 Monday, September 30, 2013, 15:19, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, New purging valves installed on Heat Shield water circuit
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The Heat Shield circuit can now be separately purged for water. Use valves on heat shield circuit to purge the lines for target exchanges from now on.
All paddle wheels have been rotated to allow trapped air to escape the system more easily. |
Friday, September 27, 2013, 11:41, Anders Mjos, Ta#41, HP-SIS, ITW, TM4, 39069-5, 38817-10, Done, Ta#41 Conditioning 
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Friday, September 27, 2013, 11:41: Roughing
Friday, September 27, 2013, 12:08: Turbos started
Friday, September 27, 2013, 12:16: Turbos at speed.
Friday, September 27, 2013, 12:18: Vacuum at 1.5E-5 T
Monday, September 30, 2013, 08:41: Opened water supply. Vacuum stable at 1.5E-7 T
TGHT Q=5.5 T=28.0
TBHT Q=5.8 T=28.0
Monday, September 30, 2013, 15:19: Flow sensor moved from TBHT to HS
TGHT Q=5.5 T=27.9
HS Q=3.6 T=27.8
Tuesday, October 01, 2013, 12:08: Taget Biased to 30kV.
Wednesday, October 02, 2013, 08:50: Started autoramping to 580A/230A
Wednesday, October 02, 2013, 08:50: Opened IV4
Wednesday, October 02, 2013, 10:51 TGHT/TBHT 250A / 239A
TGHT Q=5.5 T=28.5
HS Q=3.6 T=29.2
SUPPLY (ext) 27.3
RETURN (ext) 27.8
Wednesday, October 02, 2013, 13:28 TGHT/TBHT 250A / 570A
TGHT Q=5.5 T=30.4
HS Q=3.6 T=33.4
SUPPLY (ext) 27.4
RETURN (ext) 29.3
Wednesday, October 02, 2013, 13:30: TBHT was starting to limit on voltage. Increased voltage limit to 2.4V.
Thursday, October 03, 2013, 08:21: TMS:TP2 timed out over night.
Magnet PS breaker tripped during a mass scan yesterday. Reset breaker and cleared interlocks.
TGHT Q=5.5 T=30.4
HS Q=3.6 T=34.0
SUPPLY (ext) 27.3
RETURN (ext) 29.3
Thursday, October 03, 2013, 08:28: Started mass scan 200 -> 0 m/q. FC0 7.5E-8 A
Thursday, October 03, 2013, 14:29
TGHT Q=5.5 T=30.6
HS Q=3.6 T=33.9
SUPPLY (ext) 27.4
RETURN (ext) 29.6
Thursday, October 03, 2013, 15:14: Lowered TBHT:RDCUR to 230A.
Thursday, October 03, 2013, 15:37: Increased EE to -2000 V
Thursday, October 03, 2013, 16:22
TGHT Q=5.5 T=30.6
HS Q=3.6 T=33.9
SUPPLY (ext) 27.5
RETURN (ext) 29.6
Friday, October 04, 2013, 08:08
TGHT Q=5.5 T=30.6
HS Q=3.5 T=33.9
SUPPLY (ext) 27.5
RETURN (ext) 29.3
Mass scan started.
Friday, October 04, 2013, 08:46: Cool down started.
Friday, October 04, 2013, 13:35: TPS:IV4 closed
Friday, October 04, 2013, 13:41: Source debiased.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 09:56: Turbos stopped. Vacuum at 1.15 E-7 T
Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 12:44: Venting
After the conditioning, some oxidation (?) from the standards (?) were found on the Plasma Electrode and around the Target Tube. See attachment |
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 16:18, Anders Mjos, , HP-FEBIAD, , , Tube only, 38307-9, Done, Test Target - FEBIAD COIL
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 16:18: Starting turbos
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 16:26 : Turbos at speed
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 16:28 : Vacuum at 2.8 E-5 T
Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 15:11
TGHT flow 5.52, temp 28.6
TBHT flow 5.92, temp 28.5
Thursday, September 26, 2013, 09:25: Stopped turbos. Vacuum at 1.4 E-7 T
Friday, September 27, 2013, 08:35
TGHT flow 5.49, temp 28.2
TBHT flow 5.90, temp 28.0
Friday, September 27, 2013, 10:47: Venting |
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 14:54, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Hall probe calibration
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New calibration of the m/q based on the hall probe after exchanging the controller(MASSOVERQ2). Based on NiO#2-HP-FEBIAD with Ne supplied and ANODE biased to 200V, 30kV Bias.
CONST11 = -16.3929
CONST22 = 0.12481
http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/2013-09-18-09%20NiO%232
Data and results from Gnuplot
"2013-09-18 NiOcalibration.txt"
6.02 -1192 6Li
7.02 -1288 7Li
19.99 -2177 20Ne
21.99 -2284 22Ne
38.96 -3043 40K
40.96 -3118 41K
180.9 -6577 Ta
196.9 -6864 TaO
f(x)=((x+a)**2)*b/30000;
a=35.221;
b=0.129991;
fit f(x) "2013-09-18 NiOcalibration.txt" using 2:1 via a,b;
Final set of parameters Asymptotic Standard Error
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a = -16.3929 +/- 2.015 (12.29%)
b = 0.12481 +/- 8.448e-005 (0.06769%)
correlation matrix of the fit parameters:
a b
a 1.000
b 0.952 1.000 |
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:06, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TGHT insulator cracked
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The coil insulator has been observed to have cracked earlier. |
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Monday, September 16, 2013, 17:07, Anders Mjos, NiO#2, HP-FEBIAD, ITE, TM3, 39530-6, 39069-4, Done, Conditioning NiO#2 take 2
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The GE on the Source tray and EE on the target was cleaned. The target will be conditioned again to verify if sparking has been reduced. Torque 120 in lbs
Monday, September 16, 2013, 17:05: Roughing. The roughing pump is somewhat noisy.
Monday, September 16, 2013, 17:26: Starting turbos.
Monday, September 16, 2013, 17:34: Turbos at speed
Monday, September 16, 2013, 17:36: Vacuum at 3.8E-5 T.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 08:10: Opened cooling water. Vacuum stable at 6.5E-7. EE flow 4.8 l/min 27.9 C
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 08:20: Target biased: 30kV, 15kV, -1kV.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 08:25: Opening gas line SV5 and Ne SV3 evacuated
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 08:32: Started auto-ramping to 580A/230A
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 08:34: Coil to 50A, Anode to 200V (0mA)
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 08:36: Opened IV4
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:39: EE flow 4.9 l/min 28.5 C
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 13:05: EE flow 4.9 l/min 28.8 C
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 15:03: EE flow 4.9 l/min 28.8 C
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 15:04 :TGHT at 580A, TBHT at 280A.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 15:30: TBHT:RDCUR to 290A
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 08:07: Stared mass scan.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 08:08:EE flow 4.9 l/min 28.8 C
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 09:14: EE to 2kV. Current at 676 uA
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 09:23: Opened He gas to 6.0. It was later found the SV2 was closed. I.e. no He was supplied to the target.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 09:26: Tuning source. EE 0.8kV, EZL 1.3kV
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 09:32: Started mass scan.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 09:55: A jump in BIAS current from 42 to 61 uA. Came down towards 42 after 30 min
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 10:22: Ramping down heaters at 2A and 2.5A /min
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 10:23: He and Ne off.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 10:48: Gas lines closed.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 10:53: EE flow 4.9 l/min 28.5 C
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 10:55: IV4 closed.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 10:59: Target de-biased.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 12:18: Heaters off.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 12:18: Stopped turbos.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 12:56: Started wenting.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 13:02: EE flow 4.9 l/min 28.2 C
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 13:20 : Chamber vented. |
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Monday, September 09, 2013, 09:14, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Ground Electrode cleaned
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Monday, September 16, 2013, 17:04: Cleaned GE. Copper shavings were removed from below the guide pins for the Heat Shield. The shavings were sitting on top of the aluminum support. |
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Monday, September 09, 2013, 09:12, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Coil power supply back
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Ray D. installed the "standard" 6V 200A FEBIAD COIL P/S on Friday morning.It has not yet been tested as water supply was on. |
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Friday, August 30, 2013, 15:09, Anders Mjos, NiO#2, HP-FEBIAD, ITE, TM3, 39530-6, 39069-4, Done, Conditioning of NiO#2
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Friday, August 30, 2013, 15:09 : Turbos stopped in preparation for installation.
Friday, August 30, 2013, 16:22: Venting
Friday, August 30, 2013, 17:08: Roughing with NiO#2
Friday, August 30, 2013, 17:27: Starting turbos
Friday, August 30, 2013, 17:35: Turbos at speed
Friday, August 30, 2013, 17:37: Vacuum at 1.9 E-7 T
Monday, September 09, 2013, 14:04: Opened up water. Vacuum stable at 1.5E-7 T
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 08:59: Pumping out the gas lines.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 09:10: Gas lines evacuated.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 09:23: TPS:IV4 opened
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 10:06: TGHT PS was off. Debiased to access el cage.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 10:07: EZL/EE/BIAS: 15/2/30 kV 61/674/55 uA
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 10:08: COIL/ANODE: 50A/200V
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 10:09: Started target heat to TGHT/TBHT 250/230A
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 15:12: Started target heat to TGHT 350A (TBHT remains at 230A)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 13:06: Heating TGHT to 500A
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 08:44: Heating TGHT to 580A
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 09:39: Heating TBHT to 260A
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 10:06: BIAS sparking occurred at 9:48 TBHT:RDCUR at 256A. Gradually reduced TBHT:RDCUR to 254A. Sparking stopped after ~20 min. ANODE:RDCUR, EE:RDCUR and IG1:RDVAC showed correlated sparking responses. ANODE:RDCUR went to 0 mA and back up after sparking had stopped.
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 10:30: Manually increased TBHT:RDCUR to 260A.
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 11:06: A jump in TBHT:RDVOLT and TBHT:RDCUR at 10:44. Reduced TBHT:RDCUR to 255A
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 12:10: TPS:Q4 was taken out by a spark. Restarted.
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 12:19: EZL to 13 kV
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 13:14: TBHT:RDCUR to 260A
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 13:31: TBHT:RDCUR to 265A. Sparking returns. Lower to 260A
Friday, September 13, 2013, 10:51: Increased TBHT:RDCUR to 265A
Friday, September 13, 2013, 10:58 : Increased TBHT:RDCUR to 270A
Friday, September 13, 2013, 11:05: Some sparking. Lowered EE to 1kV
Friday, September 13, 2013, 11:07 : Increased TBHT:RDCUR to 275A
Friday, September 13, 2013, 11:15 : Increased TBHT:RDCUR to 280A
Friday, September 13, 2013, 11:24 : Increased TBHT:RDCUR to 290A. ANODE:RDCUR 8.5mA. FC0 1.3E-6 A
Friday, September 13, 2013, 11:53: SV5 and SV2 gas lines opened.
Friday, September 13, 2013, 12:05: A spark took out Q4. Restarted.
Friday, September 13, 2013, 12:07: Lowered TBHT:RDCUR to 285A
Friday, September 13, 2013, 13:03: Started mass scan.
Friday, September 13, 2013, 14:27: Lowered TBHT:RDCUR to 280A
Friday, September 13, 2013, 15:01 : Lowered TBHT:RDCUR to 270A
Monday, September 16, 2013, 08:00: Mass scan started.
Monday, September 16, 2013, 09:00: Starting heater ramp down. 2A/min. Gas lines closed.
Monday, September 16, 2013, 13:30: Source off. Target debiased.
Monday, September 16, 2013, 13:56: Turbos stopped
Monday, September 16, 2013, 14:50: Venting. |
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 11:28, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Hall probe controller for MB1 removed
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Jens Lassen provided a new controller for the Hall prove. With the help from Graham from controls it was reconfigured and is operational again. The magnet must likely be calibrated again. |
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Monday, August 26, 2013, 13:49, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TP1A time out/fault sometime this weekend
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Monday, August 26, 2013, 14:07: The turbo could be restarted, but it does not sound happy (Dimo was consulted earlier today). The pump is drawing around 4 A. The current draw is fluctuating between 3.5 and 4.2 A at the same time as backing pressure is spiking from 0.015 to 0.045 T
Monday, August 26, 2013, 15:32:: The turbo failed again. Dimo had a quick look. It will have to be replaced. See e-fault: 6953
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 08:48: Stopping TP1B. Vacuum at 4.8 E-7 T
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 10:59: Venting
Anthony has replaced the pump. There was no screen on the existing pump. A screen has been installed in front of the turbo.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 14:03: started roughing
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 14:31: Starting turbos
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 14:41Turbos at speed
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 14:43: Vacuum at 2.0 E-5 T |
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Friday, August 23, 2013, 11:16, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Possible leak between BV1A, BV1B and PV1
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CG1A is climbing from 0.016 to 0.130 in 30 seconds when isolated.
The leak was confirmed to be between BV1A and PV1 in the bellows. The bellows has been replaced and backing pressure is back to normal values. |
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 08:27, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TP1B noise - TP1B replacement
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TP1B high frequency noise is coming and going. Power is 22W , current 1.1A (other pumps are 11W and 14W, 0.7A)
Edi from vacuum group notified. He will replace the pump today.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 08:40: Turbos off. Vacuum 1.4E-7 T
Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 10:01: Started venting.
Turbo has been replaced by Edi.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 16:28: Roughing
Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 16:51: Turbos started.
TP1A timed out. Could not open BV1A and restart due to too high backing pressure at CG1A
Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 08:17: Turbos started. Vacuum 0.043 T
Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 08:25: Turbos at speed. TP1B: 1.2A 28W 30 deg C.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 08:27: Vacuum at 5.6 E-6 T
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 08:24, Anders Mjos, , , , , Tube only, 38307-9, In progress, FEBIAD Coil Test
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 08:13: Roughing gas lines
Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 08:22: Gas lines roughed. Valve closed |
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Monday, July 22, 2013, 14:08, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, 20V 60A COIL PS installed for FEBIAD Coil Test
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By Ray. Note that controls have not been updated yet. |
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Friday, July 19, 2013, 14:14, Anders Mjos, , , , , Tube only, 38307-9, In progress, FEBIAD Coil Test
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Friday, July 19, 2013, 14:14 : Stopping Turbos. Vacuum at 1.3E-7 T
Friday, July 19, 2013, 15:14: Venting
Friday, July 19, 2013, 16:22: Target installed. Roughing.
Friday, July 19, 2013, 16:41: Starting turbos
Friday, July 19, 2013, 16:49: Turbos at speed
Friday, July 19, 2013, 16:51 : Vacuum at 1.4E-5 T
Monday, July 22, 2013, 08:19: Opened up water flow. Vacuum stable at 1.3E-7 T after some minor bumps to 1.6E-7 T
Monday, July 22, 2013, 13:34: T/C logger installed on 9-pins 4 & 5. Ray is working in the HV cage to install a different PS for the magnet coil.
Monday, July 22, 2013, 14: Increasing Coil current manually. Vacuum starts to creep up at 3A (T/C around 85 deg C).
Monday, July 22, 2013, 16:37: Current at 4A. Voltage at 6.5V. T/C around 400 deg C.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 08:50: Coil conditioned to ~500 deg C at about 4.7A
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 08:54: Evacuating gas line through the chamber.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:01: Gas lines evacuated.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:10: Coil current to zero.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:22: Target. biased
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:22: Opened IV4
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:32: ANODE to 200V. Helium leak to 6.0
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:35: Coil temp at 220 deg C.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 10:58: Heating aborted at 200A. Will resume later.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 12:01: Restarted heating to 250A.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 13:11: Spark too out some optics. Restarted.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 14:39: COIL 130 deg C. TBHT at 280A read back.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 14:44: Sparking occurs across the spark gap on top of the test stand.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 16:14: Lowered TBHT to 270 read back. Will leave it like this over night.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 10:09: Cooling down TBHT.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 11:13: ANODE and COIL OFF. Closed IV4. Closed gas supply.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 12:41: BIAS, EE and EL to zero.
Data on Docushare:
https://documents.triumf.ca/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-11041 |
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 12:55, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Controls are removing dust/cleaning their devices
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Thursday, July 18, 2013, 08:41: Restarting archivers |
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 16:01, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, FEBIAD coil connector insulator fracture
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The right side of the insulator cracked/fractured either as the bolt was tightened or loosened. |
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 15:39, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , , Empty
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 15:39: Roughing
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 16:01: Starting turbos.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 16:10: Turbos at speed.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 16:11: Vacuum at 6.9E-6 T |
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Friday, July 12, 2013, 15:52, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TMS:MB1 fuse latched after mass scan
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A flash and "thumb" was observed at the end of the mass scan.
Friday, July 12, 2013, 15:51: Ray Dube had a look inside. After the fuse was reset, the Power Supply could operate again.
A power bump was experienced at about the same time as the MB1 fuse latched.
https://web.accel.triumf.ca/isac_elog/Elog_show_result.pl?inid=172266&style=entry#172266
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