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Entry  Wednesday, August 07, 2019, 15:19, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Test stand inspection 

Wednesday, August 07, 2019, 15:12:  Arthur helped inspected the electric connections on the TS.

One of the coil positive waterlines  was touching a HS waterline. Manually adjusted them to have a better clearance.

 

 

 

Entry  Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 12:03, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Replace RP1 vac.PNGcurr.PNG

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 11:55: Close PV1. Turn off RP1.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 12:02: RP1 replaced.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 13:24: TS exhaust / screen cleaned out.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 13:25: RP1 on

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 13:59: Turbo pumps on.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 14:05: IG1 on.


Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 09:17: Revising the archiver, on July 8th at around 4 am, the vacuum on GC1A increased from normal levels to around 0.2 T. This happened while the target was held at a high combined current from both TGHT PS and Coil PS. See screenshots attached.


Thursday, August 15, 2019, 09:57: Vacuum is only around 1.06e-06T.  Turbo pumps off. Ion gauge off. 


Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 08:59: Ion gauge acting funny. CG1A unplugged & re-plugged in. Seems to work now?

Entry  Thursday, August 15, 2019, 16:33, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, 9-pin connection modification 

Thursday, August 15, 2019, 16:17: Q FT undone to remove the connection to the 9-pin

The idea is to change the cables to have individual signals. This will allow 4 thermocouple readings.

NB: The FT is not vacuum tight as of now  (gasket needs to be replaced and flange needs to be tight)

Entry  Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:05, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Alignment pin reinstalled 20190916_095937.jpg

 Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:03: The rightmost alignment pin has been reinstalled (see picture attached). It was previously removed for Ferran's test. 

Entry  Thursday, September 26, 2019, 11:30, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Replace CANBUS board TSG:CB1 

Thursday, September 26, 2019, 11:28: The control board to TSG:CB1 was removed and replaced. 

Thursday, September 26, 2019, 11:30: All optics & steering operational. Board replacement successful.

Entry  Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 09:51, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Water leak in Magnet PS 

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 09:50:

Fault: 12797
WP: C2019-10-23-2

ISAC test stand power supply MB-1 leak.

Water can be seen underneath and behind power supply cabinet. Repairs as per WP.


Friday, October 25, 2019: Power supply operational. AM

Entry  Friday, October 25, 2019, 12:04, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, ISG:TP1A found stopped  

Restarted TP. Note that CG1A is above 50 mTorr. CG1B shows 15 mTorr

Entry  Monday, October 28, 2019, 09:24, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, TSG:CG1A checked with local reader 

Monday, October 28, 2019, 09:22: The local reader indicated 42 mTorr while EPICS showed 51mTorr.

CG1B showed 8.9mTorr while EPICS shows 14mTorr.

After reconnecting CG1A, EPICS shows 16mTorr. Anthony suggest replacing the gauge.

Entry  Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 14:50, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Cathode bias mode configuration 

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 14:49: John C. changed the polarity of the anode power supply to negative, and Fernando M. rewired the cabling on the service cap.

Entry  Thursday, October 31, 2019, 11:37, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Probing anode bias supply on the service cap 

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:41: Cage removed. Tape put on the limit switches. Anode interlock bypassed.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:42: Measuring voltage between F/T B and cable tray.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:42: Readings match EPICS readback, i.e, 4 V readsback 3.7V and multimeter shows -3.816V

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:44: Probing from F/T B to J reads 0 V as expected. Anode is on common

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:45: Probing from F/T B to other F/T show 0V.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 11:37: Current draw from the power supply matches the on neede for the 50 kOhm resistor.

 

Entry  Thursday, October 31, 2019, 13:22, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, 9pin connector not fully in contact with baseplate 20191031_130003.jpg20191031_130028.jpg

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 13:20: After inspecting the interior, the 9 pin bracket was found not making full contact with the  baseplate (pic attached).

After pushing it and re doing the bolts conctact works.

Entry  Friday, November 15, 2019, 10:35, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , , Pump down empty Chamber 

Friday, November 15, 2019, 09:35: Roughing.

Friday, November 15, 2019, 10:34: Turbo pumps on.


Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 09:19: Turbo pumps off. Ion gauge off.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 11:20: Roughing. U-Line removed from HS waterline. Blanks installed. Do not open HS waterline.

 

Entry  Friday, November 22, 2019, 19:06, Fernando Maldonado, Ferran Boix Pamies, , , , , , , , PEEK seal tests 

 Friday, November 22, 2019, 19:02: The new design for the PEEK irradiation will be tested.

Blinds were removed and a new LP-SIS assembly with a modify heatshield was installed. Three termocuples installed.

Friday, November 22, 2019, 19:04: Roughing 

Friday, November 22, 2019, 19:38: Turbos on

Friday, November 22, 2019, 19:46: TSGIG1 on

Monday, November 25, 2019, 15:43: Vacuum stable@ 5.73E-7T

Monday, November 25, 2019, 15:47: Waterlines open. No response on Vacuum

Monday, November 25, 2019, 15:51: RGA on.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 08:41: Vacuum stablet@ 5.2E-7T

 Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 15:04: Power on

Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 17:17: Auto-ramping  to 300A/150A on the TGHT/TBHT @ 6 A/min

Tuesday November 26, 2019 20:00: Thermocouple 3 gives signs to have a bad contact with the HS. "Luckily" it is the one attached to the HS itself. TH 1 and 2 show similar temperatures below 40degC at 500A. Ramping to 600A

 Tuesday November 26, 2019 20:46: 600A TH1 and 2 around 40degC slightly going down. Tomorrow it will be known the final steady-state temperature. The test shows tho that the temperature evolves similarly between the copper piece and the Peek assembly. Showing good contact.


FM

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 13:47: Th1=35, Th2=34.8, Th3=19.6 C.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 13:49: Closing Farady cage to proceed with HV tests.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 13:56: HV on. Optics set.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:01: RGA off to protect it from potential sparks.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:18: Bias/EE/EZL to 30/1.5/13 kV.\

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:25: Bias/EE/EZL to 40/2.0/17 kV.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:28: Audible spark on top @ 48kV

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:29: Bias/EE/EZL to 50/2.5/22 kV.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:35: Spark noticed on striptool, not audible.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:36: Audible spark on top. not as loud as previous one.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:39: Spark noticed on striptool, not audible.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:39: Moving to 55kV to condition for 10 minutes then coming down to 50kV

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:42: Audible spark at 59kV. TP6 and CB knocked out.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:46: Bias/EE/EZL to 55/2.8/24 kV.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:50: Audible spark. TP6 , CB, optics knocked out..

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 14:51: Audible spark. TP6 , CB, optics knocked out.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 15:01: Thermal incident (see elog 773)

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 15:03: All HV to 0 V

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 16:01: Resuming HV test. Max HV=50kV.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 16:10: Bias/EE/EZL to 30/1.5/13 kV.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 16:38: Bias/EE/EZL to 40/2.0/17 kV.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 16:50: Spark

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 17:01: Spark

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 17:09: Spark to EZL. Instabilitiesafter this, TBHT insulator glowing blue

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 18:11:  Bias/EE/EZL to 0 kV.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 18:11: Auto-cooling at 10 A/min (2.5A/15s).

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 19:13: IG1 off. Turbos off.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 20:35: Venting. Tighten the 4 bolts from the heatshields as they were not done before the tests. Removing thermocouples as they might be causing some sparks.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 20:42: Roughing


Thursday, November 28, 2019, 07:00: Turbo pumps on.

Thursday, November 28, 2019, 07:06: Ion gauge on.

 

Entry  Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 16:01, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, New Controller for TP6 

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 15:31: During HV tests, bias was around 55kV when a spark occur and almost immediately the controller for TP6 made a noticeable noise and smoke started to come out of it.

Control room notified about the smoke.

Both turbo and IG6 were not affected.

Eddie was contacted for assessment, and a new controller (from OATIS)  was installed and tested. Turbo turned on without any issue.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 16:00: Resuming HV tests

Entry  Monday, December 02, 2019, 16:01, Fernando Maldonado, , , , , , , In progress, Ferran irradiation copper end plate tests (aka MIST) 

Friday: Test to validate Ferran's assembly. The plan is to ramp up to operating current, apply high voltage, and possibly extract beam.

Turbos on. IG1. Power on.


Monday, December 02, 2019, 15:59: Auto-ramp to 230/600 A for TBHT/TGHT @ 2A/min and 4A/min  (0.5A/15 s 1 A/15s.)


Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 15:30: Sources on.

Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 15:41: Bias/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV

 Bias/EE/EZL to 40/2.0/17 kV.

Bias/EE/EZL to 50/2.5/22 kV.

Bias/EE/EZL to 50/2.6/22.5 kV.

Spark. Inaudible

Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 17:26: Bias/EZL/EE to 0kV.

Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 17:26: Auto-cooling  @ 2A/min


Wednesday, December 04, 2019, 09:37: Power/sources off

Entry  Friday, December 20, 2019, 07:59, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , , Holiday TS shut down 

Friday, December 20, 2019, 07:58: Turn off ion gauges. Shut off turbo pumps TP6, TP2, TP1A, & TP1B. Close backing valves.

Friday, December 20, 2019, 08:06: PV1 & PV2 off. RP1 & RP2 off.


Monday, January 06, 2020, 09:35: Restarting TS. RP1 & RP2 on. (BIAS PS upgraded / Note: https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/776 ). No HV as yet.

Monday, January 06, 2020, 09:37: Turbo pumps (TP6, TP2, TP1A, & TP1B) on.

Monday, January 06, 2020, 09:42: Ion gauges on (IG1 & IG6).


Monday, January 20, 2020, 08:17: Ion gauge. Turbos pumps off.

Monday, January 20, 2020, 10:26: Venting.

Entry  Friday, January 03, 2020, 11:56, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Upgrading BIAS Power Supply 

A new power supply was installed today by John Chow. Due to differences in pin configuration of the controls, a change to the cabling is required. Contacted controls (Julie) for support.

Entry  Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 13:45, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, RGA Communications error 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 13:42: The RGA was unable to connect. Typically connects on COM4, however it did not register. RGA Offline.

Brought in a separate RGA. Was able to connect & see the 2nd RGA ID on COM4. Removed 2nd RGA.

We likely need to replace / repair our communication chip again.


Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 13:21: The chip was replaced and the RGA reinstalled, however, the RGA is still no connecting on COM4.

Entry  Thursday, January 23, 2020, 16:05, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Vacuum tripped due to PLC/EPICS for for the new BIAS 

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 16:05: Restarting vacuum and TPs

    Reply  Friday, January 24, 2020, 16:01, Anders Mjos, , , , , , , Problems/Solutions, Upgrading BIAS Power Supply 

Anders Mjos wrote:

A new power supply was installed today by John Chow. Due to differences in pin configuration of the controls, a change to the cabling is required. Contacted controls (Julie) for support.

 Ray from controls has updated EPICS and changed the cabling today. The power supply is operational.

NOTE: Current limit will need to be set in EPICS. Default value should be 0.1 mA for now.

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