 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 |
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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Monday, March 16, 2015, 18:53, Anders Mjos, Ta#45, HP-SIS, ITE, TM4, 38817-5, , In progress, Conditioning Ta#45
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Monday, March 16, 2015, 18:53: Started turbos
Monday, March 16, 2015, 19:00: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.3E-5 T
Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 09:03: Opened cooling water. Vacuum stable at 1.9E-7 T
Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 09:12: Opened IV4. BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/14/1.5 kV
Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 09:20: Started heating TGHT/TBHT to 400/150 A at 2/1 A/min
Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 08:41: Continued heating TGHT/TBHT to 580/170 A at 2/1 A/min
Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 09:33: MB1 found tripped on water flow. Water pressure is low this morning as cyclotron main magnet was switched on, but not all water pumps. Expected to be resolved soon..
Some emittance scans at 170, 180, 190, 200 A TBHT were done
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 08:47: Heating TBHT to 220 A
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 08:56: Heating TBHT to 230 A
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 10:50: EE at -2000 V for 10 min
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 10:52: EE back at -1.5 kV
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 17:54: Started cool down of target
Friday, March 20, 2015, 08:47: Closed IV4
Friday, March 20, 2015, 08:47: RGA off.
Friday, March 20, 2015, 08:50: Stopped turbos
Friday, March 20, 2015, 10:24: Venting
Friday, March 20, 2015, 11:45: Target removed. |
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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 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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Monday, April 13, 2015, 13:07, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, ISAC Test Stand Optical elements power supply drop out
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See e-fault 8027
Monday, April 13, 2015
Kevin and Graham are working on it
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 13:17, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , , Source Tray Removed
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by Mico, Dan and Anders |
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Friday, April 24, 2015, 12:25, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Backing line pressure high
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TSG:RP1 backing line pressure is >200 mT. An e-fault has been submitted to have the roughing pump replaced.
Friday, April 24, 2015, 13:13: Pump replaced by vacuum group. |
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Monday, May 04, 2015, 09:51, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, FEBIAD Coil power supply replaced
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Power supply did not work after high voltage conditioning. On Friday May 1st John Chow replaced the power supply with a 12 V 100 A power supply temporary while the other supply is being repaired. EPICS controls have not been adjusted. |
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Friday, May 08, 2015, 09:07, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, EPICS lost contact with the PLC
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Everything shut down, while EPICS showed everyhing to be on.
Controls group (Dave Morris) has reestablished contact. System is operations.
TSG section vented for Source Tray work
Friday, May 08, 2015, 09:13: TMS turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.2E-5 T |
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