Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 10:19, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , , Pump down empty chamber
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 10:19: Roughing |
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 09:59, Aaron Schmidt, , LP-FEBIAD, , , 41790-9, , , Test FEBIAD
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New assembly & target. Same silver bolts.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 09:56: Roughing.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 10:57: Vacuum not coming down. @ 1.514T . Backing valves have been closed.
See* elog entry for roughing pump issue 04/17/2018
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 08:57: Turbo pumps on.
Friday, April 20, 2018, 13:45: Power/sources on. RGA restarted
Friday, April 20, 2018, 13:46: IV4 Opened.
Device |
Temp
[C] |
Flow
[lpm] |
HS + MSP |
24.1 |
3.61 |
TBHT |
24.2 |
2.80 |
COIL + EE |
23.9 |
5.06 |
TGHT |
24.1 |
5.72 |
Friday, April 20, 2018, 13:50: Auto ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 200 A @ 2A per min.
Friday, April 20, 2018, 13:56: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV . Spark @ Bias 28 kV knocked out RGA.
Friday, April 20, 2018, 13:59: RGA restarted.
Friday, April 20, 2018, 14:03: Optics on. Set
Friday, April 20, 2018, 14:40: Auto cooling TGHT / TBHT from 97 A @ 4A per min. Odd noise on (BIAS*) PS
Friday, April 20, 2018, 14:44: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 0 / 0 / 0 kV . Sources being turned off except TBHT and TGHT.
Monday, April 23, 2018, 10:46: FEBIAD TEST halted. See BIAS PS issue.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 10:46: Power off.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 10:48: RGA off.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 10:49: Ion gauge TSG:IG1 & Evap side turbos off,
Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 10:50: Ion gauge TMS:IG6 & beam side turbos off.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 10:54: Waterlines purged.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 11:02, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Done, Roughing pump issue.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 10:57: Vacuum not coming down. @ 1.514T . Backing valves have been closed.
TSG:CG1A @ 1.515T
TSG:CG1B @ 1.529T.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 11:02: TSG:PV1 Closed. Roughing pump off.
Vacuum group notified.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018: Replace pump & adapters. Clean.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 08:45: Start TSG:RP1 and open PV1, BV1A & BV1B
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 08:55: exhaust pipe/mesh cleared out back
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 08:57: Turbo pumps on.
RP status ok.
Thursday, April 19, 2018, 08:30: waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum @ 3.42e-07T |
Thursday, April 19, 2018, 12:55, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Done, Re-wiring Anode PS
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Thursday, April 19, 2018, 12:52: Pin J1 was reconnected into the anode power supply. All jumpers were put back to remote control.
NOTE: the cable EXTLKT is still not connected. I will ask Carla about this one.
Thursday, April 19, 2018, 18:00: Cable EXTLKT connected.
Thursday, April 19, 2018, 18:12 When turning the transformer on, the Anode PS was not turned on. Neither the TGHT.
Thursday, April 19, 2018, 18:30: I turned off everything. Will check tomorrow with someone.
Friday, April 20, 2018, 11:01 : Issue fixed. I've attached a picture of the jumpers connection for future references
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Friday, April 20, 2018, 13:20, Carla Babcock, , , , , , , Done, BIAS* fan sounds like it is dying
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The fan in the EZL power supply is making a terrible noise - keep an eye on it, it sounds like it might give up soon.
Monday, April 23, 2018, 10:47: The back panel was opened. Original entry stated EZL power supply issue. Corrected to BIAS PS. High voltage group notified. Fan replacement required.
Monday, May 14, 2018, 13:20: BIAS fans, external an internal were replaced. Re-installed @ TS.
Monday, May 14, 2018, 13:26: BIAS ramped up to 10 kV. Response ok on epics and locally on the PS. No odd noise on the fans either. The issue appears to be fixed. |
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 09:50, Aaron Schmidt, Ta (test), LP-SIS, , , 41177-3, , In progress, Ta test and window change 
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Window changed on view port. Ta target prepared for Aurelia's tests.
***Note*** No Ta window foils on the end plates. Initial ramping to on the TGHT to 300 A. Follow up in increments of 50 A and check the right door window temperature.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 09:47: Roughing both the Evap/box end and beam end.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 10:27: All 4 turbo pumps started.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 10:49: Both Ion gauges on.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 14:56: RGA on.
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 06:54: Water lines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable @ 4.23e-07T
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 06:56: Power/sources on.
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 07:00: Auto ramping TGHT to 300 @ 2A per min.
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 07:05: IV4 opened.
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 08:50: Door temp @ 25 C @ left window.
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 09:30: 300A reached. Door temp @ 26 C @ left window.
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 13:01: 550A Reached. Door temp @ 29 C @ left window.
Monday, April 30, 2018, 07:05: IV4 closed, RGA off.
Monday, April 30, 2018, 07:10: Ion gauge off. Turbo pumps off.
Monday, April 30, 2018, 11:00: Venting. Purging water lines. |
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 08:48, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TSG:TP1A not running
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Pump found off on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 08:40: Starting TP1A
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 08:47: TP1A at speed
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 16:33: Source and optics off
Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 08:30: Stopped TP
Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 14:10: Water purged |
Thursday, May 24, 2018, 08:38, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Venting beamline for IG6 replacement
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Thursday, May 24, 2018, 08:38: TPs stopped
Thursday, May 24, 2018, 09:18: Venting
Thursday, May 24, 2018, 14:30: IG6 replaced (second attempt) by Anthony. System pumping down |
Thursday, May 24, 2018, 15:28, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Reconfigured FEBIAD coil for testing new source tray
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Thursday, May 24, 2018: Configured coil to be (-) E&F, (+) G&H. Water should be supplied to both terminals in either configuration. |
Monday, June 04, 2018, 16:02, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, MB1 timeout
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Mass separator magnet timed out. Tried reconfigure. Called Kyle from controls who power cycled the CANbus card. This resolved the issue
(From the Source tray swap out.) - AS
Tuesday, June 05, 2018, 11:25: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 52 / 24 / 2.8 kV. SPARK *knocked out optics, magnet & Turbo TMS:TP6. IV4 closed/opened/reset. TP6/optics restarted. Magnet still off.
Complete failure of the communications with the magnet.
Wednesday, June 06, 2018, 13:40: Canbus contoller was swapped by Kyle L from Controls group. The old card was dead and replaced with a new one. The magnet is back and running. |
Wednesday, June 06, 2018, 14:01, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Emittance scanner (E-rig) communication issues.
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Wednesday, June 06, 2018, 13:50:
It was noted yesterday during the TM2 Source HV tests that the E-rig was not running accordingly through the beam.
Upon turning on the PS, there a 45 second or so delay before the needle drops to the right at +500V and the PS no longer responds. (similar issue in August 2016)
Wednesday, June 06, 2018, 14:20: Soft reboot on Emittance rig communication. (Reboot IOC - Kyle LeBlanc)
Wednesday, June 06, 2018, 14:30: Calibrate
test scan & park
Reference parameters. Dac in bottom right corner to control PS.
Enter: 100 on Dac -- Reads 100 - On PS
Enter: 200 on Dac -- Reads 200 - On PS
Enter: 0 on Dac -- Reads 0 - On PS
Enter: -200 on Dac -- Reads -200 - On PS
The reboot fixed the erig/scanner. |
Thursday, June 07, 2018, 09:21, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Pump down empty chamber. Anode check    
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TM2 Source tray still in.
Thursday, June 07, 2018, 09:20: Roughing.
Thursday, June 07, 2018, 12:42: Turbo pumps started.
Friday, June 08, 2018, 08:00: Anode run to 15 A. Short still apparent.

Friday, June 08, 2018, 08:12: Ion gauge, Turbos off.
Friday, June 08, 2018, 08:55: Venting.
Friday, June 08, 2018, 09:45: Anode connection investigated. Short found on the bracket once the anode wire was disconnected from the back screw (Picture)
Friday, June 08, 2018, 10:00: Removed 9-pin bracket. (Top connector left connected to TS. (Picture)
New Anode 9-pin connection/wire to be installed on the bracket. Test in the cold lab.
Friday, June 08, 2018, 10:12: Roughing.
Friday, June 08, 2018, 11:14: Turbo pumps started.
Friday, June 08, 2018, 12:31: Ion gauge on.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 06:18: Ion gauge & Turbo pumps off.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 07:40: Venting. |
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 11:38, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , In progress, Source Tray re-installation
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Re-installation of the ISAC Test Stand Source tray. The TM2 ST was removed.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 10:15: Disconnect Optics Tray. Set blocks.
-Continue with removal of TM2 Tray
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 10:56: TM2 Tray Removed.
-Continue with installation of ISAC Test Stand Source Tray. Optics reconnect.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 11:25: Open line FS#8. No visible leaks found.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 11:37: Connect Source tray, optics tray, gas line, etc. Complete.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 14:37: Roughing.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 06:32: Turbo pumps on.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 06:37; Ion Gauge on.
He Leak TEST #1:
Cold Lab Leak detector. RGA unavailable.
Monday, June 18, 2018, 11:00 Vacuum @ 2.15e-06T
LD Base line before opening valve to turbo pumps: 0.0 to 5.6 e-11 atm-cc/sec
LD baseline after opening valve to turbo pumps: 8.e-10 atm-cc/sec
Full open base after five minutes:
Vacuum @ 2.18e-06T.
LD: 8.2e-09 atm-cc/sec
Monday, June 18, 2018, 11:05: Open line FS#2 . Pressurize to 30 PSI. Record after 5 minutes
Vacuum @ 2.15e-06T .
LD: 6.6e-09 atm-cc/sec. Purge and close FS#2.
Monday, June 18, 2018, 11:10: Open line FS#3 . Pressurize to 30 PSI.
Drop followed by Major SPIKE into e-04 vacuum.
Vacuum @ 1.5e-05T.
LD: 1.6e-04 atm-cc/sec. Confirmed leak on FS#3
Monday, June 18, 2018, 11:26: Continued Vacuum instability.
Halt leak test!
Monday, June 18, 2018, 11:30: Close port to LD.
Monday, June 18, 2018, 11:34: Vent and shut down LD. Ion gauge and turbos off.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 06:40: Venting.
C-seals replaced with O-rings on line FS#3 (E)(G)
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 08:36: Re-install RGA
Continue C-Seal replacement. (F)(H)(K).
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 09:00: Roughing.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 10:15: Turbo pumps on.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 10:19: Ion gauge on.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 10:28: RGA operational.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, 14:28 Vacuum @ 4.95e-07T
LD Base line before opening valve to turbo pumps: 0.0 e-11 atm-cc/sec
LD baseline after opening valve to turbo pumps: 3.3e-10 atm-cc/sec
Full open base after five minutes:
Vacuum @ 4.95e-07T. RGA ok
LD: 3.3e-08 atm-cc/sec
Thursday, June 21, 2018, 14:33 : Open line FS#4 . Pressurize to 30 PSI. Record after 5 minutes
Vacuum @ 4.76e-07T . RGA ok
LD: 3.3e-08 atm-cc/sec. Purge and close FS#4.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, 14:38: Open line FS#5 . Pressurize to 30 PSI.
Vacuum @ 4.76e-07T. RGA ok
LD: 3.6e-08 atm-cc/sec.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, 14:43: Open line FS#3 . Pressurize to 30 PSI. Record after 5 minutes
Vacuum @ 4.95e-07T . RGA ok
LD: 3.7e-08 atm-cc/sec.
Purge and close FS#3.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, 14:48: Open line all lines . Pressurize to 30 PSI. Record after 5 minutes
Vacuum @ 4.95e-07T . RGA ok
LD: 4.0e-08 atm-cc/sec.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, 14:53: Close port to LD.
Vent and shut down LD.
Purge He, Open with water.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, 14:58: Vacuum @ 5.04e-07T . RGA ok.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, 15:00: Power/sources on. Vacuum @ 5.04e-07T . RGA ok.
See Target Heating - TS Elog 670.*
Monday, June 25, 2018, 09:10: Auto-cooling at 2A/min - AS. |
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 10:30, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Done, RGA repair
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Monday, June 18, 2018, 10:00: RGA removed from ISAC TS. Handed to Travis C. Communications issues found
Communications chip replaced.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 08:36: Re-install RGA.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 10:29: RGA confirmed operational |
Monday, July 23, 2018, 14:25, Aaron Schmidt, UC#23, LP-FEBIAD-CTL, ITE, TM2, , , In progress, Conditioning Heat Shield for UC#23   
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Monday, July 23, 2018, 14:20: Roughing.
Monday, July 23, 2018, 14:54: Turbo pumps on.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 06:40: Ion gauge on. Vacuum slowly decreasing
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:20: RGA on.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:27: Waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable @ 2.24e-06T
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:29: Power/sources on.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:34: Opening gas lines slowly.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:36: SV2 & SV5 Open.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:43: SV3 Open.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 07:47: SV4 Open.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 09:00: Turn off sources/power and check 9-pin in the back of the TS. OK
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 09:20: Restart sources/power. Gases open.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 13:39: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 275 A @ 2A per min.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 13:45: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / -1.5 kV.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 13:46: IV4 opened.
Device |
Temp
[C] |
Flow
[lpm] |
HS + MSP |
26.4 |
3.92 |
TBHT |
26.9 |
3.08 |
COIL + EE |
26.1 |
5.00 |
TGHT |
26.5 |
5.64 |
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 13:48: Optics set.
Note* Approx 10 sparks noted during auto-ramping. All occurred between 12:30am - 4:00am today.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 06:35: Auto-ramping is ongoing since it was started yesterday. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 275 A @ Vacuum limited rate
TGHT / TBHT @ 310 / 275. Significant out gassing noted adjusting the ramping rate.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 06:40: Auto-ramp halted. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 285 (290 w/ direct readout) A @ Vacuum limited rate. Restart auto-ramp.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 11:25: Increased good ramping limit to 2E-6 Torr - AM
Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 11:28: ANODE voltage to 200 V, 11 mA current read back
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:08: RGA Restarted
Device |
Temp
[C] |
Flow
[lpm] |
HS + MSP |
35.6 |
3.86 |
TBHT |
26.8 |
3.06 |
COIL + EE |
26.5 |
5.03 |
TGHT |
28.6 |
5.65 |
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:13: EZL to 13.4 kV
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:19: Coil @ 20 A.
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:29: Coil @ 30 A. TBHT @ 300A.
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:35: Coil @ 40 A.
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 08:41: Coil @ 50 A.
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 14:33: auto-cooling @ 2 A per min
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 14:45: Coil @ 0 A.
Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:29: Gas lines closed
Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:32: Sources off.
Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:34: RGA off. IV4 closed
Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:36: Ion gauge & turbos off.
Friday, July 27, 2018, 08:39: Power off. Waterlines purged. |
Friday, August 10, 2018, 10:56, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, New PS installation and Cathode BIAS set
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Friday, August 10, 2018, 10:25: Remove TBHT 500 PS and replace with TBHT 600 PS.
Friday, August 10, 2018, 10:50: Switch wiring in the high voltage cage from and Anode BIAS to Cathode BIAS setting.
Friday, August 10, 2018, 11:32: TBHT limit increased from 500A to 600A by Controls group.
Friday, August 10, 2018, 11:34: TBHT tested manually. Operation is satisfactory. |
Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 12:54, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, 9-pin connection configuration
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Pin configuration between top 9-pin connector on Source Tray and terminal in high voltage rack. Measured 2018-08-21 by Aaron and Anders
Grounded |
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X |
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Source Tray Side (looking head on) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
High Voltage Cage Side |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018, 15:20, Aaron Schmidt, , LP-SIS, , , 41177-3, , , Voltage Tests (Ta Target)
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Wires reconfigured / set
Wednesday, August 22, 2018, 13:10: Roughing.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018, 15:18: Turbo Pumps on.
Thursday, August 23, 2018, 08:16: RGA On.
Thursday, August 23, 2018, 08:39: Power on. Waterlines opened. No response on RGA, Vacuum ok @7.25e-06T
Monday, August 27, 2018, 09:50: Venting.
Monday, August 27, 2018, 10:59: Ta foil removed from one end plate. Roughing.
Monday, August 27, 2018, 11:29: Turbo pumps started.
Monday, August 27, 2018, 11:36: Ion gauge on. Both Turbo pumps at speed.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018, 08:27: Power on
Tuesday, August 28, 2018, 08:30: Waterlines opened. Vacuum ok @ 9.31e-07T. No response on RGA.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 11:34: Epics crashed. See added elog.
Friday, August 31, 2018, 10:07: Voltage tests are complete. Results to be uploaded later.
RGA crashed. Unable to re-connect. Manually turned it off.
Friday, August 31, 2018, 10:14: Ion gauge & turbo pumps off.
Friday, August 31, 2018, 11:27: Venting.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 11:36, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , , Epics / putty crash.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 11:35: EPIC's crashed.... epically.
Unable to restart Putty or TS controls.

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Friday, August 31, 2018, 10:16, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, RGA connection loss.
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Friday, August 31, 2018, 10:10: The RGA will not re-connect to the computer. Manually turned it off while under vacuum to protect the filament before shutting down the turbo pumps.
Friday, August 31, 2018, 10:15: Ion gauge & turbo pumps off.
Wednesday, September 05, 2018, 10:00: Communications chip replaced by RH (Travis C.)
Wednesday, September 05, 2018, 10:40: Computer restarted to reconnect/reboot.
Wednesday, September 05, 2018, 11:05: RGA started |
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