02 : Ramping source back up to 285 A (TBHT)
Thursday, March 05, 2015, 15:12: The following devices were found off
TMS:Q6
TMSQ1
TPS:CBC
Friday, March 06, 2015, 08:51: Found TPS:Q3 off. Switched back on.
Friday, March 06, 2015, 10:51 : Ramping down source
Friday, March 06, 2015, 12:08 : Source and HV off. Closed IV.
Graham will be doing some controls work
Monday, March 09, 2015, 09:16: Ramping up the source. IV opened
Monday, March 09, 2015, 09:23: Source biased and optics tune recovered.
Monday, March 09, 2015, 16:51: Opened Ne leak
Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 09:06: Found TMS:Q6/Q1 and TPS:Q4 off. Switched back on.
Thursday, March 12, 2015, 16:57: Finished more ER data taking. See attached spreadsheet
Friday, March 13, 2015, 08:41 : TMS:CBC1, TMS:CB5, TMS:Q2, TPS:Q3, TPS:CB2 found off. Switched back on.
Monday, March 16, 2015, 09:13: TMS:CBC1, TMS:Q3, Q2, TMS:VCB1,CB1 found off.
Monday, March 16, 2015, 09:14: Bias off. Stopping turbos
Monday, March 16, 2015, 15:26: Venting |
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 09:50, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , In progress, Empty chamber
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Roughed down on Friday 20th
Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 09:49: Turbos started
Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 09:59: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 2.8E-6 T
EPICS could not communicate with devices. Contacted controls (Dave M)
Thursday, April 02, 2015, 14:45: Stopped turbos.
Thursday, April 02, 2015, 15:10: Started venting through turbo pump (to 16 T)
Thursday, April 02, 2015, 15:12: Venting through VV1 |
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Thursday, April 02, 2015, 15:42, Anders Mjos, TM2 Test Target, LP-FEBIAD, , TM2, , 39230-1, Done, TM2 Test Target Conditioning
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Thursday, April 02, 2015, 15:42: Roughing
Thursday, April 02, 2015, 16:12: Turbos started
Thursday, April 02, 2015, 16:22: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 8.7E-6 T
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 08:24: Opened water for HS. Vacuum stable at 1.1E-7 T
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 08:25: Pumping on gas lines.
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 08:37: Finished pumping.
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 08:41: Opening gas valve to vacuum chamber
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 08:42: RGA filament on.
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 08:55: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/14/1.5 kV
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 08:55: COIL to 50 A, ANODE to 200 V
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 09:01: Started auto-heating to 580/250 A at 2 A/min
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 13:25 : Opened IV4
Tuesday, April 07, 2015, 15:10: Ramping TBHT to 290A
Wednesday, April 08, 2015, 09:27: Opening for Ne gas
Wednesday, April 08, 2015, 12:05: BIAS/EZL to 40/18.5 kV
Wednesday, April 08, 2015, 13:15 :BIAS/EZL/EE to 50/23.5/2.0 kV
Wednesday, April 08, 2015, 15:15: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/14/1.5 kV
Thursday, April 09, 2015, 11:19: Starting target cool down
Thursday, April 09, 2015, 16:54: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/30/1.5 kV
Thursday, April 09, 2015, 17:58: BIAS and source off.
Friday, April 10, 2015, 08:21: Closed gas supply
Friday, April 10, 2015, 08:23: Stopped turbos |
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Thursday, April 09, 2015, 11:21, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, No RGA communcations
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RGA stopped working. Likely after a spark yesterday. |
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