Tuesday, January 07, 2025, 16:00 -  Target assembly installed in test stand. electrical connections assessed:

Prior to installation:  oven and cathode isolated from heatshield. no shorts

After installation:  Oven and Cathode 35kΩ from HVC. 

Tuesday, January 07, 2025, 16:05  -  pumping down to rough vacuum

Tuesday, January 07, 2025, 16:45  TP1B on.      TP1A on.  Pumping down

Prior to proceeding, ensure that ALL water cooling is turned on, as it was all drained and empty for the past 2 weeks.

Tuesday, January 07, 2025, 17:10   Beam line TP1 and TP2 on. 

Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 09:01    chamber pressure at 1.0E-6 T,  beamline pressure at 3.7E-7 T

 Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 10:32 - water cooling all on. no effect on vacuum pressure. 

Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 10:33    - Increased argon pressure in the gas line has no effect on vacuum pressure. it is registered on the pressure gauge at feedthrough.- 

  - However, roughing pump doesn't seem to be venting the argon gas line. I disconnected the copper line to the venting valve to confirm pump activity. - no activity detectable. 

- removed pump from assembly. switching on by itself shows no evidence of pump functionality. When on, pump is heating to very hot temperatures. I've emailed Edi at vacuum group to investigate further.

Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 15:02   - Vacuum group says that the pump is dead. We can replace it if we'd like, but i've created a temporary solution by connecting the argon venting valve to the backing pumps. For the sake of being careful (although this may be overly cautious), we must avoid opening this venting valve without first isolating the connection from the turbo pumps via closing TSG:PV1

Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 15:04  ramping up COIL to ensure conditioning against outgassing later.  vacuum appears to be stabilizing below 2e-6 T

Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 16:32   vacuum recovered, beginning to heat at 1A/30s up to 580A/230A    TGHT/TBHT

Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 22:32   with COIL on, the vacuum pressure increased to ~2.2E-6 T before beginning to recover, leaving on to encourage vacuum recovery.

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 08:27 Vacuum at 1.0E-6 T.  COIL off.

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:15   Argon gas line at 0.5 bar.a

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:56   increasing BIAS/EE/EZL  to 30/1.5/13 kV 

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 11:19    turning on optics elements. TMS:Q2 is timed out and possibly unalive. - must be investigated

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 12:38  HV at 30kV. monitoring for spark activity 

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 12:53  over 15 minutes, there was just one possible spark.  I see also that TPS:Q2 (quadrupole prior to FC0) seems to be half-down. i can't seem to get it to stop timing out and recharge. must investigate further

after investigating further and attempting to reset/reconfigure. I tried power cycling the canbus controller as well. In the end, controls group determined that this controller needed to be replaced.

 Thursday, January 09, 2025, 14:34   all optics set.  setting COIL CATHODE to 40A 120V.   CATHODE is leaking 0 current. (0.000 mA readback).  

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 14:37   reading 2.91e-8A at FC0 . found Argon peak at 40 exactly. MB1 current 96.4561 A

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 14:42 using COIL CATHODE scan program to optimize. (data file measure_id=9106)  A local maximum was identified at 140V with 40A coil current. However, a short seems to show up when the cathode voltage reaches ~130V. it lets through only ~10mA at 130 and then will release up to at least 100mA at 140V.

As time passes, the sustained voltage drops over time, given a current limit of 100mA. it dropped to ~50V. On subsequent increases of the power supply, current begins leaking through at ~65V. 

Given this, I will continue (while monitoring the cathode power supply) with a cathode coil of 50V 90A.

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 15:28  FC0 = 2.21 e-8 A.    FC6 at 3.21e-10A   RPM taken for all 4.

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 16:04   mass scan complete  -  2025_01_09-16_01 FEBIAD no retainer 1.txt CATHODE voltage was stable at 50V throughout.

 Thursday, January 09, 2025, 16:07  decreasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 0, 0, 0

 Friday, January 10, 2025, 09:09    ramping BIAS/EE/EZL  to 30/1.5/13 kV 

Friday, January 10, 2025, 11:51 Increasing COIL and CATHODE to 90A and 50V (was able to ramp cathode up to 100V before seeing current loss)

Friday, January 10, 2025, 11:53   FC0 = 1.7e-8 A.    FC6 = 4.9e-10 A    wire scans taken.

Friday, January 10, 2025, 12:00     Beginning mass scan with COIL CATHODE at 90A 50V   - 2025_01_10-12_28 FEBIAD no retainer 2.txt

Friday, January 10, 2025, 12:28   decreasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 0, 0, 0

 Friday, January 10, 2025, 13:15   gas inflow OFF (at rough vacuum pressure). Ramping up again BIAS/EE/EZL  to 30/1.5/13 kV 

Friday, January 10, 2025, 14:27   FC0 = 1.22e-8A.   FC6 = 2.93e-12A  (at 40) .   mass scan taken  = 2025_01_10-14_18 FEBIAD no retainer 3 argon off.txt     wire scans taken.

Friday, January 10, 2025, 14:28   TGHT TBHT cooling to 0A 0A at 1A/30s
 

Monday, January 13, 2025, 11:00   testing cathode isolation on cold target by ramping up cathode voltage until breakdown.   At 120V, CATHODE current is 2.4mA. (125V, 8.5mA), at 130V, current limiting and dropping voltage.

 Monday, January 13, 2025, 11:10   power supplies off. Winding down turbo pumps for chamber evac

Monday, January 13, 2025, 13:07   venting 

Friday, December 20, 2024, 09:37    turned off all 4 turbopumps. winding down prior to evacuating.

Friday, December 20, 2024, 11:43 Purged and closed all water cooling lines.

Friday, December 20, 2024, 15:54   removed target and installed Uline.

 roughing down test stand 

Friday, December 20, 2024, 16:17    valves closed and roughing pump off. 

Friday, December 20, 2024, 16:17   shut down test stand computer for holiday break 

 Note, ground and HVC (high voltage common) are used interchangeably here.

Monday, December 16, 2024,   in the previous test, elog 1038, it was found that the cathode was unable to hold any voltage and was shorted to HVC. The cathode was shorted directly to ground, with the cathode supply current limiting upon being powered, unable to reach even 1V.

After testing, the ANODE power supply stopped functioning and was unable to provide and voltage or current.

When the target was removed, it was found that the TBHT terminal was just ~100Ω from HVC. When I shorted the TGHT to TBHT terminal, as they are when the target is installed, the resistance from TBHT to HVC dropped to just 1Ω. Prior to the anode power supply stopping, it was found that when it was powered on with no target present, it was able to hold voltage, but still drew significant current: up to 400mA when provided less that 20V. This should be completely open, losing no current at all.

Keiko and the controls team have been looped in to address the issue with the ANODE power supply as it may be a controls issue. They believe there are a few possibilities for its error that must be investigated prior to deferring to the power supplies group. This will continue to be investigated

    ********** UPDATE: ISSUE RESOLVED ********* There is simply a physically triggered interlock that requires the faraday cage door to be closed to operate the ANODE power supply

When investigating the resistive short from the TBHT, I first noted the resistances between each of the channels: TGHT(-) to TGHT(+) 30↨Ω; TBHT(-) to TBHT(+) 20Ω; TBHT(-) to TGHT(-) 100Ω; TBHT(+) to TGHT(+) 140Ω. I also reconfirmed and noted relevant connections at the feedthroughs: There are NO visible shorts to HVC from the TGHT or TBHT feedthroughs. From TGHT(-), there is one 50kΩ resistor with varistor, between TGHT(-) and TGHT(+) there is a100Ω with varistor. I then removed the back of the faraday cage to investigate possible paths to ground from the TGHT and/or TBHT. This showed that TGHT- was grounded through a varistor (checked, functioning correctly, OL at low voltage), TGHT- to + has varistor||100Ω, TBHT- to + has varistor||100Ω, and TBHT- to TGHT- has varistor||100Ω. These fit in accordance with the observed resistances between the terminals.  

I also disconnected the ANODE power supply from its output wire to further investigate without possible issues from the power supply. At this point, (after I had remade the varistor connections) I began to observe that the TGHT and TBHT terminals were all detached from ground by 50kΩ (expected amount, given that there is a 100k||100k resistor from TBHT- feedthrough to ground). When I reattached the anode power supply, that value dropped to 35kΩ, I assume due to internal resistance of the power supply. I placed everything back in position and (repeatedly) ensured that the 35kΩ separation persisted. It seems that this shorting issue has resolved itself. It may be that the was an accidental connection made from an unshielded wire inside the faraday cage.

Monday, December 16, 2024, 3:34   Target loaded in test stand. Confirmed correct connection to mass marker power supply through multipin. Bottom left pin (5 PS - ) connected to grounded side of the filament, top right pin (2, PS +) connected to top end of filament.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 09:30 Turbo pumps on

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 16:21  water cooling on. No effect on vacuum. Vacuum stable at 1.18e-6T

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 16:41   ramping TGHT TBHT at 1A/30s

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 10:00  slowly increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:40   BIAS EE EZL at 30 2.5 13 kV. 1 spark at 28kV, and there was a downward spike in the TGHT current when bias was at 28.5 kV  

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:41   FC0 reading 1.6E-10 A. quite low for total beam, but this is likely due to this target being hot so many times.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:51 wire scans taken (RPM0)

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:54 FC) extracted for mass scan - mass scan beginning now . Background record appears to be functioning well, although it is high. comparatively to old tests. It could be that those old tests were recording irregularly low background, given the temporary solution that was implemented.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 12:13   it seems that a spark took down many optics elements. Going to allow conditioning at 30kV for a while before restarting .     - optics elements down due to pressure sensor TMS:IG6 timing out. Vacuum group notified. Will likely bypass the interlock temporarily if it cannot be fixed fast. This should get a more permanent solution as it has failed a number of times before.

 Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 13:06    sparks are occurring on average approximately once every 10 minutes. they don't seem to be tripping of any supplies or optics (after IG6). but this spark frequency is significantly higher than observed on other targets lately.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 13:24   restarting Mass scan with IG6 interlock forced by.   scan name - 2024-12-18_13-47 SISP2N mmOFF.txt

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 13:51   put FC0 back in, preparing to heat up mass marker.  will plan to ramp to 3A to match previous MM tests.     also, no sparks in the past 40 minutes, it appears they have subsided.    additionally, IG6 has been fixed by vacuum group

 Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:15   mass marker power supply is not connecting. When attempting to write to its IP address it times out. Had to drop the HV in order to investigate. Have enlisted controls group to aid as it appears to be connected and should be functional.  

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:30   had to reset the computer connection to the network 192.168.5. by unplugging and plugging in the usb ethernet connection at computer. situation resolved.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:40   HV back up and now increasing the mass marker current from 0A to 3A, at 0A, FC0 current is 1.4e-10, very close to previously recorded FC0 mm0A value.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:56 with mm current at 3.0A, requiring 6V, FC0 current is 2.1e-10 A.   

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:58  withdrawing FC0 to take mass scan

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:25   mass scan complete:  filename 2024-12-18 15-23 SISP2N mmON.txt

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:27   further increasing mm current to 4.0A.  FC0 current increasing noticeably. waiting for plateau. FC0 at 6.6e-10A.   wire scans taken

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:39  new mass scan:  2024-12-18 15-53 SISP2N mmON 4A.txt

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:52  mm power supply turned off. 0A.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:53  rescan of high mass region. still a residual indium mass peak present. will scan again after cooling more.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 16:10   mass scan captured that shows the indium peak almost masked in background 

Given that the indium peak for 3A was significantly lower than with a regular SIS source cup, i recommend that this target is heated up with the regular source cup again to compare.

 Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 16:11 dropping HV EE EZL to 0V

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 16:13 cooling target to 0/0A at 1A/30s

  Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 14:38 Depressurized ATTS using argon, switched out samples, and repressurized ATTS. Heated new sample to 1000 degrees Celsius.

  Friday, December 06, 2024, 16:03 Heated and cooled a sample in the ATTS 3x

Tuesday, December 02, 2024, 15:35    - Target loaded into the test stand

Thursday, December 03, 2024, 14:33 - as per elog entry 1033, test stand has been changed to CATHODE mode, and wiring within the Faraday cage has been altered appropriately. Additionally, a GeMov resistor has been added to potentially reduce the sparking problems that have previously tripped the TGHT power supply

Thursday, December 04, 2024, 10:00    - Roughing pump having trouble reaching suitable vacuum - possible replacement required.

Thursday, December 05, 2024, 13:37  - Turbo pumps on

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 15:02   dropped bias/ee/ezl to 0

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 15:02    Must cool target to investigate Cathode short. Prior to installation, target isolation was confirmed. If the cathode dropped to contact the copper plate shielding the coil, this would be evidence to support keeping the retainer.

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 09:24   after cooling, cathode power supply was checked to see if shorted and it is indeed still shorted out.

 Thursday, December 12, 2024, 09:25   turning off turbo pumps to spin down 

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 11:30:     venting chamber  

 Friday December 13:   after venting the chamber and removing the target. The target appears to be unshorted and intact. However, upon inspection of the test stand, there appears to be a ~100Ω load between the cathode and ground. This load is able to sustain voltage from the cathode power supply, but draws a significant amount of current. It is too much for operation, and might be further aggravated by the presence of the target. Further, when the TGHT and TBHT terminals are shorted together, the resistance from cathode to ground drops to ~1Ω. Perhaps this could be associated with the installation of the TGHT power supply, as FEBIAD has not been run on this machine since it was installed.   Wiring at the feedthroughs as been quadruple checked, I don't believe that the problem lies there.

With no target in place, the cathode was able to hold a voltage, despite drawing 100+mA current. However, I was unable to repeat further tests, as the power supply stopped responding. Despite ramping up to ~10V in epics, the readback is 0V/0A, unlike before.

 Thursday, December 05, 2024, 14:05 Pressurized ATTS with argon, swapped out samples, and repressurized and heated chamber.

 Thursday, December 05, 2024, 11:04: RP1 was struggling to pump down. RP SN: MY20055A02 removed. Tip seal replacement likely req'd.

Swapped with a new roughing pump SN: MY2340SA06 (Voltage set to 115V. Shipping locks loosened prior to install)

Ballast filter installed.

Thursday, December 05, 2024, 11:05: Roughing.

Thursday, December 05, 2024, 11:10: Vacuum pressure dropping optimally. Down below 1T already

Thursday, December 05, 2024, 11:47: TP & other RP ok. Note TP1A is getting louder on startup. Will likely need a change out in Q1 - 2025.

Additional source tray inspection:

Monday, December 16, 2024, 15:30: OK

Images attached.

  Wednesday, December 04, 2024, 15:42 Depressurized the ATTS

  Tuesday, December 03, 2024, 15:48

Switched out pellets in ATTS, brought pressures down to ~10 uTorr, heated and cooled sample.

Tuesday, December 03, 2024, 14:55  ANODE/CATHODE power supply switched to cathode mode, NEGATIVE

 November 28, 2024 1:46PM

Checked in on sample in ATTS.

Opened the ATTS, placed what I will call “Cast Alumina Sample #1” into the ATTS and activated the roughing then turbo pumps. Currently sample is in slow heating progress to 1000 degrees Celsius, process is expected to take some time, so I'll revisit after lunch.

 Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 14:25: Roughing

Gas line is attached. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 14:18: Roughing.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 18:20: Closed backing valves. Vacuum @ 2.140 T? 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 06:23: Venting manually.  

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 06:50: Left line slightly un-seated. Swapped out waterline gaskets. Close. Roughing.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:22: TP1B on. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:33: Backing pressure below 0.100T. TP1A on. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:43: TP1A Tripped. Backing pressure @ 0.067T.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:47: TP1B off to bring backing pressure below 0.050T. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 07:56: Re-opened & Restarted TP1B

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 08:38: Re-closed. Will have to allow TP to spin down before opening the vent valve to give the interlock a reset. (We should remove that or have a bypass in the future)

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 08:46: Coordinated opening BV1A & BV1B simultaneously from 2 computers to bypass the interlock. Success. TP1B. On & green. TP1A started.  

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 08:52: TP1A at speed (Green) Teamwork makes the dream work!!! IG1 on.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 13:41: Vacuum @ 1.10e-06T. Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 13:43: Power / Sources on. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 13:46: Checks. TGHT / TBHT to 5/5A. BIAS / EE / EZL to 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. OK. Tap back down. Allow vacuum to drop further. Ready for operation. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 13:48: Open IV4. Timed out. Tighten sensor. Reset. Open IV4. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 05:25: Vacuum @ 4.23e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 09:01: Vacuum @ 6.01e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:46: Optics on. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:54: TGHT tripped completely off & was unable to restart while turning up the HV. Was at 580 A. BIAS / EE / EZL was tapped up to near 27.5 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:05: Verified nothing appears to have burnt up or similar. Unable to begin auto-cooling on TBHT as it requires both heater PS to operate. Will tap down TBHT manually. TGHT is set @ 0A.

Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:11: TBHT tapped down to 0A. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:14: Once at 0 A, the TGHT PS status turned from red to black??? Was able to reset & turn it back on. Brought it up to 5 A. That's different. 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:23: Sources PS off. Will re-ramp on Monday.

Monday, November 18, 2024, 07:24: Vacuum @ 2.43e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 4 A per min. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 09:17: Vacuum @ 2.69e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:02: Sources / Optics On.

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:08: BIAS / EE / EZL to 20 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:10: BIAS / EE / EZL to 27 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:20: TGHT Shut off again during a mass scan!

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:22: Restarted TGHT. This is problematic. TGHT @ 580A. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:25: Redo mass scan. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 13:59: Mass / wire scans complete. HV to 0 kV. 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 14:00: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 10:04: IV4 closed

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 10:06: Sources off.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 10:07: IG1 & TP off. 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 11:16: Power off / lockout. FS#5 purged. Venting. 

42972-5 Base / 42972-9 Lid

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 16:30: Roughing. 

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 17:04: TP1B on.

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 17:13: TP1A on.

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 17:21: IG1 on @ 2.41e-05T 

Wednesday, November 06, 2024, 10:35: Vacuum @ 5.75e-07T. Waterline FS#5 open. 

Wednesday, November 06, 2024, 16:24: TGHT/TBHT ramping to 580/230A at 2A/min

Thursday, November 07, 2024, 09:16:  Increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV slowly

Thursday, November 07, 2024, 11:26:  as expected, no beam out to FC0. slowly increasing to bias to 45kV alongside ezl to 28kV

Thursday, November 07, 2024, 11:27:   TGHT dropped out for 1s. Did not register a trip or anything. simply jumped down to 0A and immediately recovered.

Thursday, November 07, 2024, 14:40:   At 45kV, there were no sparks noticed. The target assembly was brought down to 0V and ramped down to 0A/0A at -2A/min  

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 09:15: PS Off. TP off - AS. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 11:26: VV1 opened - BB. 

 Thursday, October 31, 2024, 13:53: Roughing down empty chamber. U-Line installed.

Monday, November 04, 2024, 11:40: Vent beamline. 

Monday, November 04, 2024, 13:40: 1/2 operating filament spare provided & installed. Roughing beamline section.

Monday, November 04, 2024, 13:51: TMS:TP2 on. 

Monday, November 04, 2024, 13:57: TMS:TP6 on. TMS:IG6 on.

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 15:00: Venting Chamber

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 15:19: IG6 still displaying issues. Contacted Edi, 

Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 15:35: Controller replaced. Switch to Filament 2. IG6 on. Reading 3.73e-07T. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 09:16: IG6 is tripped again. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 09:17: Reset & switched back to Filament 2. There is no filament 1. Reading 3.91e-07T.

 42972-6 Base / 39956-1 Lid

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 18:20: Roughing. 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 18:52: TP1B on. 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 18:58: TP1A on.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 19:06: IG1 on.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 07:23: Vacuum @ 8.25e-07T. Waterline FS#5 open.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 07:25: Power on.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 07:32: PS for TGHT keeps timing out? Goes red. Won't start. 

Tapped up TBHT to 10 A. TGHT?

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 08:20: Manually cycled the PS. No longer trips.

Tapped up TGHT to 5 A. OK

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 08:26: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 14:32: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, October 31, 2024, 08:30: TP/ IG1 off. 

Thursday, October 31, 2024, 12:52: Venting. 

Wednesday, October 09, 2024, 11:28   Target loaded, remote power supply added for mass marker, negative channel on pin 5, positive channel on pin 7.

Wednesday, October 09, 2024, 11:50   roughing

 Wednesday, October 09, 2024, 12:51   Turbo pumps TP1A TP1B on

 Thursday, October 10, 2024, 09:27:   Water cooling turned on. no effect on vacuum (2.6e-6T)

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 09:45:   Increasing TGHT TBHT to 150/150A at 1A/30s

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 11:07    TGHT TBHT at 120/120A  .   increasing TGHT TBHT to 580/230 at 1A/10s 

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 12:29   during the current increase, when TBHT was at 230 and TGHT reached ~460, the TBHT current began decreasing. Upon inspection, the TBHT voltage is higher than normal and hitting its limit. It may be that there is another current path. that is, it may be shorted. 

as TGHT increases, TBHT voltage continues to increase.   TGHT voltage is similarly higher than usual, at 6V to deliver 500A.

on another note, the vacuum value has been increasing slowly throughout heating, possibly due to the presence of indium within the mass marker reservoir, or simply because this target has not been hot for some time. Leaving TGHT at 502A for the time being.

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 13:34    Increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV. 

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 14:27  beginning mass scan - reservoir at 0 A. (reservoir contains solid Indium)    - mass scan res In 0A

 Thursday, October 10, 2024, 15:19   increased current through reservoir with magnet sitting at mass 115 - noticeable increase in Indium presence in beam beginning at ~2.5A. Brought res current to 3.0A, waited for FC6 current to plateau.- at 5e-10A

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 15:27   mass scan run again

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 15:57   res current decreased to 0A

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 15:57  dropping voltages to 0V 

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 16:12  voltages at 0, decreasing TGHT TBHT at 1A/30s 

 Monday, October 07, 2024, 09:54: Roughing. U-Line installed on HS waterline.

Monday, October 07, 2024, 10:34: Vent Chamber. TP6 & TP2 off.

HS note:

Base# 45235-16

Lid# 39956-8

Thursday, October 03, 2024, 16:04: Roughing. IG6? Error?

Thursday, October 03, 2024, 16:24: BV1A open. 

Thursday, October 03, 2024, 16:32: TP1B on

Thursday, October 03, 2024, 16:43: TP1A on.

Thursday, October 03, 2024, 16:51: IG1 on. 

Thursday, October 03, 2024, 20:01: Water cooling on. No effect to vacuum. TGHT TBHT ramping at 1A/30s to 580A/230A

Friday, October 04, 2024, 09:13 : Slowly increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV.

Friday, October 04, 2024, 09:30:   problem with TMSIG6 (low pressure sensor in beam line).  Forced on for interlocks temporarily.  

Friday, October 04, 2024, 11:14   mass scanned - FC6 background working.  filename = 2024-10-04--11-11 HP-Ta-24D - scan 3.txt 

Friday, October 04, 2024, 11:14 repeating mass scan.   filename = 2024-10-04--11-40 HP-Ta-24D - scan 4.txt

Friday, October 04, 2024, 11:53 increasing to bias 50kV / ezl 33kV. 

Friday, October 04, 2024, 12:34:  BIAS/EZL at 50/33 kV.  Leaving for HV conditioning.

Friday, October 04, 2024, 12:43   one spark from HV BIAS to ground caused TGHT to trip. Current was restored within 10s. 

Friday, October 04, 2024, 15:31:  decreasing BIAS/EZL to 30/13kV.  Throughout time at high voltage, there were 3 sparks. Two were within 5 minutes of each other, and the last 2 hours proceeded without incident (no sparks)

Friday, October 04, 2024, 15:47  BIAS EZL at 30/13 kV.  running final mass scan. background FC6 appears not to be working again. but then restored.  scan file name = 2024-10-04--16-30 HP-Ta-24D - scan 5.txt

Friday, October 04, 2024, 16:22 decreasing biases to 0V

Friday, October 04, 2024, 16:23  ramping TGHT TBHT to 0/0A at -1A/30s

 Monday, October 07, 2024, 07:58: IV4 closed. IG1 off. TP off.

Monday, October 07, 2024, 08:43: PS off. Waterlines purged. Venting. 

 https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Target+Production/146

Has not run through EVAP2.

Friday, September 20, 2024, 14:04: Roughing.

Friday, September 20, 2024, 14:39: TP1B on

Friday, September 20, 2024, 14:45: TP1A on. 

Friday, September 20, 2024, 14:54: TP1A at speed. IG1 on. 

Monday, September 23, 2024, 16:38   Water cooling on. no effect on vacuum pressure. Pressure at 6.0e-7T

Monday, September 23, 2024, 17:00  Ramping TGHT and TBHT to 580/230A at 1A/30s 

Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 08:58 TGHT at 502A. Ramping program preventing further ramp up do to 'good vacuum' restriction at 1e-6T as outgassing is pushing up the chamber pressure. Increased good vacuum parameter to 5e-6T, resuming ramp up to 580A at 1A/30s.

 Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 11:12:   TGHT TBHT at 580/230A. Increasing BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/13/2.5 kV slowly.

Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 14:16:   mass scan at high voltage completed - 2024-09-24--14-11 LP-Ta-24C - scan 1

Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 14:17     background signal recording problem persists, despite channel change conducted with controls team and Keiko - will continue to investigate switching to current integrators

Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 14:17  ramping up HV BIAS to 50kV for conditioning, alongside increased EZL voltage

Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 17:00  BIAS was stable at 50kV for 30min. no noticeable sparking.   

also noted that the mass scan data was saved incorrectly. however, there are multiple screen captures of the mass scan which clearly detail which peaks are present.

HV elements decreased to zero and target was left hot overnight for outgassing and so beam content can be re-evaluated

Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 10:24    increasing BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/13/2.5 kV slowly.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 13:25    two mass scans conducted:  2024-09-25--12-39 LP-Ta-24C - scan 2,   2024-09-25--13-22 LP-Ta-24C - scan 3

Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 13:26   ramping down high voltages. 

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 16:21:   Target installed in test stand by Brady

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 16:21: roughed down and turbo pumps now on.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 20:27   Pressure at 4.9e-6, increasing TGHT TBHT to 580A/230A at 1A/30s

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 10:00 The TGHT TBHT parameters were mistakenly reversed during heating. TBHT was dropped to 230A and TGHT increased to 580A at 1A/30s.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 13:50 TGHT TBHT at 580 230.  Increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 14:36 At high voltage, on FC0 there is an output beam current of 1.85e-7 A.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 14:49 Mass scan recorded.   2024-09-11 HPTiC-24D - scan 1.txt ... FC6 problem with recording background level data persists

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 15:53  increasing BIAS and EZL to condition high voltage 

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 16:32 at 37kV (EZL 22kV), TGHT timed out and cut the current to the target. I elected to leave it cold rather than suddenly reheating it, and am cooling down TBHT at -1A/30s, while continuing to increase BIAS for conditioning.

there have been no sparks at all and I'm unsure of what precipitated this event. None of the 'trip indicators' on the TGHT panel lit up during this event. I will bring this up with Keiko/Roberto tomorrow Sept 12.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 17:06  one spark occurred at 49kV

 Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 17:15  now at 50kV, EZL at 33kV.  Over 30 minutes there was just one spark at the HV bias.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 17:50  decreasing high voltage elements to 0 0 0. 

Friday, September 06, 2024:  New TSH:TGHT power supply has been installed and is now functional. Magna-Power TSD-900/208. The TSH:TBHT power supply has also been cleaned, and the COIL power supply replaced with a duplicate that should function identically.

Monday, August 12, 2024, 17:00   EOD. target installed, roughed, turbos on. No effect on vacuum from turning on water cooling lines. TGHT TBHT slowly brought to 230A/230A overnight. 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 09:28.  Vacuum at 9.9e-7T.  TGHT TBHT at 210/210. accelerating heating to 230/230. bringing up HV EZL EE to 30 / 2.5 / 13   kV

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 09:51.  with EZL 13kV, EE 2.5kV. When increasing BIAS from 17.0 to 17.5kV.  Signal becomes detectable on FC0, at 7.75e-10A

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:13  at BIAS 30kV. FC0 and wire scanners appear to be working correctly. FC0 reading 2.66e-8A 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:13  turning on all beam optics for FC6 mass scan.

 Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:31   mass scan procedure is doing a very poor job of recording the background noise. filename  2024-08-13_10-44 Ksalt mm 230-230

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:46   increasing tght to 330

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:59    FC0 at 2.1e-8A

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:12  running mass scan at TGHT TBHT = 330/230 A.   filename 2024-08-13_11-21 Ksalt mm 330-230

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:23 increasing TGHT to 430

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:29  three sparks within 2 min at TGHT 378A.  (no sparks at all previous to this). TGHT ramp aborted. 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:36  resuming TGHT increase after 6 minutes of no sparks.  

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:51  FC0 reading 1.6e-8.  FC0 signal fluctuating throughout test. rises during ramp and drops during static TGHT TBHT level.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:53  running mass scan at TGHT TBHT 430/230 A .  filename 2024-08-13_12-16 Ksalt mm 430-230 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 12:17  increasing TGHT to 530A.  

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 12:31  FC0 at 3.03e-8 A

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 12:31  beginning mass scan   -  filename   2024-08-13_13-02 Ksalt mm 530-230

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:02 increasing TGHT to 580A 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:13   FC0 at 3.58e-8A.  beginning mass scan - filename  2024-08-13_13-35 Ksalt mm 580-230

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:37    increasing bias to test sparking

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:58   at 37kV, a number of optics elements prior to FC0 went down. no voltage or current spikes

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:59  at 42.4kV, a couple sparks, seem to involve TGHT and BIAS. these dropped a few optics elements. when I brought them back up, they went down again, at a time with no voltage or current spikes.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 14:30 at 43.6kV, the sparking frequency became regular, with HV bias sparks occurring approximately every 5 minutes

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 17:00 considerable time was spent until end of day manipulating the bias and the TGHT current level in an effort to discover the location of the regular sparking

increases in HV were found to increase the frequency of sparking, and eventually the HV increase was found to hit a threshold where the current would increase noticeably, with a stable voltage. this was accompanied by a buzzing coming from the feedthroughs on top of the cage. seemed to be coming from the TGHT(+) feedthrough. At no time did there appear to be sparking within the chamber of the test stand. In one instance, with HV just below the threshold of buzzing, increasing TGHT seemed to induce the buzzing state.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 11:16  ramping up bias to HV. intending to push HV today to find the source of these sparks and buzzing. initially, will be observing this with TGHT TBHT at 180/180 A

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 11:47 at BIAS = 32.6kV (with EE 2.5 kV and EZL 13 kV), HV appears to be stable. Yesterday, we observed a fluctuating BIAS current which seemed to culminate in regular sparking activity (although this was at voltages of >40kV)

 Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 12:26 at bias = 38.8kV, there was a significant accompanying increase in BIAS current, but no evidence of sparking or buzzing

 Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 12:46  at BIAS = 49.2kV, the buzzing begins.  On the strip tool this is also seen as a large jump in current, with stable voltage

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 12:49  dropping the bias by ~1kV stopped the buzzing. ramping up quickly again caused a spark and more buzzing.  increasing the voltage to attempt to locate the source.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 13:18   at bias of 49.2kV, buzzing began. dropping the bias stopped it. to attempt to locate the source, we increased the bias significantly. At 53kV, the bias power supply began to current limit. when this was increased, a spark caused the putty connection at the test stand to disconnect and two turbo pumps to trip off. once restored, another increase of the bias eventually caused a large spark when trying to locate the buzzing sound. Again, it seems to be at the feedthroughs of TGHT TBHT. My guess is TGHT+, but there is nothing visual to confirm it is coming from there. This buzzing state is also accompanied by a drop in EZL current to 0 and a large increase in EZL voltage readback.

 Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 15:05 dropped the HV and removed the cage to investigate any issues. we propose that this likely involves jumping to the einzel lens and are curious if raising the EZL voltage significantly would prevent this state from recurring. cage back on, raising HV

Resuming testing after TGHT TBHT power supply updates:

Friday, September 06, 2024, 12:09:   Ramped up TGHT and TBHT to ~170A at 1A/30s.  Increasing ramp rate to 1.7A/10s up to 580A/230A

 Friday, September 06, 2024, 14:11  slowly increasing BIAS, EE and EZL to 30kV, 2.5kV, 13kV

Friday, September 06, 2024, 15:53  appears that FC0 and wire scanners are working normally. However, there is a threshold reading problem with FC6. seems that a negative readout is present on FC6 if there is no substantial signal, and then nothing is recorded to the mass scans.

Friday, September 06, 2024, 15:54  increasing voltage to test high voltage sparking (BIAS AND EZL)

Friday, September 06, 2024, 16:23  after resetting the FC6 polarity and the FC6 bias, the background signal began showing up.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 12:19  Test stand vented, target removed.

Friday, August 09, 2024, 21:07 Insulators, retainer and Re foil have been replaced, source cup machined so the ion source does not short against it. Venting TS now.

Friday, August 09, 2024, 22:17 Roughing.

Friday, August 09, 2024, 22:35: TP1B on. - AS

Friday, August 09, 2024, 22:42: TP1A on. - AS.

Friday, August 09, 2024, 22:50: Both TP at speed. 2.65e-05T Vacuum. FS#5 open.

Friday, August 09, 2024, 22:52: PS on. - AS.

AS:

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 07:02: TGHT / TBHT @ 26 / 5 A. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. TGHT tapped back down to 5 A. 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 07:05: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 07:27: Halt ramping @ 45 / 45 A. Set auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 230 @ 2 A per min. Optics are set.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 09:59: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 321 / 230 & still ramping. One spark on tap up.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 10:02: Small peaks on RPM0A & RPM0B. No signal on FC0. One spark*.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 10:07: Spark* 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 10:11: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 344 / 230 & still ramping.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 11:35: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 11:38: 1 spark* 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 11:40: TGHT / TBHT @ 500 / 230 A. FC0 & wire scans produced signals / peaks. 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 11:45: Starting mass scan. 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 12:17: Mass scan taken. Wire scans on Mass 27 taken. Signals noted on mass 40 & 138 approx. Also of note. One large spark. Steerers reset. Signal on TGHT current.

https://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/2024_07_26_Ta_67_thinfoil_1st_massscan.txt

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 12:21: Begin HV Check.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 12:24: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 12:28: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 12:44: Began sparking after 40. Brought back down 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 12:56: HV @ 0 kV. 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 13:05: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 13:07: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 13:10: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV.

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 13:24: Spark* reset optics. 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 13:44: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV  

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 14:03: HV to 0 kV. 

Saturday, August 10, 2024, 14:12: Begin Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min. 

Monday, August 12, 2024, 05:43: Sources Off. IV4 Closed.

Monday, August 12, 2024, 05:45: IG1 & Chamber TP off. 

Monday, August 12, 2024, 07:46: TS Computer rebooted. IV4 reset. PS off. Venting.

Due to HV sparking & possible water leaks on the previous TiC & Ta targets, checks are to be performed.

Chamber is empty. U-Line installed. All waterlines purged. FS#2, 3, 4, & 5 are closed.

Vacuum Group LD #2 - Connected to TP1B backing line

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 15:50: Vacuum @ 3.38e-06T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 15:52: No He connected. 7.0 E-09 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:20: No He connected. 1.1 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:23: Open to chamber. 1.6 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.97e-06T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:26: 20 PSI. 1.6 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.97e-06T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:32: FS#5 Charged with 20 PSI He. 1.6 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.75e-06T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:34: Close FS#5

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:35: FS#4 Charged with 20 PSI He. Increase to 2.5 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.75e-06T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:42: While purging FS#4 with HPA, an increase of 8.3 E-08 atm-cc was observed. Vacuum @ 2.75e-06T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:50: Re-connected He. FS#3 Charged with 20 PSI He. Increase to from 3.6 to 9.0 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.59e-06T.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:52: 5.1 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.57e-06T. Line still @ 20 PSI.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:53: Release pressure on FS#3. 5.1 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.57e-06T. Line still @ 20 PSI.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 16:55: FS#2 Charged with 20 PSI He. Steady @ 5.1 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.59e-06T.

Observed increases on FS#3 & FS4.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 17:02: All lines purged with HPA. Allow vacuum to continue down.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 17:03: Close off LD to TP1B valve. Dropped to 1.7 E-08 atm-cc. LD TP pressure 1.0e-03T. Vacuum @ 2.48e-06T. Safe to vent LD.

Tuesday, August 06, 2024, 17:06: LD vented & disconnected.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 09:15: Vacuum @ 6.43e-07T. Gradually refill the waterlines. 

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 09:20: FS#5 open. Vacuum remains steady.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 09:28: FS#2 open. Vacuum @ 6.38e-07T.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 09:30: FS#4 open. Vacuum @ 6.38e-07T. Wait 5 min.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 09:35: Vacuum steady @ 6.36e-07T. Occasional dip to 6.27e-07T.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 09:36: FS#3 open. Vacuum steady. Wait 5 min.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 09:41: No change to vacuum.

While the helium did get through on yesterdays tests as a minor molecular leak, the water does not appear to have an affect. Moving to an empty HV test.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 09:53: Vacuum 6.20e-07T.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 10:43: Vacuum 6.20e-07T. IG1 & TP off.   -   venting test stand for target installation

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, end of day.  mass marker target installed in test stand with side foil removed so the target is visible through the view port. vacuum roughed, then turbo pumps turned on at end of day for overnight pumping

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 09:19 - vacuum at 6.27e-7T. water cooling was switched on. no effect on vacuum. TGHT and TBHT began ramping at 1A/30s. will test high voltage at low heat and at high heat.

 Thursday, August 08, 2024, 10:04   HV at 35kV. No sparks.  TGHT TBHT at <80A throughout HV ramp and plateau

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 10:14    BIAS down.  TGHT TBHT at 100A. increasing ramp rate to 1.7A/10s. heating up to 480/230

 Thursday, August 08, 2024, 13:59  BIAS has slowly been brought to 28kV . no sparks at all, despite being over 24kV for ~50min. 

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 14:00 increasing TGHT to 580A to attempt to induce sparks. 

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 14:42   at TGHT TBHT 580 230, HV bias at 28kV (with EZL and EE at 0 and 0), no sparks at all over the ramp and over 10 minutes at this condition. 

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 14:43 ramping HV to 30kV

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 15:01  - -  no sparks at 30kV.   bringing up EZL to 13kV  (EE=0)

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 15:11   -  no sparks with EZL at 13kV.  bringing up EE to -2500V

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 15:13  - no sparks with EE at -2500kV

 Thursday, August 08, 2024, 15:22   turned on beam optics to observe beam out, but no beam currently detected on FC0, nor on the wire scanners, nor on FC6. This target commonly has a normal beam output of primarily Na and K

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 15:50  have not been able to deduce reason for lack of beam. increasing BIAS to 50kV.

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 15:51  during ramp up, at 38kV, many optics elements tripped and switched off. however, no spark was registered at the strip tool. not sure of the cause for this.

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 15:54  at 38.8kV, a small spark, only registered on BIAS:RDCUR  (no voltage drop), tripped off beam elements prior to FC0 again.

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 16:00 BIAS at 40kV. no sparks apart from those mentioned immediately above. still have not registered any beam on FC0.

 Thursday, August 08, 2024, 16:02 Vacuum pressure has raised from 6.5e-7 to 1.3e-6 T.

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 16:03  just now, there was a spike drop in pressure and optics elements have shut down again. nothing registered on BIAS, EZL, or EE.

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 16:11   a spark occurred at 43.3 kV

 Thursday, August 08, 2024, 16:23  this spark was audible at the test stand --- ie, not inside

 Thursday, August 08, 2024, 16:51  Saw no indication overall of the same HV sparking issues that we saw with the previous two targets. However, we were unable to generate beam  register any beam output on FC0, FC6, or wire scanners.  And we don't mean 'low signal'. Actually nothing at all.

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 16:54   Ramping down TGHT TBHT now

Friday, August 09, 2024, 08:05   turbo pumps off and spinning down in preparation to vent. will remove the inner foil from the target to observe if a change in shine from the target induces sparking as before. 

Friday, August 09, 2024, 08:58   turbo pumps no longer spinning. venting now.

Friday, August 09, 2024, 10:26    foil stripped off the target. there was a hole in the source for gas (febiad/mass marker). This hole is now plugged. reinstalled, roughing.

Friday, August 09, 2024, 11:59   vacuum at 1.2e-5T.  turning on water cooling lines.  no effect on vacuum.

Friday, August 09, 2024, 12:50 heating TGHT TBHT at 1A/30s

Friday, August 09, 2024, 13:47 increasing heating rate to 1.7A/10s, up to 580/230A

Friday, August 09, 2024, 14:42  TGHT TBHT at 550 230,  increasing BIAS to 30kV 

Friday, August 09, 2024, 15:03   BIAS at 30kV.  no sparks other than a single small one at 25kV. No beam detected at FC0, FC6, or wire scanners.

 Friday, August 09, 2024, 15:18 increased BIAS again. there was one spark at 35kV, then it was stable for 8 minutes with no sparks. still no signal on FC0.  This lack of signal is highly irregular, and should not be the case despite being an empty target. Will have to compare to the next target in the test stand. To attempt to correct, we have:

- manually adjusted gain

- reset bias

- flipped polarity back and forth

- confirmed FC in position

- confirmed no flagged power supply issue

- confirmed clear beam line to FC0

- confirmed upsteam optics are tuned appropriately

Friday, August 09, 2024, 15:23  cooling target and ramping down HV

 Friday, August 09, 2024, 16:06 TGHT TBHT at 0. turbo pumps off and spinning down.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 18:47: Roughing.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 19:24: TP1B on.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 19:30: TP1B at speed. Backing pressure CG1A @ 0.212T.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 19:33: TP1A Started. CG1A @ 0.164T.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 19:41: TP1A at speed. Whining a bit, but it's alive.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 19:42: IG1 on.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:00: Vacuum @ 3.14e-0T. Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok. CG1A @ 0.028T.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:04: IV4 open.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:09: Cage closed up. PS / Sources on. Note* TGHT/TBHT breakers were on. Anode was off. All "On" now.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:13: Manual tap up checks. TGHT / TBHT @ 5 / 5 A. Anode @ 100 V / 15.873 mA. Coil PS acting up. Set to 7 A, displays 9.87A & fluctuates.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:19: Anode to 0 V. Coil reduced to 0 A, however still reads back 4.15 A on epics. PS @ 0A.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:24: Cage open. HV sources off. Coil back to 7A. Epics shows 9.82-10.11A (Blue). Fluctuates, PS direct reading @ 7A - Steady.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:39: Cage closed up. HV sources back on.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:40: BIAS / EE / EZL set to 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode to 100 V / 15.873 mA. Coil remains @ 7A. Epics 10.35A (Blue) Fluctuates still. PS direct reading @ 7A.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:49: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:54: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:56: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 08:57: 1 Spark. External - Audible.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:01: Anode @ 200 V / 17.094 mA. Vacuum @ 2.75e-06T.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:04: Anode @ 300 V / 18.315 mA.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:05: Anode @ 400 V / 19.536 mA.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:05: Anode @ 500 V / 20.757 mA. Interesting, the coil epics read back (Blue) moved to 6.98 (7) A.The coil read back stability appears to have occurred in conjunction with the 8:57am spark*.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:17: 20 min stable. Can assume the spark was the coil instability discharging. Coil remain stable reading @ 7A. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV (20 min). Anode @ 500 V / 19.536 mA. (10 min+).

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:29: BIAS / EE / EZL to 0 kV. Anode to 0.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:36: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 @ per min.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:37: Tap up coil to 10 A. Stable. Read back on all ends match up.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 09:39: Coil @ 20 A. Stable. Hold. Vacuum @ 2.66e-06T.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 10:05: Coil @ 30 A. Vacuum @ 2.66e-06T.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 10:13: Coil @ 40 A. Vacuum @ 2.68e-06T.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 10:18: Coil @ 50 A. Vacuum @ 2.66e-06T.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 10:24: Coil @ 60 A. Vacuum @ 2.66e-06T.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 10:27: Coil @ 70 A. Vacuum @ 2.77e-06T.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 10:32: Coil @ 80 A. Vacuum @ 3.03e-06T. Note* Coil was cleaned prior to installation & acrylic within dissolved. Successful run on coil.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 10:43: Coil to 0 A. However in the last 20 A, the read back & epics did not match again. Slowly discharging on epics, although the PS read back was accurate.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 13:29 FBP:  Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min . IG1:3.56e-6.

Thursday, August 01, 2024, 16:00: AS - Aborted target ramping. TGHT / TBHT @ 448 / 248 A. Vacuum limited at 5.0e-06T. Allow to out gas. Continue tomorrow am.

Friday, August 02, 2024, 06:01: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min. Vacuum: 1.60e-06T.

Friday, August 02, 2024, 08:28 turning on HV

Friday, August 02, 2024, 08:35 BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. No issues.

Friday, August 02, 2024, 08:40 Same kind of sparks as the previous thin foil Ta observed

Friday, August 02, 2024, 08:49 Bias lowered to 20kV

Friday, August 02, 2024, 10:39 HV issues could not be identified, we recorded some sparks from within the target near the multipin and TBHT. Outgassing coil and running mass scan. Source tray to be thoroughly checked after retrieving the target. 

Friday, August 02, 2024, 15:04  gradually increased COIL current to 100A over time while monitoring vacuum to ensure no heater trips. Vacuum now at 2.4e-6 T

Friday, August 02, 2024, 15:05 increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV 

Friday, August 02, 2024, 15:26   now at  BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV  --- first spark at 30kV. 

Friday, August 02, 2024, 15:37   sparking occurring at 4-5min intervals. set anode to 120V, coil to 40A. finding Ar peak via scan.   Argon operated at 0.5 bar.

Friday, August 02, 2024, 15:57   Ar peak located at 95.5332A. on magnet. tested gas on / off to confirm - current at FC6 = 1.37 nA

Friday, August 02, 2024, 16:02  ran febiad coil/anode scan. 

Friday, August 02, 2024, 16:33  data at test number = 7462 can be further visualized using the shared jupyter notebook code.  data taken at anode voltage 260V was disrupted due to a spark derailing a number of optics elements in the beamline. they were soon corrected, but this data was missed.

 Friday, August 02, 2024, 16:34   -   mass scan with  180V 70A      (Argon ON) ---- doesn't seem to be recording background noise well. ie the common background recording artifact is present. records constant numbers instead of numbers in range (1e-13,5e-12). often appears in mass scan image at slants 

Friday, August 02, 2024, 17:07    -   mass scan rerun after switching off argon and pumping down the lines. however, only run from mass 49 down, as the signal above was completely blank

Friday, August 02, 2024, 17:25  ramping down bias ee and ezl

 Friday, August 02, 2024, 17:45  decreasing TGHT and TBHT to 0a at 1A/30s

 22:55 Cooldown completed to remove the voltage wires from inside the vacuum box. 

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 14:25  - competing electrical checks prior to test stand installation

 Thursday, July 25, 2024, 17:07 - after target installation test stand roughed down, turbo pumps then turned on. vacuuming overnight

 Friday, July 26, 2024, 09:01  -  water cooling turned on, while monitoring vacuum level (~1.5e-6T).  No affect on vacuum.

Friday, July 26, 2024, 09:32  -  began increasing TGHT TBHT.   increased to 230A/230A at 1A/30s

Friday, July 26, 2024, 10:22 - closed cage and increased BIAS to 30kV to ensure a lack of sparks - additional risk of sparking due to the multipin wires connected to TGHT and TBHT at the target terminals.

Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:04   -  decreased BIAS to 0V.  Then opening cage to allow access to reading voltage across TG and TB at target

Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:29  -  reached 230/230 A.  TG TB measurements taken at this point.

Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:05  -  increasing TGHT at 1A/30s to 250A

Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:13  -  TGHT at 250A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:29  -  increasing TGHT to 300A at 1A/30s

Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:55 - TGHT at 300A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 13:08 - TGHT increasing at 1A/30s to 350A

Friday, July 26, 2024, 13:36  TGHT at 350 A for measurement 

Friday, July 26, 2024, 13:43 TGHT increasing at 1A/30s to 400A 

Friday, July 26, 2024, 14:10   TGHT at 400A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 14:17 TGHT increasing at 1A/30s

Friday, July 26, 2024, 14:43   TGHT at 450A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 14:53  TGHT increasing at 1A/30s

Friday, July 26, 2024, 15:20   TGHT at 500A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 15:28  TGHT increasing at 1A/30s  

Friday, July 26, 2024, 19:14 FBP: we couldn't get a great mass scan with the provided tune from Dave, we might be doing something wrong. Mass scan saved and plotted here. 

Friday, July 26, 2024, 19:16 FBP: Target will be cooled down today before the weekend. 

Monday, July 29, 2024, 09:50 TGHT/TBHT ramping up to 580/230 A 1A/30s 

Monday, July 29, 2024, 15:30:  ramping up, relatively frequent sparking beginning at 24kV. Ramped down.  (also noticed that internal test wires were shaking due to high voltage bias)

Monday, July 29, 2024, 15:49 HV at 20kV waiting for stabilization

Monday, July 29, 2024, 15:58  after a five minute period of stability, beginning to increase bias in 100V increments. 

Monday, July 29, 2024, 17:35   sparking is too frequent (decided at 24kV) to warrant attempting to condition HV up to 30kV. must determine the cause of this sparking. thus cooling target overnight.  will remove internal wires and reheat.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 08:32 after cooling, test stand was vented, wires removed, and subsequently pumped down. 

now beginning TGHT TBHT ramp to 580 230 at 1A/30s

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 10:02  during TGHT TBHT ramp, HV was slowly increased to 35kV to assess high voltage stability. Throughout, and at 35kV, there were no sparks seen at all.

 Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 13:50   target at 580 230. increasing bias. 

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 14:45   at ~24kV, the bias is sparking approximately every 4 minutes. 

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 17:28  When sparks slowed, bias was increased, but ultimately the sparking behaviour persisted. The bias was then dropped down to 0 and TGHT TBHT cooled at -1A/30s to 0A for target removal tomorrow.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 14:07   Changed beamline window to DUV window (window at magnet for target source viewing)

Wednesday, July 22, 2024, 11:41  - target installed

Wednesday, July 22, 2024, 13:31 - pumping down

Wednesday, July 22, 2024, 14:21 - turbo pumps on

Wednesday, July 22, 2024, 16:35 - water cooling on - no pressure increase

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 09:42  - TGHT/TBHT ramping up to 580/230A at 1A/15s. 

 Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 09:55  increasing ramp rate to 1.4A/10s

 Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 11:17  increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 11:44    sparks more frequent than expected.   FC0 current at 1.17e-8A

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 11:48    decreasing bias to 29.5k until spark frequency reduces

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 13:23   once back up to 30kV, mass scan was run

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 13:23 bias ee ezl were dropped to zero. reservoir heater was switched to 5A. the vacuum jumped up and shut down TGHT TBHT. heater turned off. TGHT TBHT restarted and reheated.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 13:24 reservoir heater turned to 2A while monitoring the vacuum. then to 3A as it appeared to be stable. at 4A the vacuum began slowly increasing.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 13:30   4A vacuum plateaus and recovering

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 14:30 once reservoir heater is at 5A with a stable vacuum, increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 14:50 running mass scan

Tuesday, July 23, 2024,  15:20 dropping BIAS / EE /  EZL to zero

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 15:40   turning off reservoir heater

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 15:51  increasing BIAS EE EZL to 30 -1.5 13 kV.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 16:05  running mass scan

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 17:00   cooling target. TGHT TBHT to 0 at -1A/30s

Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 09:24 purged water lines and turned off TP1A and TP1B, TP6 and TP2 --- waiting for TP to slow down.  (will be venting beam line to change window)

Wednesday, June19, 2024, Spare TiC HP-SIS target installed. TiC#24C

Wednesday, June19, 2024, 15:00: Roughing

Wednesday, June19, 2024, 17:25:  TP1B started.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:30:  TP1B Green. OK.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:30 : TP1A on.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:40: Time out on TP1A

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:43: Turn on BV1A & TP1A

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:43 : TP1A Green. OK.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 15:44: IG1 turned on @ 3.92e-05 T

_________   dave neilson

 Thursday, June 20, 2024, 10:23: Water cooling valves opened. no effect on vacuum.    

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 11:19: Power on. Increasing TGHT TBHT to 440A 290A at 1A/30s

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 15:59  increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 16:21   slowly increasing BIAS to test for high voltage sparking  --- sparked at 33.6kV, sparked at 34kV. 34.6kV, 37.8kV sparking infrequent (period >5min)

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 17:18  decreasing high voltages  to 0

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 17:36  decreased TGHT to 300A overnight.

Friday, June 21, 2024, 09:16 Increasing TGHT to 580A (1A/30s) for testing

 Friday, June 21, 2024, 12:28  increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

 Friday, June 21, 2024, 16:31  decreasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 0

Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 10:05 : TP1A TP1B off. preparing to vent chamber for target replacement.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 12:22: Venting - AS

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 14:57: Roughing.

Anode short repaired (Should be :) )

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 15:56: Roughing.

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 16:10: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok & roughing down.

Bypassed IG1. TGHT / TBHT @ 5 A. Ok.

Anode to 100 V. Ok.

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 16:12: TGHT / TBHT / Anode to 0. Bypass removed.

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 16:26: TP1B on.

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 16:33: TP1A on.

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 16:41: IG1 on.

Friday, May 31, 2024, 08:50: Anode to 400 V. OK. Tapped back down. Vacuum @ 5.07e-07T 

Friday, May 31, 2024, 09:12   increasing TGHT TBHT to 440 230A at 1A/30s- dn

 Friday, May 31, 2024, 10:20  at ~130A, increased heating rate to 1.4A/10s - dn

 Friday, May 31, 2024, 11:22  anode increased to 200V, TGHT TBHT at 440 230A.  increasing TBHT to 290A

Friday, May 31, 2024, 11:38  ANODE shorted to hvc at TBHT=286A

Friday, May 31, 2024, 11:39  decreased TBHT to 285A. waiting to reestablish ANODE voltage.

Friday, May 31, 2024, 11:48 decreased TBHT to 280A, waiting to reestablish ANODE voltage. 

 Friday, May 31, 2024, 12:59 decreased TBHT to 275A, waiting to reestablish ANODE voltage.  

Friday, May 31, 2024, 12:09 decreased TBHT to 270A, waiting to reestablish ANODE voltage.  ---> recovered after 2 min at 270

Friday, May 31, 2024, 14:09 decreased TGHT TBHT to 0 for target removal monday.

Monday, June 03, 2024, 09:04 TP1A TP1B off. Waiting 30min for turbo pumps to slow, prior to venting to atmosphere.

 Monday, June 03, 2024, 10:07 venting. VV1 open. - target subsequently removed for testing possible shorting fix

Friday, June 14, 2024, 16:37:  Ceramic spacer placed between the anode and plasma electrode.

Target returned to test stand. Rough vacuum on.

Monday, June 17, 2024, 09:34:  TP1A on, TP1B on.

 Monday, June 17, 2024, 16:54  increasing tght tbht to 440 230 A at 1A/30s

 Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 14:14 Increasing ANODE to 100V .    Voltage holding.  Increasing TBHT to 290A, watching anode voltage for possible temperature induced short.

 Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 14:54   ANODE shorted at TBHT = 290A.   cooling TBHT to reestablish ANODE OL.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 15:04 ANODE OL reestablished at TBHT = 283A

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 15:05  Increasing TBHT again. 1A/2min

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 15:32 ANODE shorted again when TBHT reached 290A

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 15:32   cooling tght tbht. ANODE OL reestablished at TBHT 275A

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 15:42 reheating to 440A 290A with ANODE at zero, to see if there is a difference compared to heating with ANODE ON/OFF

 Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 15:55  confirmed shorted when hot. cooling to zero. 1A/30s

Friday, May 17, 2024, Spare FEBIAD Development target installed

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:00: Roughing

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:38:  TP1B started.

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:43 TP1B Green. OK.

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:46 : TP1A on.

Friday, May 17, 2024, 17:54 : TP1A Green. OK.

 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 09:47 :   TP1A and TP1B switched off. Source tray calibrated leak to be removed.

 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 10:13 :   VV1 open for venting to atmospheric pressure.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 11:26 :  Source tray calibrated leak removed, target calibrated leak connected to gas line. Chamber closed, roughing valves open. Roughing down.

 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 12:02  TP1B on

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 12:04: TP1A on. 

 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 15:12  gradually raising BIAS/EL/EE voltages to 50kV/25kV/2kV.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 15:58  increasing BIAS to 50+kV, watching for sparks.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 16:38: voltage stable at 55kV. after 10 minutes, of high voltage with no sparks, dropping the voltages to 0V.

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 11:36:  increasing voltage BIAS/EL/EE to 30kV/15kV/1.5kV.

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 11:56 gradually increasing COIL to 80A, letting vacuum recover as necessary. 

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 13:31:  COIL to 90A, recovering vacuum.

 Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 16:58 increasing TGHT TBHT to 440A/290A at 1A/30s. reducing COIL to 0A and voltages to 0V overnight

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 11:14 :  increasing voltage BIAS/EL/EE to 30kV/13kV/1.5kV.

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 11:33:  Sensor on beam line vacuum TMSIG6 not working. reports bad vacuum, despite both TMSTP6 TMSTP2 running at full speed. Likely that vacuum is at appropriate level.

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 11:35: turning on optics and confirming correct tune.  --- cannot do this due to interlock on TP6.  investigating problem. -- switched to filament 2 on control panel

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 13:14:  after setting magnet to argon-40, running degaussing script for coil / anode optimization  - measure_id= 6220.  heat map at bottom. . optimal point at 120V 40A (local maximum)

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 13:45:  allowing vacuum to recover after scan. vacuum during scan was approximately 4e-6 T

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 13:57 running mass scan with gas on -  2024-05-23-14-25 LP FEBIAD backup leak 1.txt

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 14:29 mass scan gas off (purged) - 2024-05-23-15-03 LP FEBIAD backup leak 2.txt

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:04   increasing tght tbht to 490A 320A 

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:26:  when at TGHT TBHT = 461A/313A, the anode power supply began current limiting (shorted to hvc)

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:28  cooling to 460A/310A

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:35  cooling to 450A/300A 

 Thursday, May 23, 2024, 15:44  stopped cooling at 455A/305A as the anode became UNshorted.

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 16:19  mass scan with gas off - 2024-05-23-16-18 LP FEBIAD backup leak 3.txt

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 16:21   gas on - mass scan -  2024-05-23-16-51 LP FEBIAD backup leak 4.txt

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 16:52 :  increasing TGHT TBHT again to test anode shorting threshold:  - shorted at: 458A/308A.  then decreased to 450A/300A, did not UNshort until after a few minutes at that current.  shorted when increased to 456/306

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 17:22   decreasing voltages to 0V

 Thursday, May 23, 2024, 11:14 :  increasing voltage BIAS/EL/EE to 30kV/13kV/1.5kV.

 Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 12:59  cooling target to 0A. will remove target to attempt fix on anode short.

 Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 17:17   TGHT TBHT at 0A. TP1A and TP1B off.

 Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 12:44:  pumped down to rough vacuum, TP1B now on.

Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 12:49:  TP1A on.

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 9:10:  water cooling on. no effect on vacuum

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 10:02:  TGHT and TBHT heating to 100A/100A at 1A/30s

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 11:02:  TGHT and TBHT heating to 230A/230A at 1.4A/10s

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 13:53:  increasing BIAS to 30kV, EE to 2500V, EZL to 13kV

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 14:11:  increasing  TGHT  to 280A.

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 14:18  seeing a few sparks decreasing BIAS temporarily

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 14:25 sparks continued. decreased TGHT to 260A and saw them subside. increasing bias again.

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 14:42 conducting mass scan - 2024-05-02-15-05 mm LPSIS a.txt

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 15:09   increased COIL to 20A. mass scan repeated.  2024-05-02-15-37 mm LPSIS b.txt

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 15:38 decreasing TGHT to 230A, COIL at 0A

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 15:43:   repeating mass scan. 2024-05-02-16-09 mm LPSIS c.txt   * no signal. very unexpected.

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 16:10:  increased COIL to 20A, repeating mass scan.  2024-05-02-16-35 mm LPSIS d.txt

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 16:35   decreasing BIAS, EE, EZL to 0V

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 16:50 increasing TGHT to 290A at 1A/30s, to be left hot overnight.

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 10:26 increasing BIAS to 30kV, EE to 2500V, EZL to 13kV

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 11:47 increasing COIL to  40A. repeating mass scan     -   2024-05-03-12-21 mm LPSIS g.txt

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 12:22  decreasing TGHT to 260A.    

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 12:32 mass scan:   - 2024-05-03-12-59 mm LPSIS g.txt     <- accidentally labeled g. cannot change

Friday, May 03, 2024, 13:01   decreased COIL to 20A.   mass scan:  2024-05-03-13-30 mm LPSIS i.txt

Friday, May 03, 2024, 13:31  decreased COIL to 0A. mass scan:   2024-05-03-13-59 mm LPSIS j.txt

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 14:01  reducing TGHT to 230A.  mass scan:  2024-05-03-14-37 mm LPSIS k.txt

Friday, May 03, 2024, 14:38   increasing coil to 20A.    mass scan:   2024-05-03-15-14 mm LPSIS l.txt

Friday, May 03, 2024, 15:15   increasing coil to 40A. mass scan:     2024-05-03-15-42 mm LPSIS m.txt

Friday, May 03, 2024, 15:43  COIL -> 0A. decreasing EE EZL BIAS to 0V.

Friday, May 03, 2024, 15:59   decreasing TGHT and TBHT to 0A at 1A/30s

FM-SW calibrated leak installed.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 13:48: Roughing.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 14:20: TP1B started.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 14:26: TP1B Green. OK.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 14:30: TP1A on.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 08:44: Vacuum @ 4.58e-07T. Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 08:50: Power / sources on. Tap up check. TGHT / TBHT to 5 / 5 A. BIAS / EE / EZL to 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode to 100 V. Coil to 4 A. Ok. Tap back down.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 10:44: IV4 open.

-BB:

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:07: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:12: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -1.8 -2.0 / 17 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:19: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 43 / -2.0 / 19 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:23: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.0 / 19 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:27: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 47.5 / -2.2 / 22 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 11:33: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 50 / -2.5 / 25 kV.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 12:05: 30 minutes @ 50 kV. 3 sparks at the very end. 2 inside and 1 outside.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 12:09: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Vacuum @ 4.67e-07T. Start tapping up coil.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 12:32: Coil @ 80 A. Tapped up manually at 4 A per min approx. Vacuum @ 5.2e-07T

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:00: Vacuum @ 7.20e-07T (30-60 min depending on whether the out gassing levels or begins to decrease)

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:02: Coil @ 0 A.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:05: Anode @ 100 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:07: Anode @ 200 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:09: Anode @ 500 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:11: Anode @ 0 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:33: HV @ 0 V.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 14:34: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 @ 2A per minute.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 07:18: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 @ 2A per minute. 

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:44: Gas lines purged & refilled with Ar.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:48: optics set.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:51: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:56: Anode @ 100 V. Coil @ 20 A

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 13:59: Reset / Cfg MB1

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 14:40: Initial mass & wire scans complete.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:07:  Argon gas lines purged. 

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:07:  Mass scan repeated.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:42:   Gas on. Magnet set to 40.1 mass/charge. Anode & coil vs fc6 output optimization scan started. 0-90A coil and 0-400V anode.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:55:   Vacuum is noticeably rising. If it reaches 5e-6T, will terminate the scan.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 15:59:  rate of increase appears to be slowing and reaching a plateau.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 16:01:    optimization data at measure_id=6058.  image at bottom.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 16:03: COIL and anode set to 0. decreasing BIAS/EZL/EE to 0V

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 16:12: decreasing TGHT TBHT at 1A/30s to 0

 Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 09:38:   TP1B and TP1A turned off, winding down

 Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 10:1: VV1 open, venting.  Water cooling off. purged lines

 Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 16:20:     Target assembly installed.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 16:20:  VV1 closed. Pumping down to rough vacuum 

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 16:21:   Water cooling on. Seal on lines confirmed.

 Thursday, April 25, 2024, 09:14    TP1A and TP1B on

 Thursday, April 25, 2024, 15:45:   Vacuum seems to be stalled at 1e-5 T. Resetting turbo pumps has no noticeable effect. TP1B is emitting a soft high pitched tone / ringing. Now venting chamber to reset target assembly and water cooling seals.

 Friday, April 19, 2024, 11:32:   assembly installed in test stand.  VV1 closed, pumping down

Friday, April 19, 2024, 11:56:   TP1A and TP1B on. 

Friday, April 19, 2024, 12:34:   water cooling on. no effect on vacuum.

Friday, April 19, 2024, 12:34:  Argon gas set to 0.5 bar. No effect on vacuum.

Monday, April 22, 2024, 09:24  beginning TGHT TBHT ramp to 440A/290A at 1A/30s.    COIL increased to 80A for conditioning. vacuum monitored.

Monday, April 22, 2024, 09:47:   vacuum peaks at ~8e-7 T.

Monday, April 22, 2024, 10:49  vacuum recovered and stable at  4.2e-7 T. 

Monday, April 22, 2024, 10:49  TGHT TBHT ramp rate toward 440/290 increased to 1.4A/10s.  COIL increased to 90A for conditioning. vacuum continues to be closely monitored.

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 11:39  TGHT TBHT have reached 440/290.  Waiting for vacuum to drop to stable value. Currently at 1.12e-6 T.

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 13:10:    vacuum stable at 9.9e-7 T

Monday, April 22, 2024, 13:11   increasing bias to 30kV 

Monday, April 22, 2024, 14:30   Unintentionally, TBHT had been increased to 230 instead of 290. Increasing to 290. 

Monday, April 22, 2024, 14:40.  BIAS sparking. Decreasing bias and increasing COIL back to 90A to condition. (spark frequency approximately 1/min)

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 15:12   increasing TGHT TBHT to 490/320 for conditioning   -  monitoring vacuum and bias closely

Monday, April 22, 2024, 15:23   prior to vacuum recovering, bias sparked again. decreasing to 25kV while vacuum recovers. 

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 15:37 vacuum plateaued at 2.5e-6T

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 16:50 Vacuum significantly decreased to ~1.5e-6.  increased bias to 30kV to observe argon beam activity. looks normal. data to be collected tomorrow after vacuum down further. Sparks were still observed at 30kV although significantly less frequently. (1/5min)

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 16:52    decreasing bias to 0 V

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 09:24  Vacuum at 9.6e7 T.  decreasing COIL to 0, increasing bias to 30 kV

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 09:51   BIAS at 30kV, no sparks seen. 

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 09:58.  Argon gas on. COIL at 40A, ANODE at 200V. Using short mass scan to find Ar-40 peak. 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:33:   ran degaussing script in anode mode - measure_id=6018

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:36  COIL set to 80A, ANODE at 340V, BIAS at 29 660 V.  

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:37 mass scan 

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:57 closed sv4, open sv1. to pump down argon gas lines. then closed sv5 and sv1. 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:57   mass scan

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:19   TGHT TBHT decreased to 440 290

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:35  mass scan

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:49    turned argon gas back on

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:50    mass scan 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 12:13     decreasing bias to 0 V

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 12:33   decreasing TGHT TBHT to 100A at 1.4A/10s 

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 13:29   decreasing TGHT TBHT to 0A at 1A/30s

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 14:13   increasing bias to test HV

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 15:00   when bias was at ~50kV, epics shut down at the test stand computer. Internet disconnected. there were two sparks over ~10min at 50kV, but there was no spark at the same time as the epics shut down

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 15:05  It appears that this also actuated BV1B and BV6, then turning off TP1B and TP6 turbo pumps.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 15:16:  continuing to increase HV remotely, while monitoring closely for any sparks. the HV appears to be stable. 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 15:20  at 54.6 kV, the bias current rapidly increased from 0.02mA to 0.135mA. There was no decrease in voltage and no accompanying spark. HV was decreased until current dropped, before increasing HV again.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 16:01  decreased bias to 0V. 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 16:01   Turbo pumps restarted. 

 Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 09:25    TP1B and TP1A off. winding down to begin venting

 Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10:47    VV1 open. venting.

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/1003

EE Issue resolved. TS closed up.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 14:08: IV4 opened. Vacuum @ 5.26e-07T.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 14:12: TGHT / TBHT manually tapped up to 5 / 5 A.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 14:13: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 2.5 / -1.0 / 1.0 kV. Ok.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 14:15: Anode to 100 V. Ok. Coil PS is still.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 14:19: Rear cage reopened. Coil PS on. Coil @ 5 A. Ok. Gas on in the morning.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 14:21: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min. Coil back to 0 A.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 05:57: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 08:26: Gas lines purged & reopened full of Ar.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 08:39: Optics set with common tune.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 08:48: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 08:50: Begin mass & wire scans w/o Anode & Coil

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 08:55: MB1 appears to be tripped & out of sync.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 08:57: Switched MB1 PS off, controller off. Restart them. PS on, then controller. Reset on epics & Can Diagnostics TMS:HallMB1 (cfg)

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 08:59: MB1 ready. Continue testing / mass scan.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 09:37: Anode to 100 V. Coil to 20 A.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 10:15: Set optics to Dave's previous tune.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 10:49: Primary mass & wire scans set complete.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 11:01: Anode & Coil to 0. Scanning w/ Dave's previous tune.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 11:52: BIAS / EE / EZL to 0 kV. Gas lines closed. IV4 closed.

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 11:53: Begin auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Friday, April 19, 2024, 06:56: Power off. IG1 off. TP1B & TP1A off.  

Friday, April 19, 2024, 09:03:   VV1 open -  venting 

Monday, April 15, 2024, 14:33: On Friday it was noted that the EE was being troublesome. If we put -500 V on the EE the PS would deliver -1000 V. However it would slowly trickle downward. elog:1002.

Tom H. had a look at it this afternoon & determined the PS is operating, however the signal going to it is peculiar. Controls group as been notified as well. Awaiting further response.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 16:09: Full epics & PLC restart needed. All TP & RP shut down.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 17:45: Restart RP. TP1B on. TP6 & TP2 on.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 17:49: TP1A on.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 17:55: Restarted TP6.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 18:05: Long sigh* TP6 was in soft start mode. Controller put back to regular start. TP6 started.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 18:08: IG1 & IG6 on.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 10:25: IG, TP, & RP, off.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 13:03: RP on.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 13:14: TP1A on.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 13:07: TP6, TP2, & TP1B on.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 13:23: IG6 & IG1 on.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 13:25: EE to -500V. Read back on Epics -500V. PS direct @ -500V

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 13:26: EE to -1500V. Read back on Epics -1500V. PS direct @ -1500V

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 14:07: EE was brought back to 0V. ISAC TS closed up & ready for operation.

Tuesday, April 09, 2024, 15:25: Roughing.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 05:41: TP1B on. 

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 05:47: TP1A on. 

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 06:01: IG1 on. 

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 12:21: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum stable @ 1.23e-06T.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 12:25: Power / sources on.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 12:32: TGHT / TBHT @ 5/5A tapped up & back down manually. Ok.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 12:33: Anode @ 25 V, Coil @ 10 A. Tapped up & down manually. Ok.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 12:35: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Tapped up & down manually. Ok.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 12:37: Vacuum @ 1.19e-06T. Ok, but will allow to drop further.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 10:21: Gas lines open.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 10:34: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 10:38: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 10:41: Significant sparking for about 5 seconds. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 43 / -2.0 / 19 kV.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 10:42: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.0 / 19 kV.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 10:46: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 47.5 / -2.2 / 22 kV. Sparking again. On the spark gap.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 10:56: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 50 / -2.5 / 25 kV.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 11:26: 30 minutes @ 50 kV. 2 sparks in that time. The second spark tripped the optics & IG6. They were reset.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 11:31: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 11:38: HV tapped to 0 kV.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 11:39: Vacuum @ 8.27e-07T.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 13:03: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Vacuum @ 8.16e-07T.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 13:26: Coil @ 80 A. Tapped up manually at 4 A per min approx.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 13:28: Vacuum @ 1.01e-06T

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 13:57: Vacuum @ 2.96e-06T

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 14:19: Coil @ 0 A.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 14:21: Anode @ 100 V.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 14:22: Anode @ 200 V.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 14:24: Anode @ 500 V.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 14:28: Anode @ 0 V.

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 14:32: HV to 0 kV.

Friday, April 12, 2024, 06:30: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, April 12, 2024, 13:23: Auto-ramping aborted. TGHT @ 556 A, Vacuum @  4.94e-06T. Allow 20 min for stabilization.

Friday, April 12, 2024, 13:44: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per min. Vacuum @ 4.57e-06T. 

Friday, April 12, 2024, 14:15: Aborted auto-ramp. Vacuum @ 5.20e-06T. Will manually tap up. 

Friday, April 12, 2024, 14:32: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Vacuum @ 5.31e-06T. The extraction electrode is acting up. Doubling the voltage on what is input. Add 50 V on the slider, 100 V will go to the readback. 

Friday, April 12, 2024, 14:49: HV back to 0 kV. 

Friday, April 12, 2024, 15:12: EE Troubleshooting. Cage open & multiple tests to adjust the voltage.

Friday, April 12, 2024, 15:19: Auto-cooling @ -2 A per min 

Switched to Anode mode on March 28 including polarity. The old calibrated leak was also re-installed.

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 09:49: Target inserted yesterday, April 3. mass marker tube connections carefully confirmed. Vacuum roughed, turbo pumps switched on at end of day. Water cooling turned on this morning. 

Thursday, April 04, 2024, 09:52 : Vacuum at 6.4e-6.  Not low enough to bypass lockout for TGHT TBHT ramp.

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 11:31 increasing the coil current to 30A, causing the vacuum to increase, waiting for vacuum to recover.

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 12:41 vacuum recovered but is at 6e-6 Torr. Changed Good Vacuum parameter in the target heater autoramp to 6.5e-6 and am increasing TGHT TBHT to 100A 100A at 1A/30s. Bad vacuum parameter left set at 7e-6 T

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 12:51 Vacuum continuing to drop. 5.7e-6T

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 14:26 ramping TGHT TBHT to 230A/230A at 1.4A/10s.  vacuum stable at 5.6e-6T

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 14:48 increasing bias to 30kV

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 15:00 performing mass scan, range up to ~150. Coil at 0A. TGHT TBHT at 230/230  -- 2024-04-04-15-30 mm LPSIS 1.txt

Thursday, April 04, 2024, 15:31 increasing COIL current to 20A. repeating mass scan. 2024-04-04-15-56 mm LPSIS 2.txt

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 15:57   vacuum has increased over the course of the mass scan to 7e-6T.  decreasing coil to 0A, and decreasing TGHT to 180A at 1.4A/10s

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 16:11 performing mass scan. coil at 0A, TGHT TBHT at 180/230 -- 2024-04-04-16-38 mm LPSIS 3.txt

Thursday, April 04, 2024, 16:39  increasing coil to 20A. repeating mass scan.   --  2024-04-04-17-05 mm LPSIS 4.txt

Thursday, April 04, 2024, 17:07  increasing TGHT to 230A at 1.4A/10s - - waiting for vacuum to settle and will compare results to salt output tomorrow

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 17:51 decreasing bias to 0

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 09:27 increasing bias to 30kV -- epics crashed

Friday, April 05, 2024, 10:44 epics back, resuming bias increase to 30kV 

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 10:59 running mass scan for 'after overnight hot' data point ---2024-04-05-11-26 mm LPSIS 5.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 11:26 increased coil current to 20A, conducting mass scan. ---   2024-04-05-11-56 mm LPSIS 6.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 11:57 decreased coil current to 10A, conducting mass scan ---- 2024-04-05-12-25 mm LPSIS 7.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 12:26 increasing TGHT to 260A

Friday, April 05, 2024, 12:36   conducting mass scan with coil current at 0A   ----    2024-04-05-13-02 mm LPSIS 8.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 13:03 conducting mass scan with coil current at 20A ----     2024-04-05-13-31 mm LPSIS 9.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 13:31 conducting mass scan with coil current at 10A ----      2024-04-05-13-59 mm LPSIS 10.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 14:00 ramping TGHT to 290A

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 14:06  conducting mass scan with coil current at 0A   ----    2024-04-05-14-32 mm LPSIS 11.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 14:33  conducting mass scan with coil current at 10A   ----    2024-04-05-15-00 mm LPSIS 12.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 15:01    conducting mass scan with coil current at 20A  ---   2024-04-05-15-27 mm LPSIS 13.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 15:33      conducting mass scan with coil current at 30A  ---  2024-04-05-16-01 mm LPSIS 14.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 16:02      conducting mass scan with coil current at 40A   ----    2024-04-05-16-31 mm LPSIS 15.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 16:32 conducting mass scan with coil current at 50A --- 2024-04-05-17-00 mm LPSIS 16.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 17:01 coil reduced to 0A.  decreasing TGHT TBHT to 0 0 at 1A/30s, decreasing bias to 0

 Thursday, March 14, 2024, 15:39: Roughing

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 16:20:TP1B on

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 16:40: TP1A on

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 16:51: IG1 on

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 17:28: Waterline FS#5 open

 Friday, March 15, 2024, 13:19:  Gradually increased BIAS to 25kV, then up to 50kV more slowly. Accompanied by increase in EZL voltage.

Friday, March 15, 2024, 13:50: Periodically increased BIAS voltage in 100V increments watching for sparks. Decrease BIAS whenever sparks. settled at 51.5 kV (cannot increase further without sparking), left at high voltage.

Friday, March 15, 2024, 15:48: Decreasing BIAS to 10kV 

Friday, March 15, 2024, 16:28: ran coil at 80A until vacuum recovered. 

Friday, March 15, 2024, 19:29: decrease coil to 0A, decrease BIAS to 0V

Monday, March 18, 2024, 10:08 increasing TGHT/TBHT to 440A/290A at 1A/30s

Monday, March 18, 2024, 16:00  increasing COIL to 40A, waiting for vacuum to return to normal 

Monday, March 18, 2024, 21:05:  decreasing COIL to 0A

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 09:35: increased COIL to 40A.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10:17: increased TDH:ANODE (cathode mode) to (-)200V

 Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10:20: increasing BIAS to 30kV

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 13:12:  turned on gas. vacuum jumped up and tripped everything off.  gas was immediately turned back off. TGHT and TBHT were off for approximately 1 minute before being turned back on.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 13:46:   cooling. need to investigate possible leaks. 

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 15:58: TGHT and TBHT at 0A. Turbo pumps turned off. waiting to slow before venting.

 Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 16:20 venting

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 14:47: Target assembly was removed today and the tube from the inlet to the calibrated leak was replaced. Now reinstalled, roughing. Gas was turned on at ~0.2 bar during roughing. No effect on vacuum.

           water cooling also turned on.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 14:53 Turbo pumps turned on.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 20:24: begin ramping TGHT TBHT to 440/290A at 1A/30s

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 09:54:    Target heated, vacuum good.   Tested gas to ensure there is no noticeable effect on vacuum. Lines subsequently vented through the line roughing pump.

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 09:55    Optics switched on. increasing cathode to 200V and coil to 40A. Watching vacuum, checking beam tune 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 10:20   ramping BIAS to 30kV 

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:14 : scanned, data recorded

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:14  cathode reduced to 100V. scanned 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:32:  coil reduced to 20A. scanned. 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:50  cathode increased to 200V. scanned 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:07 coil increased to 40A.  Argon gas on (-0.8bar at regulator). scanned 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:31  reducing bias to 0kV 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 13:02 argon regulator pressure increased to -.64bar

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 13:05 increasing bias to 30kV

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 13:15:  vented lines, scanning

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 13:35 gas on. scanning

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 15:05 cathode at 100V, scanning

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 15:20 coil at 20A, scanning

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 15:55 coil off. scanning

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 16:10 cathode off, scanning

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 17:23  - bias down. changing gas pressure

Friday, March 22, 2024, 09:08   increasing bias, checking tune,  increasing cathode to 200V, coil to 40A, EZL to 13kV

Friday, March 22, 2024, 09:48  gas vented, scanned, gas on, scanned.

Friday, March 22, 2024, 09:48  decreasing bias to 0V, changing gas pressure.

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:12 pressure at 1bar.abs.  increased bias to 30kV, checked beam tune, cathode to 200V, coil to 40A, EZL to 13kV

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:13   gas on. scanning 

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:33   decrease bias, changing pressure. 

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:57 gas line pressure at 1.5bar.a.   increasing bias to 30kV, checking beam tune, cathode to 200V, coil to 40A, EZL to 13kV

Friday, March 22, 2024, 11:42 decreased bias, changing pressure.

Friday, March 22, 2024, 11:52 gas line pressure at ~2bar.a  increasing bias to 30kV, checking beam tune, cathode to 200V, coil to 40A, EZL to 13kV

Friday, March 22, 2024, 15:40  bias down to 0V. reducing TGHT TBHT to 0/0

 Monday, March 25, 2024, 09:30 Turbo pumps turned off

 Monday, March 25, 2024, 10:00 venting chamber, purged water lines.

 Monday, March 25, 2024,11:00 removed target assembly

 Monday, March 25, 2024,13:00 replaced target assembly, began roughing

 Monday, March 25, 2024,13:50: turned on water cooling. Vacuum stable. Turned on turbo pumps.

 Monday, March 25, 2024, 15:16   turned on optics elements, cathode to 200V, coil to 80A, EZL to 13kV. monitoring vacuum. Gas leak test shows no effect on vacuum (5e-6T).

Monday, March 25, 2024, 15:22: Ramping TGHT TBHT to 440/290A at 1A/30s

 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 10:32 Ran mass scans with gas off and on. 

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 10:32 scanning parameter space for optimal beam output - cathode voltage and coil current.

 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 15:29 ramping TBHT to 300A, scanning

 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 16:10 ramping TBHT to 310A, scanning

 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 16:40 ramping TBHT to 320A, scanning

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 09:25 - ramping bias to 30kV

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 09:40 scanning cathode / coil parameter space to optimize output --- highest output at 200V 60A - 200V 62A - magnet drifted and is not right at Ar peak. corrected. scan repeated

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 10:31 scanning cathode / coil parameter space to optimize output 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:02   mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:17 - lines evacuated. mass scan.

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:40 bias to 0V.  change gas pressure

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:50 bias to 30kV.  mass scan

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:10 bias to 0V.  change gas pressure

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:21 bias to 30kV.  mass scan

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:31 bias to 0V.  change gas pressure

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:43 Ramping bias to 30kV. 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 15:00 bias to 0V. changing pressure to .5 bar.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 15:13 bias at 30kV.  

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 15:13 increasing TGHT to 468A (~2250W) - mass scan - monitoring vacuum. stable at 6e-7T

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 15:39 increasing TGHT to 490A (~2500W) - mass scan - monitoring vacuum. stable at 6e-7T

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 16:23 reduced cathode voltage to 50V to record the electron current (17.09mA). mass scan taken with coil at 35A

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 16:35 ramping down BIAS to 0V.

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 16:38  decreasing TGHT TBHT to 0A 0A at 1A/30s in preparation to switch to anode mode in the morning.

 Thursday, March 28, 2024, 13:59 - Switched to anode mode

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 13:59 - ramping TGHT and TBHT to 100A at 1A/30s

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 14:37 increasing BIAS to 30kV 

 Thursday, March 28, 2024, 14:47 - ramping TGHT/TBHT to 440A/290A at 1A/7s

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 15:56    mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil. gas on at 0.5 bar. (bias at 29.8kV)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 15:56    mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil. gas vented. (bias at 29.8kV)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 16:29     ramping TGHT/TBHT to 490A/320A at 1.4A/10s

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 16:36     mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil. gas on at 0.5 bar. (bias at 29.8kV)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 16:56     mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil. gas vented. (bias at 29.8kV)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 17:13      dropping bias to 0

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 17:14      cooling tght and tbht at 1A/30s

Monday, February 26, 2024, 10:12:

While attempting to cycle FC0, noticed that the turbo pumps TMS:TP6 & TMS:TP2 were off, with TP2 being tripped off. The vacuum on TMS:CG2A sat around 0.825T although RP2 was running. The ballast plug has since been removed to allow for a 2 hour purge of the roughing pump.

Thursday, February 29, 2024, 13:10: Backing pressure still had not stabilized. RP2 removed & taken to Vacuum Group.

Wednesday, March 06, 2024, 10:28:

Tip seals were replaced by Vacuum Group. Roughing.

Wednesday, March 06, 2024, 10:31: TMS:TP6 & TMS:TP2 on.

Wednesday, March 06, 2024, 10:49: TP6 has tripped twice. TP2 ok.

Wednesday, March 06, 2024, 12:25: Venting. TP6 is not operating above 3 krpm.

Vacuum Group acquired TP6. It was nearly seized.

Wednesday, March 06, 2024, 14:57: Varian 551 pump installed from the furnace behind the TS. Roughing.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 06:58: Soft start initiated.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 08:47: TP6 at speed.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 14:20: TS to wired to Cathode BIAS mode as per ISK4563D.

Monday, March 11, 2024, 13:59: Power supply polarity switched to negative.

Friday, February 16, 2024, 10:30: Roughing

Friday, February 16, 2024, 17:38: TP1B on. 

Friday, February 16, 2024, 17:47: TP1A on. 

Friday, February 16, 2024, 17:55: IG1 on. New Coil PS was installed.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 07:51: Waterline FS#5 open.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 07:58: Cage closed. PS on.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 08:01: Check. TGHT / TBHT manually to 5 / 5 A. Coil & Anode not responding.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 09:40: Pressure gauge reconnected within cage. Gas lines purged, refilled with argon. SV5 closed.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 09:48: System check 2: TGHT / TBHT manually to 5 / 5 A. BIAS / EE / EZL to 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode to 50 V.

Coil set to 15 A, did not adjust.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 12:04: Coil PS SW1-7 switch in was in an "Off" position & wouldn't allow the voltage signal through to the PS. Switched to "on". Coil tapped to 7 A manually & back to 0 A ok.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 12:24: SV4 open. SV5 is closed. Cage is closed.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 12:26: All power & sources on.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 12:29: Optics on & set w/ updated tune.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 12:56: PS off to switch to Cathode BIAS mode.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 14:20: TS to wired to Cathode BIAS mode as per ISK4563D. Cage closed up. PS on.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 14:52: Anode/Cathode short. PS off & remove the cage again.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 15:20: IG1 off. Chamber TP off.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 07:30: Venting.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 08:32: Short found on waterlines (E) to (D)

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 08:34: IG1 Bypass in effect.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 08:37: BIAS / EE / EZL to 1 / -0.5 / 0.5 kV. Note* If voltage is put on the EE before the BIAS, a small amount of voltage also goes to the BIAS. To keep an eye on. Back to 0 V.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 08:40: Coil to 5 A, Anode to 50 V. OK. Back to 0 A / V

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 08:41: TGHT / TBHT both to 5 / 5 A ok. Back to 0 A. All checks ok.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 08:42: IG1 Bypass removed.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 09:14: TP1B on.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 09:22: TP1A on.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 09:31: IG1 on.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 14:00: HV & Coil checks. OK. IV4 open.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 08:17: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 08:23: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 08:26:  BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.0 / 19 kV. 2 large sparks on the tap up.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 08:42: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 47.5 / -2.0 / 22 kV. Small sparks on the tap up

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 09:00: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 50 / -2.0 / 25 kV. Sparks on the tap up.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 09:10: One spark. Reset steering & optics.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 09:17: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 09:39: Coil @ 80 A. Tapped up manually at 4 A per min approx. Vacuum @ 5.13e-07.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12:06: Coil @ 0 A

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12:10: Anode @ 100 V.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12:12: Anode @ 200 V.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12:16: Anode @ 500 V.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12:26: Anode @ 0 V.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12:38: BIAS / EE / EL @ 0 kV.

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12:58: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 200 A @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 16:25: Vacuum @ 1.16e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 18:35: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 290 A. 

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 18:45: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. FC0 @ 100nA = 7.71e-09 

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 18:48: Anode @ 100 V. Coil to 10 A. FC0 @ 100nA = 6.82e-09 

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 19:00: FC0 is stuck!!!. However it is not releasing HPA? Confirmed by the MCR over MS teams video chat. IV4 Closed. (Angry tech noises)

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 19:02: BIAS/ EE / EZL @ 0 KV. Anode & Coil to 0. 

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 19:07: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per minute. 

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 19:08: Closed SV4 & SV5. 

Friday, March 08, 2024, 06:59: Issues with FC0 & RP2 resolved. Soft start on TP6 initiated.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 07:06: Gas lines filled with Argon.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 07:08: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT @ 2 A per min to 350 / 200 A

Friday, March 08, 2024, 07:32: TBHT @ 41 A. TGHT @ 0 A?

Friday, March 08, 2024, 07:35: TGHT PS was physically off (Why???). Turned on. Manually tapped up to 25 A. Ok. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT @ 2 A per min to 350 / 200 A.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 08:05: TP6 tripped. Half way spun up. Soft start restarted.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 08:47: TP6 at speed. TP2 on.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 08:52: IG6 on.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 09:05: Optics on. Quick checks on BIAS / EE / EZL, Cathode (Anode), & Coil OK. 

Friday, March 08, 2024, 09:33: IV4 open. 

Friday, March 08, 2024, 10:18: Vacuum @ 2.43e-07T. Halted auto-ramping. Increase. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT @ 2 A per min to 580 / 290 A.

Friday, March 08, 2024, 13:35: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Friday, March 08, 2024, 15:59: Mass & wire scans complete. Appear the anode PS is likely positive. Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.  

Friday, March 08, 2024, 16:04: HV off. Gases closed. 

Monday, March 11, 2024, 23:09: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 1 A per min. 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 09:45: Gas on.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 09:51: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 10:36: Anode @ 100 V. Coil @ 20 A.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 11:19: Mass & Wire scans complete.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 13:51: EE at -2.5. mass scan

 Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 13:55: EE at -1.5. Coil at 0A. mass scan

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 14:11: Coil at 20A, TSH:ANODE at  0V. mass scan 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 14:30: coil and anode on. gas turned off. 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 16:59: decreasing bias 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 17:07 decreasing TBHT TGHT to 0, 1A/s 

15-02-2024

The coil PS control card is fried. Roughly since the beginning of December. The PS was removed.

See attached image.

New PS was installed on Friday.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 08:01: Check Coil  not responding.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 09:48: System check 2: TGHT / TBHT manually to 5 / 5 A. BIAS / EE / EZL to 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode to 50 V.

Coil set to 15 A, did not adjust.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 12:04: Coil PS SW1-7 switch in was in an "Off" position & wouldn't allow the voltage signal through to the PS. Switched to "on". Coil tapped to 7 A manually & back to 0 A ok.

Fixed*

Tuesday, February 06, 2024, 14:06: Attempted to 'Close' FC0. While it succeeded in moving into position, HPA rushed out of the exhaust. This solenoid was replaced recently on January 18th. Requires replacement. (ordered)

Reference: https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/990

Stores PN: 01-7/01026

Valve, Solenoid, 24 Volt 5 Port

Tuesday, February 06, 2024, 11:45: Roughing.

Tuesday, February 06, 2024, 13:27: TP1B on.

Tuesday, February 06, 2024, 13:33: TP1A on.

Tuesday, February 06, 2024, 13:47: IG1 on.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 06:54: Vacuum @ 7.55e-07T.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 06:56: PS on. FS#5 open. Vacuum stable.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 06:58: Coil jumped from 0A with the breaker off to 200 A w/ 4.2 V.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 06:59: Coil PS switched on. Increase coil current to 75 A & back down again. No change. Will need to trouble shoot this once this target is complete.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 07:04: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 200 A @ 2 A per min. Good vac / bad vac settings set back to 5.00e-06T / 7.00e-06T. Note: The TS will trip at 1.00e-05T.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 07:09: FC0 still acting up. Optics on.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 10:28:  Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 12:10: IV4 open.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 12:14: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 12:15 : Opening & Closing FC0 for a measurment does not interfere with IV4.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 12:42: One audible spark. Knocked out TMS : Q2/Q5. Reset.

Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 13:34: Mass & Wire scans complete with 2 tunes. Ok.

Thursday, February 08, 2024, 09:02: Auto-cooling @ 2A per min.

Coil PS removed. (See elog 995)

Friday, February 16, 2024, 04:57: IV4 closed

Friday, February 16, 2024, 04:58: IG1 & TP off.

Conditioning HS for UCx. LP-SIS oven / end caps installed

Monday, January 22, 2024, 13:53: Roughing.

Monday, January 22, 2024, 14:21: TP1B On.

Monday, January 22, 2024, 14:34: TP1A on.

Monday, January 22, 2024, 14:41: IG1 on. Vacuum @ 3.95e-05T & dropping.

Monday, January 22, 2024, 14:46: FS#5 open. Vacuum stable. 2.41e-05T & dropping. Power on.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 07:40: IV4 open.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 07:42: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per minute. 

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 13:43 increasing BIAS to 30kV - dn 

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 14:03 BIAS at 30kV

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 14:06 beginning mass scan

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 16:06: Data exported and saved

 Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 16:15: Decreasing BIAS to 0V

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 16:27: BIAS at 0V

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 16:41:   Vacuum in main chamber consistently at ~1.4e-6 T throughout. 

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 07:39: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min. 

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 08:59: Auto-cooling Halted. Auto-ramp back up to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 15:30:  Target already hot  - TBHT 230A, TGHT 580A

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 15:31: increasing BIAS to 30kV  

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 15:41: beginning mass scan - Completed and repeated for confirmation

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 16:55: decreasing BIAS to 0kV

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 17:10: BIAS at 0kV

 Thursday, January 25, 2024, 10:13: increasing bias to 30kV

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 10:30: BIAS at 30kV

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 10:40 : beginning mass scan 

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 13:41 Tuned various parameters, multiple mass scans 

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 16:19:  decreasing BIAS to 0V

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 16:42  BIAS at 0V

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 16:42 Target cooling.

 Monday, January 29, 2024, 12:37 10µL Rb salt added to target. Assembly placed back into test stand. Pumping down.

 Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 09:25: Vacuum stable. 8e-7 T.  Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per minute.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 15:13:   increasing BIAS to 30kV 

Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 15:39  bias at 30kV, beginning mass scan 

Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 16:48 Scans complete, lowering bias.

 Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 16:02 increasing bias to 30kV

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 16:40 scanned

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 16:40 decreasing bias 

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 16:48 bias at 0V. cooling target 

Thursday, February 01, 2024, 09:21:   venting 

Thursday, February 01, 2024, 11:14 :  removed target assembly. added 5 salts: Na, Li,K,Rb,Cs.   Placed target assembly back in test stand. pumping down.

Thursday, February 01, 2024, 16:51 Vacuum at 2e-6

Thursday, February 01, 2024, 16:52 heating target. TGHT and TBHT to 580 230 A overnight. .6A / min and .2A / min

Friday, February 02, 2024, 10:17 Target hot. Vacuum stable at 1e-6. increasing bias to 30kV 

Friday, February 02, 2024, 10:42 scanning 

Friday, February 02, 2024, 16:06 reducing bias 

Friday, February 02, 2024, 16:18 bias at 0V. cooling target to 0 A at 2A per minute 

PS & breaker off earlier via DN. 

Monday, February 05, 2024, 13:58: TS was vented. HS removed - AS. 

Straight/closed TGHT tube oven installed. SIS Assembly.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 10:32: Roughing.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 10:57: TP1B on.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 11:08: TP1A on.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 11:17: IG1 on.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 11:27: IV4 cycled ok.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 12:07: IV4 open. PS / Sources on. Waterlines already open.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 14:57: TPS:Q1 un-plugged, cycled, & reset. OK. Optics set to previous tune.

Friday, January 19, 2024, 06:45: TGHT on. Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, January 19, 2024, 13:30: BIAS on at 30kV , preparing for mass scan  - dn

Friday, January 19, 2024,  13:45: noting that mass scan 'field' parameter is not displayed in scanner. nor does the hall probe seem to be registering any changes on the magnet -dn

Friday, January 19, 2024,  15:00: after troubleshooting for quite a while, we fixed the problem by resetting/reconfiguring the canbus controllers. IOC reset did not help the problem and nor did power cycling the box 2A-5, which is believed to be routed to the hall probe.

noted that resetting the IOC did trip the BIAS and drop it to 0V.

Friday, January 19, 2024,  15:15: BIAS back to 30kV, resume mass scan.

Friday, January 19, 2024, 16:00, mass scan completed, data extracted.

Friday, January 19, 2024, 16:36: BIAS brought down to 0V over 15 min. auto cooling initiated at -1A / 30s

Monday, January 22, 2024, 10:36: EZL / EE to 0 V. Sources off.

Monday, January 22, 2024, 10:39: IV4 & FC0 closed.

Monday, January 22, 2024, 10:41: Power off. IV4 reset.

Monday, January 22, 2024, 10:42: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Monday, January 22, 2024, 12:29: Venting via the turbo pumps.

Issues with valve operations due to a leak in the solenoid valve above FC0. The HPA leak did not allow for sufficient pressure to remain in the lines to operate. The solenoid as changed this morning.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 10:32: Roughing. Valves can be cycled. FC0 cycled. OK.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 10:40: TMS TP6 & TMS:TP2 on.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 10:45: IG6 on.

December 18 - January 15. Were not logged. Placed holder. Aurelia's tests. Included thermocouples in the oven & ionizer.

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 16:07  - Pumping down test stand overnight for testing tomorrow. vacuum good, turbos starting now. Four thermocouples attached inside. tc1: high on (+) TGHT leg, pins 1+2. tc2: at target terminal (+), pins 4+5. tc3: at target terminal (-), pins 6+7. tc4: low on (+) TGHT leg, pins 8+9.

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 09:32 : Vacuum at 8.2e-7 T.  Electrical team is finishing connecting the cables. Claim it will be complete at 11am.

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 11:41Started both tc loggers at 11:40 - important for offset time. Beginning ramp as well on ATTS TGHT. set vacuum values high at 1e3 1e4 to bypass ATTS interlock, which does not apply here. ramping to 600A with step increment 10A and wait interval 10s.

    ATTS TGHT claims ramping in progress, but increased voltage is reported only on the autoramp window, which reports increasing the target amperage by 10A each 10s. However, no increased voltage reading is reported there, nor is there any increased current. ATTS:TGHT:RDCUR and ATTS:TGHT:RDVOL are ~0 as well. No increased temperature on any of 6 tc channels.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 11:57 ATTS TGHT power supplies appear to be under local control. It also appears (low current right now) that the value reported in EPICS is 1/3 of the value reported on the master power supply. It may be that the epics value is per output of the individual 3 supplies, while the total output is reported on the PS display. Planning to now increase to 300A and reach steady state.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12:13 : 1/3 ratio idea confirmed at 33A EPICS reading / 100A master reading and again at 100A EPICS reading / 300A master reading. 300A now reached. Waiting for 20min. Temps inside ~ 21°C. Temps on feed through terminals ~22°C

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12:26:  200epics 600A master. tc out: 23.0, 22.6. tc in: 21.4 21.7 22.0 20.8.  waiting

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12:36  No temp change over 10 min. increasing to 900A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12:47: 900A. outside tc 24.5 23.7°C. inside tc 21.7 23 23.6 21.0 °C.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:04: increasing to 1200A

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:11  1200A. outside tc 27.1 25.4. inside tc 22.6 24.8 25.9 21.7 °C. Will wait to observe stability

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:20 after ~10min. outsideTC: 27.6 25.9. insideTC: 22.5 25.2 26.1 21.8 °C.  Temperatures appear stable. increasing to 1300A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:25   at 1300A. outsideTC: 28.3 26.5, insideTC: 22.8 25.7 26.8 21.8.   waiting for stability

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:38 after ~10min, outsideTC 29.1 27.1, insideTC 23.2, 26.2, 27.4, 21.9.  stable. Increasing to 1400A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:41:   1400A. outsideTC 29.8, 27.6. insideTC 23.4 26.7 28.2 21.4

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:50     temps look stable 30.1 27.9,     23.3 27.7 28.4 21.4 .    going to increase to 1500A   ---- turning off turbo pumps in case of failure at high current

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:57    at 1500A. temps:   30.9 28.3.  23.6 27.2 28.9 21.8 .

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:07  temps look stable:   31.5 28.8...   23.6 28.0 29.4 22.0     going to increase to 1600A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:10    at 1600A     temps:  32.0 29.1..... 23.8 28.2 30.0 22.2

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:20   temps stable: 32.8 29.7,    23.9 28.9 30.6 22.2,.  increasing to 1700A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:24 at 1700A    temps:  33.5 30.2       24.3 29.3 31.5 22.4

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:35  temps stable :   34.2 31.0       24.3 30.0 32.0 22.6 increasing to 1800A

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:38  at 1800A. temps:    35.0 31.3      24.6 30.3 32.7 22.8

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:47  temps:   35.8 32.0      24.7 31.2 33.3 22.8

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:58   temps stable. 36.0 32.2    24.7 31.2 33.3 23.1       turning down power supply

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 15:23 power supply off. strip tool data dumped to test1.txt --- copy this elsewhere. TCs left to continue monitoring for any additional cooldown.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 16:13    tc recording stopped.

repeat test

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:18    tcs start time

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:20  increasing TGHT from ATTS directly to 1500A and waiting for steady state temperature. Aiming for similar ramp rate to previous ~1A/s, 60A/min.   tcs at cold read 21.9 21.9... 21.1 20.9 20.9 20.7

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:39  at 1500A

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:50   after~10min, temps at 31.3 28.4... 23.6 27.6 29.1 22.3

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:59 after ~20min, temps at 31.5 28.6.... 23.5 27.5 28.8 22.5.    stable.  increasing to 1800A

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:03  at 1800A 

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:14   after 10min - 35.8 31.8      24.7 30.8 32.6 23.1

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:25  after 20min - 36.3 32.2     24.7 30.9 32.6 23.4    stable.   decreasing current.

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:42    0A... cooling for a while

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:56  22.8 22.8    21.1 21.0 21.2 20.8

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 12:39: Visual inspection.

Source tray: OK. Minor cracks on insulator near the coil conductor. Small chip in the upper TBHT insulator as well.

Water blocks: No leaks.

Pumping: TMS:RP2 recently purged. Otherwise all TP & RP OK.

Door seals: OK.

Monday, November 27, 2023, 16:09  Roughing

Monday, November 27, 2023, 17:22 Both turbos are on, leaving vacuum over night.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 09:28  after pumping over night IG1 is at .15e-6 T. Water cooling on.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 14:34  HV test started. Sparks on the TC seen at BIAS/EE/EZL 31/-1.8/15kV. TC values recovered after sparks, TP6 tripped during sparks as well. Venting chamber to reposition TC.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 17:37 I couldn't manage to close properly the side door of the chamber... waiting for help tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 10:51 Roughing started earlier in the morning. IG1 at 1e-5 T. Ramping up bias.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 11:41 HV tests lead to 45kV sparks on the TC. Nothing seen on the RPi.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 13:22 The ballast of TMSRP2 was opened to attempt to improve the roughing in the beam line section. Things appear to be somehow better now, TMSTP6 and TMSTP2 are on now.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 16:00 IG1 is at 3.58e-6. HV tests starting again.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 23:36 HV tests ended earlier in the afternoon. No spark up to 55kV when gauge in the HV cage started sparking as usual.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 23:38 TGHT and TBHT ramp up in preparation of mass scans in the morning. 1A/30s up to TGHT:400A, TBHT:160A

Thursday, November 30, 2023, 09:05  TGHT and TBHT ramp up in preparation of mass scans in the morning. 1A/30s up to TGHT:580A, TBHT:230A

Thursday, November 30, 2023, 12:12 Mass scans started earlier in the morning. 1st scan completed at 0.1A/s, repeating it again now with 0.05A/s.

Thursday, November 30, 2023, 15:04 HV tests again up to 55kV. 2 sparks inside the vacuum, to be checked if they affected TC measurement with the pi. Gauge still sparks in the upper HV cage.

Friday, December 01, 2023, 12:05.  Error saving mass scan data Thursday. Repeating mass scans at 0.02,0.01,0.005 scan speeds. note* must delete old data prior to saving. -> save procedure: Delete Old Data, Right click plot, save as plot.txt, click Clean, Show/Save Data, enter file name and save. Filenames: 2023-12-01-* 

Friday, December 01, 2023, 15:22.  Spent some time selectively tuning various elements of the beam. Report in local folder, file "2023-12-01 beam tuning".

Friday, December 01, 2023, 15:23. Recording mass scan with inactive quadrupole elements. File name 2023-12-01_Q-off.txt

Sunday, December 03, 2023, 22:02 : Vacuum looks good.  4e-7 T.   Heating up target for Monday morning. 1A/30s up to TGHT:580A, TBHT:230A

Monday, December 04, 2023, 12:21: This morning, increased BIAS to 30kV. Ran mass scan with adjusted beam tune up to FC0. This mass scan was repeated with inactive quadrupole elements up to FC0 to compare with Friday.  2023-12-02_RBsalt_SIS_test1.txt and 2023-12-02_RBsalt_SIS_test2.txt

Tuesday, December 05, 2023, 14:12 HV tests restarted, TC wire brought closer to the ground wall. IG1 at 2.3e-6 T. Ramping up HV.

Wednesday, December 06, 2023, 13:48 Both yesterday and today the TC wire was not close enough to spark even at 60kV. Venting the chamber one more time to bring the TC closer. 

Thursday, December 07, 2023, 10:18 Vacuum at 5e-7T we see sparks at about 47kV. Lost control of epics during sparks, PS shut off manually. Everything recovered after.

Thursday, December 07, 2023, 13:32 After spark tests at ~55kV, Pi seems not to be affected by the sparks. Tests without the power surge components yielded similar results. We discovered that the sparks on the TC are partially diverted by spark gaps and probably other elements in the top HV cage.

 Monday, December 11, 2023, 10:35 Turbopumps winding down.

Aurelia has been testing on the ISAC TS since last week. Thermocouples are installed in the end cap, left side & the ionizer.

No elog was initiated, but much has happened.

Site wide power outage on Friday/Saturday caused problems. The TS was running at that time & was also affected. Reboots occurred on the weekend & testing resumed. IG6 was reset yesterday.

Thursday, November 16, 2023, 09:30: IV4 closed. TP6, TP2, TP1B, TP1A off. IG6 & IG1 off. PS off.

Thursday, November 16, 2023, 13:11: TP6 & TP2 restarted.

Monday, November 20, 2023, 12:06: IV4 closed. IG6 off. TP6 & TP2 off.

Monday, November 20, 2023, 12:42: Venting beamline side.

 Monday, October 30, 2023, 16:00  Roughing

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 08:58 Turbos on the afternoon before, TP1A timed out which delayed for another 30min turning on both TP. Now 3e-6 Torr in IG1. - FBP

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 09:38: FS#5 open. Vacuum Stable @ 2.96e-06T

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 09:40: PS / sources on.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 10:32 Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 12:07 HV cage closed. TSG:BIAS and TSH:EE PS are on. Waiting for TGHT ramp up to finish.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 14:21: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 14:39 IG1 5e-6Torr , TGHT ramp up on hold.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 14:40 Starting HV tests.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 15:10 HV tests went up to 53kV until gauge on Faraday cage started sparking. TP6 seems to have tripped after a few sparks from that gauge. The TC wire seems to be placed to conservatively.

Wednesday, November 01, 2023, 08:06: TP6 Was tripped. IV4 closed. TP6 Restarted. - AS

Wednesday, November 01, 2023, 08:10: Tp6 on. IV4 open.

Wednesday, November 01, 2023, 09:32: HV to 0 kV.

Wednesday, November 01, 2023, 09:33:  Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Monday, November 06, 2023, 09:07: IV4 closed. PS off. IG1 & turbos off.

Thermocouples attached on end plate

Indium salt @ 10 µl

3 wraps of Ta HS on oven. Gas line on center block. Empty oven.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 15:13: Roughing

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 15:35: Waterline FS#5 on.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 15:42: TP1B on.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 15:52: TP1A on.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 16:00: IG1 on.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 07:34: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 09:15: IV4 opened.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 09:42: HV sources on.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 09:43: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 09:45: Optics are set. Standard tune.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 10:40: HV to 0 kV. Cage open.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 12:16: Cage closed. HV sources on. Optics set.

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 13:41: 1st set of mass scans complete. Optics set to 'Fernando's Tune',

Friday, October 20, 2023, 06:29: Mass & wire scans continue. 

Friday, October 20, 2023, 10:33: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 43 / -2.2 / 18.5 kV.

Friday, October 20, 2023, 11:00: Spark* Optics needed full reset. 

Friday, October 20, 2023, 12:48: HV to 0 kV. HV test done 

Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 09:39: PS / sources off. IV4 closed - Tripped - Reset.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 09:41: IG1 off. TP off.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 15:18: Roughing.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 15:46: TP1B on.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 15:52: TP1B at speed. CG1A @ 0.113T & dropping.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 15:53: TP1A on.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 16:01: TP1A tripped. Reset.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 16:03: TP1A on. IG1 on.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 09:14: FS#5 open. Vacuum @ 5.19e-07T.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 09:20: PS / Sources on.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 09:22: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 230 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 14:10: HV off.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 14:26: Grounded HV rack. HV on.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 14:27: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 22:59: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 23:24: 1st round of mass & wire scans complete.

Thursday, October 12, 2023, 09:37: HV off.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 08:12: IV4 closed. Sources off.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 08:14 : Power off. IG1 off. TP off.

Thursday, August 15, 2024, 08:15: Formerly Ta#67 until the thin foil target, - AS

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 13:40: Roughing - BB.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 14:08: Venting.

Thermocouples installed on the left end plate x 2.

Monday, September 25, 2023, 16:23: Roughing.

Monday, September 25, 2023, 16:51: TP1B on.

Monday, September 25, 2023, 16:56: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok.

Monday, September 25, 2023, 16:58: Power on. TP1A on.

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 09:44: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per minute. 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 16:11: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per minute. 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 16:12: IV4 opened. 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 16:45: Optics on/set. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. TC @ 47 / 51 C

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 21:00: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Spark @ 28 kV.

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 21:41: Mass & wire scans taken. Masses from 110 to 160? Curious. 

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 08:24: TC @ 71 / 79 C. 

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 11:57: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 12:06: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV. Spark right after.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 12:23: Recovered computer & epics controls from previous spark.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 12:36: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.3 / 19 kV. Spark @ 44.5 kV.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 13:17: Large spark *

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 13:21: Closed IV4. Reset TSG:TP1B. TMS:TP6 Spinning up? Did not reset right away. Reset optics. Epics & Firefox on the TS computer are down. 

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 13:26: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV. Plus 1 spark while tapping the HV down. TMS:TP6 has recovered.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 14:01: HV to 0 kV. TS computer is disconnected from the network but epics is still running. 

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 14:05: TC @ 69.8 / 81 C

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 09:23: TS computer is running again. Continue HV  tests.

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 09:31: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 09:47: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV.

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 10:43: No sparks thus far.

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 10:46: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.3 / 19 kV.

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 10:50: Gauge for FEBIAD gases is "buzzing".

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 10:52: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 47.5 / -2.5 / 20 kV.

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 11:35: No sparks occurred. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0 kV.

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 11:41: PS off. IV4 closed. 

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 11:42: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 12:35: Venting.

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 12:14: Roughing.

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 13:17: TP1B started. 

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 13:21: TP1B on. 

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 13:46: TP1A started. 

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 14:00: TP1A Tripped.

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 14:20: TP1B off. 

Replacement for Nb#10

Friday, August 25, 2023, 17:15: Roughing.

Friday, August 25, 2023, 17:57: Vacuum taking a while to rough down. Vacuum @ 1.034T. Opened FS#5.

Friday, August 25, 2023, 17:59: Water leak noted. Venting.

Friday, August 25, 2023, 18:27: The left HS waterline was not tight. Chamber is cleaned out & wiped down.

Friday, August 25, 2023, 18:28: Roughing. Purge on RP1

Friday, August 25, 2023, 19:00: Open closed ballast repeatedly on RP1 to purge excess moisture.

Friday, August 25, 2023, 19:05: FS#5 open. No effect on vacuum. Vacuum @ 2.228T & dropping. Power / sources on.

Friday, August 25, 2023, 19:18: Quick bypass check with "IG1 on". Tapped up TGHT / TBHT to 5 A each, & down again. 500 V on & off the BIAS. ok. Bypass removed. Vacuum @ 1.222T. Will remote start TP later. Allow vacuum to stabilize. Otherwise ready for remote operation.

Friday, August 25, 2023, 23:14: Vacuum @ 0.135T. TP1B on. 

Friday, August 25, 2023, 23:20: TP1B at speed. CG1 @ 0.165 T - Allow to stabilize. 

Friday, August 25, 2023, 23:26: CG1 @ 0.091 T. TP1A on.

Friday, August 25, 2023, 23:36: TP1A Tripped. Reset & restart. TP1B off.

Saturday, August 26, 2023, 00:02: The  TSG:CG1A limit to open needs to be increased from 0.050T to 0.100T. Currently at 0.070T. Unable to restart the TP until it's below the limit. Will wait till morning... Later in the morning.

Saturday, August 26, 2023, 09:19: TP1B switched on. 

Saturday, August 26, 2023, 10:08: TP1A switched on.

Saturday, August 26, 2023, 10:16: TP1 A tripped. Reset right away - CG1A @ 0.048T. 

Saturday, August 26, 2023, 10:17: IG1 on. 

Saturday, August 26, 2023, 16:40: IV4 open.

Saturday, August 26, 2023, 16:41: Optics set. Vacuum @ 5.63e-06T 

Saturday, August 26, 2023, 23:43: Vacuum @ 4.46e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per minute. Expecting outgassing however. 

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 09:11: Vacuum @ 5.10e-06T. TGHT / TBHT @ 350 / 150 A. Auto-ramping TGHT to 400 A. 

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 10:44: Abort TGHT @ 383 A. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 200 A.

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 19:13: Vacuum @ 5.08e-06T. TGHT / TBHT @ 422 / 189 A. Auto cool TGHT / TBHT to 250 / 100 A @ 4 A per minute.

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 20:06: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 22:43: Halt auto-ramp @ 490 / 230 A. 

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 22:50: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 22:52: Begin mass & wire scans. Manually tap up TGHT to 500 A. Vacuum @ 5.36e-06T 

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 23:04: Manually tap up TGHT to 505 A 

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 23:09: Manually tapped up TGHT to 520 A.

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 23:11: Increase TSH auto-ramp vacuum limit from 5.00e-06T to 6.00e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 3A per min.

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 23:25: TGHT up to 554 A . Vacuum limit reached. Take mass & wire scans.

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 23:59: Peak on Mass 40. Otherwise mostly back round.  

Monday, August 28, 2023, 00:02: Reset TSH auto-ramp vacuum limit to 5.0e-06T. Auto-cooling @ 2A per minute.\

Monday, August 28, 2023, 00:09: HV tapped down to 0 V. 

Monday, August 28, 2023, 06:08: IV4 closed. Sources off. 

Monday, August 28, 2023, 06:09: IG1 & turbo pumps off.

Monday, August 28, 2023, 07:30: Power off. Venting. Purge FS#5.

Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 11:32: Roughing.

Thursday, August 17, 2023, 11:01: Venting.

Graphite experiment insert 1: ID GR-230515, WO#45220-11. https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Evaporator_2/622

New disc form. End caps expanded, no Re foil installed. 4 heat shields wrapped around the oven.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 12:04: Roughing.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 13:09: TP1B on.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 13:16: TP1A on.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 13:24: IG1 on.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 13:31: Power / Sources on.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 13:33: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum @ 2.03e-05T & dropping. OK.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 14:58: IV4 open. 

Monday, August 14, 2023, 14:59: Optics set. 

Monday, August 14, 2023, 15:00: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. ok

TGHT / TBHT tapped up to 5 / 5 A. ok . Vacuum @ 4.53e-06T.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 05:29: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 150 / 150 A @ 1 / 2 A per min. Vacuum @ 7.33e-07T

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 05:35: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.  

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 05:39: FC0 out. Magnet set to@ -2465 to -2467 G. Mass "22.225 - 22.235".

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 07:29: Slope set to 1.00 on the pyrometer. Sighted on end cap. No temperature noted as yet. Signal of 3.21e-09 A on FC6. TGHT / TBHT @ 114.0 / 151.1 A.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 07:46: Mass scan on masses range 30 - 17 to find optimal peak.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 07:53: Mass 35.2 @ 1.05e-08 A on FC6

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 07:59: Magnet set to -2406.9 to -2409.1 G. Mass "21.194 - 21.224". FC6 @ 7.36e-09.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 08:23: TGHT / TBHT @ 150 / 150 A

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 08:21: Magnet set to -2419.77 to -2420.64. Mass "21.411 - 21.4396". FC6 @ 3.56e-09 A.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 08:24: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 200 / 200 A @ 1 / 2 A per min. Vacuum @ 7.24e-07T.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 09:35: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 230 / 230 A @ 1 / 2 A per min.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 10:16: TGHT / TBHT @ 230 / 230 A. Take a full range mass scan. Mass 5 - 150.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 10:32: http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/2023-08-15-10-30%20Graphite%2045220-11%20at%20230%20A

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 10:35: Magnet set to -2406.64 to -2409.1. Mass "21.187 - 21.219". FC6 @ 6.79e-11 A.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 10:39: Auto-ramping TGHT to 237 A @ 1 A per min. (monitor throughout)

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 10:53: Auto-ramping TGHT to 250 A @ 1 A per min.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 11:14: Auto-ramping TGHT to 300 A @ 1 A per min.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 12:11: Auto-ramping TGHT to 350 A @ 1 A per min. Check FC0 periodically.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 13:13: Slope set to 0.93. Auto-ramping TGHT to 397 A @ 1 A per min.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 14:09: Auto-ramping TGHT to 400 A @ 1 A per min.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 14:18: Auto-ramping TGHT to 450 A @ 1 A per min.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 15:32: http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/2023-08-15-15-31%20Graphite%2045220-11%20at%20450%20A

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 16:21: http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/2023-08-15-16-19%20Graphite%2045220-11%20at%20450%20A

Graphite experiment 2: ID Gr-230601, WO#45220-6 ( https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Evaporator_2/598 )

Original disc form. End caps expanded, no Re foil installed. 4 heat shields wrapped around the oven.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 14:00: Roughing.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 14:10: TP6 & TP2 beamline side. On.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 14:15: IG6 on.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 14:29: TP1B on.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 14:38: TP1A on.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 14:46: No trips. IG1 on. Vacuum @ 6.08e-05T & dropping.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 14:48: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum @ 4.45e-05T & dropping.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 16:10: HV rack grounded.

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 16:16: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 0.5 kV. ok

TGHT / TBHT tapped up to 5 / 5 A. ok

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 16:17: TGHT / TBHT Tapped back to 0 A. IV4 open. Vacuum @ 7.03e-06T.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 05:16: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 150 / 150 A @ 1 A per minute. 

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 05:24: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.  

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 05:26: FC0 out. MB1 set to -2508 to -2510 G. FC6 Auto range & Log10 green.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 09:08: Pyrometer set on end cap. Slope set to 1.000. Temperature not yet displayed.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 09:13: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 200 / 200 A @ 1 / 2 A per minute. (TBHT rate change confirmed)

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 10:17: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 230 / 230 A @ 1 / 2 A per minute.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 10:48: Slope set to 0.99. Temperature @ 1109.8C. TGHT / TBHT @ 230 / 230 A.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 10:58: Auto-ramping TGHT to 250 @ 1 A per minute.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 11:20: TGHT @ 250 A. Mass scan taken to check for Na. Swept masses 30-19. Peak on 20-22. Magnet set to peak @ -2465 to -2467 G. Mass "22.225"

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 11:25: Auto-ramping TGHT to 250 @ 1 A per minute. Slope set to 0.98. Temperature @ 1215.5C.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 12:00: Slope set to 0.97. Temperature @ 1339.7C.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 12:12: Slope set to 1.00. Temperature @ 1340.1C.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 12:15: Swept masses 30-19. Peak on 20-22. Magnet set to peak @ -2465 to -2467 G. Mass "22.225 - 22.235" again.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 12:24: Auto-ramping TGHT to 350 @ 1 A per minute.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 13:50: Slope set to 0.93 from 1. Temperature @ 1576.0 C. (Note: Was at 1466 C while at 1)

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 13:52: Auto-ramping TGHT to 400 @ 1 A per minute.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 14:23: Steerers TSG:CBC dropped to 0V. Reset to 500 V.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 14:52: Masscorr - Link to all:

http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/

Link to this test:

http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/2023-08-10-14-51%20Graphite%2045220-6

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 14:57: Auto-ramping TGHT to 450 A @ 1 A per min.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 16:12: TGHT @ 450A.  Mass scan taken. Swept mass 45 to 4. 

http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/2023-08-10-16-21%20Graphite%2045220-6                 - dn

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 16:43: graphitetesting.stp data dump to http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/isactdata/2023-08-10-16-38-Graphite-25220-6    -dn

  Mass scan taken. swept mass from 150 to 4.  http://isacwserv.triumf.ca/onlylocal/isactdata/save_restore/masscorr/2023-08-10-16-45%20Graphite%2045220-6     -dn

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 16:58: moved magnet back to Na at -2441.4G.  - dn

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 17:08: ramping TBHT and TGHT down at 1A/min

Monday, August 14, 2023, 08:15: HV off.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 08:46: Power / Sources off.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 08:47: IG1 & turbo pumps off.

Monday, August 14, 2023, 10:12: Venting. 

 Pumping down: TS loaded with a LP-SIS container for spectrometer test. 

Started heating up the target container: up to 300A.

Last week: the LP container was heated up to TGHT 580A and TBHT 230A, and cooled down before the weekend. 

Pumping again (LP container in) for one more check. Last check was completed on July 26: up to 400A. 

Vented the chamber today (July 27). 

Did another test over the weekend. Currently the PSs are off and the chamber under vacuum. 

Thursday, July 13, 2023, 07:37: Chamber is vented. Beamline is vented. Interlock bypassed on TPS:IV4 - AS

Monday, July 10, 2023, 15:01: Roughing.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 09:38: Venting both chambers. 

Thursday, July 06, 2023, 16:13: Roughing.

Thursday, July 06, 2023, 16:41: TP1B on.

Thursday, July 06, 2023, 16:47: TP1A on.

Thursday, July 06, 2023, 16:55: TP1A Trip, reset.

Thursday, July 06, 2023, 16:56: IG1 on.

Thursday, July 06, 2023, 16:58: Vacuum @ 1.32e-05T. Waterline FS#5 open.

Thursday, July 06, 2023, 17:02: Power's on. HV Rack is open.

Friday, July 07, 2023, 06:52: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2A per minute. Vacuum at 5.02e-07T

Attempted to open IV4, however it timed out.

Friday, July 07, 2023, 08:25: IV4 reset & opened.

Friday, July 07, 2023, 09:02: HV on.

Friday, July 07, 2023, 09:40: BIAS / EE / BIAS @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Friday, July 07, 2023, 10:10: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2A per minute. Vacuum at 6.34e-07T

Friday, July 07, 2023, 10:28: Optics set. FC0 @ 3.36e-11, set from 1uA to 100 nA.

Friday, July 07, 2023, 10:59: Reduce BIAS to 20 kV due to sparking.  

Friday, July 07, 2023, 12:24: BIAS back to 30 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 230 A. FC0 @ 2.52e-09. Vacuum @ 1.32e-06T. Beginning mass & wire scans.

Friday, July 07, 2023, 16:57:  BIAS / EE / BIAS @ 0 kV.

Friday, July 07, 2023, 16:59: Vacuum @1.14e-06T. Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, June 08, 2023, 14:22: Roughing.

(Spare HP-SIS SiC SiC-23B)

Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 15:18: Roughing.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 07:30: TP1B on.  

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 07:31: TMS:TP6 & TMS:TP2 on. 

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 07:38: IG6 on. TSG:TP1A on.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 07:48: IG1 on.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 08:26: Waterline FS#5 on. Vacuum @ 1.40e-06T. Power on.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 08:28: Sources on. IV4 open.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 08:31: Optics set.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 08:33: Quick check: Manually tap up TGHT / TBHT to 5 / 5 A

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 08:51: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 100 / 50 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 09:55: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 100 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 11:36: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 13:56: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Thursday, June 01, 2023, 14:20: Mass & wire scans.

Friday, June 02, 2023, 07:10: Mass & wires scans complete. Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min 

Friday, June 02, 2023, 09:22: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0 kV. 

Thursday, June 08, 2023, 07:51: IV4 closed. Power / Sources off.

Thursday, June 08, 2023, 07:53: IG1 & Turbo pumps off.

Thursday, June 08, 2023, 10:32: Venting.

Thursday, May 25, 2023, 13:47: Roughing.

Calibrated window installed on the beam line.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 13:45: Roughing both the chamber & beam line.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 14:00: TMS:TP6 on.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 14:04: TMS:TP2 on.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 14:13: IG6 on.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 14:17: TSG:TP1B on.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 14:23: TSG:TP1A on.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 14:33: IG1 on.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 07:30: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum stable @ 2.78e-07T

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 07:32: Power / Sources on.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 07:35: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 230 A / 230 A @ 2 A per min. IV4 open.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 07:38: Optics are set.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 11:38: Auto-ramping TGHT to 300 A @ 2 A per minute.  

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 12:32: Auto-ramping TGHT to 350 A @ 2 A per minute. 

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 13:13: Auto-ramping TGHT to 400 A @ 2 A per minute. 

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 14:00: Auto-ramping TGHT to 450 A @ 2 A per minute.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 14:50: Auto-ramping TGHT to 500 A @ 2 A per minute.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 16:07: Auto-ramping TGHT to 550 A @ 2 A per minute.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 16:51: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per minute.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 17:35: TGHT at 580A with TBHT at 230A.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 21:37: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Begin wire & mass scans.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 22:03: Mass & wire scans complete. 

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 22:09: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0 kV.  

Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 13:48: Auto-ramping TGHT to 550 A and TBHT to 200A @ 2 A per minute.

Currently at TGHT to 500 A and  TBHT to 150A. 15:44 pm

Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 15:44: Auto-ramping TGHT to 450 A and TBHT to 100A @ 2 A per minute.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 17:22: Auto-ramping TGHT to 400 A and TBHT to 50A @ 2 A per minute.

Thursday, May 25, 2023, 07:49: TGHT / TBHT @ 0A (Reached before midnight - But not logged). IV4 closed. 

Thursday, May 25, 2023, 09:04: Power / Sources off.

Thursday, May 25, 2023, 09:06: IG1 off. TP1B & TP1A off.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 10:28: Roughing.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 11:25: TP1B on. 

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 12:38: TP1A on.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 12:49: IG1 on. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 10:41: Waterline FS#5 opened. Vacuum @6.36e-07T

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 10:56: IV4 open. Power / sources / optics on. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 10:59: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 150 A @ 2 / 1 A per minute. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 11:09: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 10 / -1.0 / 5 kV. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 11:54: Vacuum climbing quickly @ 4.10e-06T. Halt ramping to stabilize. TGHT / TBHT @ 100 / 50 A.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 11:59: Vacuum @ 7.69e-06T & still climbing. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 12:05: Levelled off @ 8.91e-06T. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 13:16: Vacuum @ 2.04e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 200 / 100 A @ 2 / 1 A per minute.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 13:34: Abort ramping. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 13:52: Vacuum @ 4.35e-06T. Restart auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 200 / 100 A @ 1 A per minute.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 15:43: Vacuum @ 1.05e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 150 A @ 1 A per minute.  

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 16:36: Vacuum @ 8.23e-07T. TGHT  / TBHT @ 250 A / 150 A. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 450 / 250 A @ 2 / 1 A per minute.  

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 20:52: Vacuum @ 5.01e-06T. TGHT / TBHT Slowly ramping due to vacuum limit being reached. 

Thursday, May 11, 2023, 05:42: TBHT reduced @ 230 A. Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per min 

Thursday, May 11, 2023, 05:52: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, May 11, 2023, 09:30: Mass & wire scans complete.

Friday, May 12, 2023, 07:21: Auto-cooling @ 1 A per min.

Friday, May 12, 2023, 11:54: HV to 0 kV. 

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 11:03: IV4 closed. Power / Sources off. Locked out.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 11:04: IG1 & IG6 off. All turbo pumps off.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 12:19: Venting.

Ceramic elbow installed on the anode.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 06:47: Roughing.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 07:24: TP1B on.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 07:34: TP1A on.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 07:43: IG1 on.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:12: Vacuum @ 6.91e-06T. FS#5 opened. Vacuum stable.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:16: Power/sources on. Gases set

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:19: Optics on / set.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:21: Quick System ready check - OK. Manually set. 

TGHT / TBHT @ 5 / 5 A

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV

Anode @ 100 V - 7.326mA

Coil @ 10 A.

Friday, May 05, 2023, 12:23: Ready for operation. All sources back to 0 A / 0 V. Optics remain. Vacuum continues down @ 6.70e-06T.

Monday, May 08, 2023, 08:21: IV4 open.

Monday, May 08, 2023, 08:25: Tap up Anode in steps @ 20 v per 20 seconds.

Anode @ 100 V = 4.884 mA

Anode @ 200 V = 6.105 mA

Anode @ 300 V = 7.326 mA

Anode @ 400 V = 7.326 mA  

Monday, May 08, 2023, 08:42: Anode tapped down to 20 V. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 08:52: Coil tapped up to 70 A @ 7 A per minute. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 09:12: Coil tapped back down to 0 A @ 7 A per minute.  

Monday, May 08, 2023, 09:15: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 / 1 A per min.  

Monday, May 08, 2023, 09:20: BIAS / EE / EZL set to 10 / -1.0 / 5 kV. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 14:37: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 290 A. BIAS / EE / EZL set to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 14:38: Anode tapped up to 100 V @ 20 V per 20 seconds. Begin mass & wire scans.  

Monday, May 08, 2023, 15:01: Mass & wire scans complete. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 18:59: Tap up Anode in steps @ 20 v per 20 seconds from 100 V.

Anode @ 100 V = 9.768 mA

Anode @ 200 V = 12.210 mA

Anode @ 300 V = 14.652 mA

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:05: Anode @ 400 V = 17.094 mA

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:18: Anode tapped down to 20 V. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:24: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:35: Coil tapped up to 70 A @ 7 A per minute. 

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:49: Coil tapped back down to 0 A @ 7 A per minute. Vacuum rose to 6.20e-06T @ 70A. Stabilized back down around 2.24e-06T.

Monday, May 08, 2023, 19:53: Auto-cooling @ 1 A per minute. 

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 06:59: Anode, & HV sources to 0 V. IV4 closed.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 07:35: SV5 closed. Power / sources off.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 07:38: IG1 off. TP1B & TP1A off.

Tuesday, May 09, 2023, 08:49: Venting.

New TiC LP-FEBIAD Target installed.

Monday, May 01, 2023, 14:23: Roughing.

Monday, May 01, 2023, 21:42: TP1B on 

Monday, May 01, 2023, 21:49: TP1A on. 

Monday, May 01, 2023, 21:57: IG1 on. 

Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 08:39: Vacuum @ 1.16e-06T. Waterline FS#5 opened.

Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 08:48: Power / sources on. Source gas set. SV5 remains open.

Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 09:00: Optics set.

Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 09:13: System ready check - OK. Manually set.

TGHT / TBHT @ 5 / 5 A

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV

Anode @ 100 V - 10.989 mA

Coil @ 10 A.

Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 10:12: Coil @ 70 A. Tapped up manually @ 7 A per minute.  

Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 12:20:

Tap up Anode in steps @ 20 v per 20 seconds.

Anode @ 100 V = 10.989 mA

Anode @ 200 V = 12.210 mA

Anode @ 300 V = 12.210 mA

Anode @ 400 V = 13.431 mA 

Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 12:36: Anode @ 20 V. 

Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 12:53: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 10 / -0.5 / 5 kV

Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 04:30: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 550 / 280 A @ 1 A per minute. 

Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 10:42: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

TGHT / TBHT @ 360 / 280 A. Ramping ongoing. 

Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 14:04: TGHT / TBHT @ 550 / 280 A

Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 14:10: Anode tapped up to 100 V @ 20 V per 20 seconds.

Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 14:25: Large spark*. Reset Optics.  

Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 14:46: Mass & wire scans complete. 

Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 17:05: Anode & coil checks complete. Auto-cooling of TGHT / TBHT @ 1 / 2 A per minute.

Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 22:51: IV4 closed. 

Thursday, May 04, 2023, 07:35: SV5 closed. Sources / Power off.

Thursday, May 04, 2023, 07:37: IG1 off. TP off.

Thursday, May 04, 2023, 09:17: Venting.

Anode remade with a ceramic "elbow-cube". Empty target oven in use for testing.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 08:44: BV1B open. Roughing.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 08:46: BV1A open

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 09:15: TP1B on.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 09:21: TP1A on.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 09:31: IG1 on.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 10:43: Vacuum @ 2.33e-06T.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 10:51: Waterline FS#5 opened. Vacuum stable.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:00: Gases set. IV4 opened. (Timed out repeatedly. Reset w/ screwdriver)

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:16: System ready check - OK. Manually set.

TGHT / TBHT @ 5 / 5 A

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV

Anode @ 100 V - 7.326mA

Coil @ 10 A.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:19: Optics set after reset.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:57: System tapped back down. Hold off for better vacuum. Vacuum @ 1.26e-06T. 

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 07:21: Vacuum @ 3.57e-07T

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 07:32: Tapped up coil to 70 A @ 7 A per min. Hold. Vacuum @ 3.68e-07T.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 07:42: Vacuum @ 4.96e-07T. Tap down coil @ 7 A per min.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 07:55: Auto-ramp TGHT / TBHT to 200 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 09:47: TGHT / TBHT @ 200 / 150 A.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 10:00: Tap up Anode in steps @ 20 v per 20 seconds.

Anode @ 100 V = 4.884 mA

Anode @ 200 V = 7.326 mA

Anode @ 300 V = 10.989 mA

Anode @ 400 V = 13.431 mA

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 10:12: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 10 / -1.0 / 5 kV.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 10:21: Auto-ramp TGHT / TBHT to 400 / 200 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 11:43: Anode tapped down to 100 V -  8.547mA. Some instability noted.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 12:17: Auto-ramp TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 12:18: Anode to 20 V.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 14:09: Tap up Anode in steps @ 20 v per 20 seconds.

Anode @ 100 V = 9.768

Anode @ 200 V = 13.431 mA

Anode @ 300 V = 15.873 mA

Anode @ 400 V = 18.315 mA

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 14:19: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 14:50: Mass & wire scans complete.

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 21:52 : Anode sat at 400V for ~8hrs. One spark early on when HV sparked, otherwise stable drawing ~18mA. Ramped anode to zero and BIAS/EL down to 10/5 for the night (Carla).

Friday, April 28, 2023, 07:01: Auto-cooling TGHT / TBHT @ 2 A per minute.  

Friday, April 28, 2023, 13:05: HV to 0. SV5 closed.  

Monday, May 01, 2023, 07:34: Power / Sources off. IG1 off. TP1A & TP1B off.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:03: Roughing.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:08: BV1A open.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:32: TP1B on.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:38: TP1A on.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 14:47: TP1A Timed out. Restarted it within 30 seconds & it's up to speed. IG1 on.

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 11:49: Vacuum @ 3.68e-07T. Waterline FS#5 opened. Vacuum stable.

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 11:52: Power / Sources on.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 12:20: Power / Sources off

Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 12:26: IG1 Off. TP1B & TP1A off.

IDP15 Scroll Pump, Std w/ inlet.

TMS:RP2

PN: X3815-64010

Serial: MY2301SA17

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 11:04: Roughing RP2

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 11:05: Open BV6 & BV2

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 11:15: TMS:TP2 & TMS:TP6 on.

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 11:19: IG6 on.

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 12:05: Vacuum @ 1.43e-05T.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 09:15: Roughing.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 12:22: TP1B on.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 12:40: TP1A on.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 13:03: IG1 on.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:23: Vacuum @ 3.42e-07T.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:24: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:31: Manual Checks:

TGHT / TBHT @ 5 / 5 A ok

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / 0.5 / 1 kV ok.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:32: Anode @ 100 V ok. Coil @ 10 A ok.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 08:56: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 100 A @ 2 A per minute.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 11:45: Abort heating. TGHT / TBHT @ 233 / 100 A.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 13:53: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min 

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 11:07: New TMS:RP2 roughing pump installed: Elog 961

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 12:06: Gas lines opened. Ar gas @ 50 kPa

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 13:34: IG1 @ 2.27e-07T / IG6 @ 6.46e-06T. Open IV4

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 13:35: IG1 @ 3.66e-07T / IG6 @ 6.31e-06T7.

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 13:39: IG1 @ 4.03e-07T / IG6 @ 6.24e-06T. Power / Sources on.

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 13:42: Optics still require vacuum below 5.01e-06T on IG6. Wait.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 06:30: Optics still not configuring on TMS:Q2,Q5 or TMS:CB1. Controls group notified. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 06:42: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2A per minute.  

Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:26: Optics fixed / set. Continue ramping to 580 / 270 A @ 2A per minute.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 12:27: Halt & hold ramping. Vacuum @ 5.01e-06T. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 13:54: Ramping continued. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 14:57: Halt & hold ramping. Vacuum @ 5.01e-06T. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:38: Ramping continued. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:47: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 290 A.

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Anode @ 100 V. Coil @ 10 A

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:51: Anode @ 400 V. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:52: Anode back to 300 V / 41 mA. . Limited around 350 V. Current limit 50 mA.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:55: Adjusted current limit. Anode @ 400 V / 72.039 mA.

Friday, April 14, 2023, 15:58: Adjust Anode current limit further. 300 mA. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 16:06: Anode stable. Reduced current limit to 150 mA. Anode @ 400 A / 91.575 mA

Friday, April 14, 2023, 16:35: Spark* during mass scan. Current limited on the Anode. Reset optics as well.  

Friday, April 14, 2023, 16:41: Reduced Anode to 100 V /  30.525 mA. Current limit reduced to 100 mA. 

Friday, April 14, 2023, 19:45: Auto-Cooling @ 2 A per min. HV, Coil, & Anode to 0. 

Monday, April 17, 2023, 07:35: Coil manually tapped up to 80 A @ 8 A per min.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 08:39: IV4 closed. 

Monday, April 17, 2023, 08:44: Power ? Sources off.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 08:45: IG1 off. Turbos pump TP1B & TP1A off.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 13:24: Venting.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 13:26: Odd, the venting is going very slowly. "Aiding" the venting process.

Target oven was inspected post TS. Risks of cracking due to crystallization.

SK Series of LP-SIS targets are for conditioning only.

Thursday, February 02, 2023, 12:41: Roughing.

Thursday, February 02, 2023, 12:43: BV1A open.

Thursday, February 02, 2023, 13:30: TP1B on.

Thursday, February 02, 2023, 13:34: TP1B at speed. TP1A on.

Thursday, February 02, 2023, 13:43: TP1A at speed. IG1 on.

Thursday, February 02, 2023, 14:53: Waterlines opened. Vacuum Ok @ 5.38e-06T.

Thursday, February 02, 2023, 14:55: PS / Sources on. Manually tap up TGHT / TBHT to 5 A. OK.

Friday, February 03, 2023, 06:32: Vacuum @ 6.56e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Monday, February 06, 2023, 07:39: Vacuum @ 8.36e-07T. Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 13:45: Power / sources off.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 13:47: IG1 off. TP1A & TP1B off.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 07:53: Venting. 

SK Series of LP-SIS targets are for conditioning only.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 10:39: Roughing. (Took quite a bit of effort to get the doors to shut. It's colder than usual in here. The seals were stiff)

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 11:10: TP1B on.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 11:16: TP1B up to speed. TP1A on.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 11:24: TP1A timeout trip. Restarted @ 32 KRPM

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 11:25: TP1A up to speed. IG1 n. Vacuum @ 1.51e-05T & dropping.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 13:34: Vacuum @ 2.08e-06T.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 13:36: FS#5 opened. PS on.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 13:46: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 10 A / 10 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 15:35: Auto-ramp TGHT / TBHT to 100 A / 50 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 19:02: Vacuum @ 7.92e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 A & 150 A @ 2 A per min. 

Wednesday, February 01, 2023, 06:16: Vacuum @ 5.75e-07T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 A & 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, February 01, 2023, 19:44: Vacuum @ 1.08e-06T. Auto-cooling TGHT / TBHT @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, February 02, 2023, 07:34: Sources off. Turbo pumps off.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 09:48: TMS:RP2 off. Audible failure was in progress. Also observable on the strip tool. Vacuum group contacted.

Extra wraps of foil around the center block (6) + 3 full wraps around the shield.

Monday, January 16, 2023, 15:40: Roughing.

Monday, January 16, 2023, 16:10: TP1B on.

Monday, January 16, 2023, 16:17: TP1A on.

Monday, January 16, 2023, 16:32: Bypass on BV1A/BV1B used to undo TP1A trip. IG1 on & TP up to speed now.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 09:35: TMS:RP2 is failing. Beamline side roughing pump.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 09:35: Waterline FS#5 is open. Chamber side vacuum @ 1.14e-06T.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 09:46: TMS:TP6 & TMS TP2 off. PV2 shut. TMS RP2 off.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 12:46: Manually tapped up TGHT / TBHT to 10 A. 100 V on Anode. ok.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 12:47: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 25 / 25 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 13:00: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 100 / 100 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 13:47 : Ramping TGHT/TBHT to 0 / 0 A @ 4A per min as the datalogger is not showing up reading.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 14:24: Previous data logger was off. But could be turned back on. Dataloggers swapped just in case. Reading T2 @ 68.8 C. - AS

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 15:49: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 100 / 100 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 17:10: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 200 / 200 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 19:56: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 250 / 250 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 20:28: Auto-ramping TGHT  to 300 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 10:17: Auto-ramping TGHT to 400 A @ 2 A per min. 

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 11:35 : Auto-ramping TGHT to 500 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 13:51 :Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 600 / 300 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 16:06 : Auto-ramping down TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 270 A @ 2 A per min to stay overnight.

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 10:49: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 10:53: Anode @ 500 V.

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 10:54: Coil @ 50 A. Vacuum @ 1.36e-06T.

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 11:00: Auto-ramping TBHT to 290 A @ 2 A per minute.

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 11:14: Anode current @ 1.221 mA. Vacuum @ 1.52e-06T. TGHT /  TBHT @ 580 / 290 A.

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 11:24: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 17:04: Anode voltage ramped down to 0 V.

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 17:04: Auto ramping down TGHT/TBHT to 0/ 0 A @ 2A per min.

Monday, January 30, 2023, 08:49: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Test for Aurelia L. Empty LP-SIS w/ end caps in. Right side expanded.

Thermocouples installed (R - L):

X & Y For the (V) checks.

Y - Y

X - O

X - R

L - R

L - O

Datalogger:  R= T1 & L=T2

X = TGHT

Y = TBHT

O = Not in use.

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 09:06: Beamline side roughed down & TP on sometime last night. Vacuum @ 2.77e-06T.

Connect volt meters to 4,5 (TBHT) & 6,7 (TGHT)

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 09:43: IG1 Bypass made. TGHT / TBHT at 10 A. Volt meter check. Both display in negatives.

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 09:54: Swapped wires around for both TGHT / TBHT volt meters. OK. Breaker / PS off. Bypass removed.

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 10:14: Roughing.

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 10:16: BV1A open.

Monday, January 16, 2023, 10:25: Sources off. IV4 closed. Turbo pumps off.

Easy recovery after power outage, just had to power cycle the ground PLC IOC and the BiRa IOC.

Test stand vacuum currently pumping down again. Water and HV elements still off.

Tuesday, January 03, 2023, 11:13: Reset IG6 - Filament 2. Vacuum 7.22e-06T - AS

Tuesday, January 03, 2023, 14:00: Both Turbo pumps on.

Tuesday, January 03, 2023, 14:27: Vacuum @ 2.32e-06T

Tuesday, January 03, 2023, 14:28: FS#2 opened. Vacuum ok.

Tuesday, January 03, 2023, 14:29: FS#3 opened. Vacuum ok.

Tuesday, January 03, 2023, 14:30: FS#4 opened. Vacuum ok.

Tuesday, January 03, 2023, 14:31: FS#5 opened. Vacuum ok. Stable @ (2.24-2.32)e-06T. - AS

Source and beamline power supplies turned off in EPICS

HV cage power off

Magnet ramped down and power supplies turned off manually (bira and tdk lambda)

VME crates and kepco turned off

Water lines closed

Will turn off pumps remotely later. Left PLC on

Monday, December 19, 2022, 12:06 : Tomislav changed the polarity of the anode power supply last week and everything has been closed up again. The anode wire was switched to feedthru J and the short there removed. Forgot to put the short on the tube before closing the top but it should be ok for these tests since it has the resistor still installed to keep it at some potential. Pumping out gas lines.

Monday, December 19, 2022, 12:46 : Anode voltage ramped to 500V no problems. BIAS\EE\EL at 30kV\-1kV\13kV. Starting heaters ramping to TGHT=600A TBHT=290A.

Tuesday, December 20, 2022, 08:23 : Cancelled heater ramp at 500A yesterday, resuming now.

Wednesday, December 21, 2022, 14:48 : Everything ramped down

Friday, January 06, 2023, 09:27: Turbo pumps off. - AS 

Thermocouples installed (X):

O - O

O - Anode

O - X

O - X

O - O

Same set up as test 2 other than a proper gas line connection was made.

Friday, December 16, 2022, 10:29: Roughing.

Friday, December 16, 2022, 14:46: TP1B on. 

Friday, December 16, 2022, 14:52: TP1A on.

Friday, December 16, 2022, 14:59: IG1 on. Vacuum @ 2.58e-05T & dropping.

Thermocouples installed (X):

O - O

O - Anode

O - X

O - X

O - O

Megger check ok. Thermocouples checked with a heat gun ok.

Using CTL FEBIAD for thermocouple access. Gas line running into ion source. Anode is run under the coil w/ source cup modification. No welding. 1mm PE spacer installed. 3 layers of Ta foil added to the HP-FEBIAD-CTL on the center block. Edge fins exposed.

Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 16:10: Roughing.

Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 16:40: TP1 B on.

Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 16:49: TP1 A on.

Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 16:58: IG1 on Vacuum @ 7.00e-05T & dropping.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 06:49: Waterline FS#5 opened. Vacuum @ 2.42e-06T.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 06:53: Power / Sources / Optics on.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 06:54: BIAS / EE / EZL / Anode to 1 / 0.5 1 / 0.1 kV.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 06:59: TGHT / TBHT / Coil @ 10 A.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 07:19: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 07:21: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV. 

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 07:23: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 07:47: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. No sparks.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 07:49: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 25 / 25 A @ 2 A per min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 07:52: IV4 open.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 08:01: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 50 / 50 A @ 2 A per min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 09:05: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 100 / 50 A @ 2 A per min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 09:49 : Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 200 A & 100 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 10:49 :Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 220 A & 120 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 11:05 :Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 240 A & 140 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 11:19 :Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 260 A & 160 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 11:33 :Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 280 A & 180 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 11:48 :Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 300 A & 200 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 12:05 :Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 320 A & 220 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 12:29: Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 340 A & 240 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 13:08 : Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 360 A & 260 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 13:14 : Pyrometer reading shows up after adjustment in focussing

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 13:22 : Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 380 A & 270 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 13:35 : Auto-ramping TGHT to 400 A @ 2A per min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 13:49: Auto-ramping TGHT to 420 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 14:01: Auto-ramping TGHT to 440 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 14:16: Auto-ramping TGHT to 460 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 14:31: Auto-ramping TGHT to 480 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 14:44: Auto-ramping TGHT to 500 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 14:56: Auto-ramping TGHT to 520 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 15:08: Auto-ramping TGHT to 540 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 15:21: Auto-ramping TGHT to 560 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 15:35 : Auto-ramping TGHT & TBHT to 580 A & 290 A @ 2A er min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 16:08 : Auto-ramping TGHT to 600 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 10:00 : Auto-ramping TBHT to 300 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 13:19 : Auto-ramping TBHT to 330 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 14:25 : Increased anode voltage to 400 V.

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 14:50: Reducing TGHT & TBHT to 0 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 14:59 : Ramped down anode voltage to 0 V & coil current to 0 A.

Friday, December 16, 2022, 06:59: IV4 & power off. 

Friday, December 16, 2022, 07:01: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Friday, December 16, 2022, 08:15: Venting.

Thermocouples installed:

O - O

O - Anode

O - X

X - X

X - O

Multi-pin left side w/ TGHT left end cap thermocouple. TS1 on datalogger

Multi-pin right side w Center Block thermocouple. TS2 on datalogger

Megger check ok. Thermocouples checked with a heat gun ok.

Using CTL FEBIAD for thermocouple access. Gas line running into ion source. Anode is run under the coil w/ source cup modification. No welding. 1mm PE spacer installed. 3 layers of Ta foil added to the HP-FEBIAD-CTL.

Tuesday, December 06, 2022, 11:13: Roughing.

Tuesday, December 06, 2022, 11:56: TP1B on.

Tuesday, December 06, 2022, 12:02: IG1 on. TP1A on.

Tuesday, December 06, 2022, 14:57: Vacuum @ 8.98e-06T.

Tuesday, December 06, 2022, 15:06: Waterline FS#5 open. 8.59e-06T

Tuesday, December 06, 2022, 15:09: Gas line pressurized with argon. SV5 opened.

Tuesday, December 06, 2022, 15:10: No change on vacuum pressure. SV5 closed.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 08:14: Power  / Sources on.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 08:16: Vacuum @ 2.68e-06T Open SV5. Vacuum remains stable.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 08:21: Optics set - Timed out TMS:Q5 & TMS:Q3 re-configured - reset

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 08:23: TGHT / TBHT / Coil manually set @ 10 / 10 / 5 A. Ok.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 08:25: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode to 100 V. Ok.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 08:37: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. 1 spark between 27-28 kV while tapping up.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 10:28: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV. 

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 10:35: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV. Two sparks occurred while taping up.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 10:59: HV reduced. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:06: 27.0C - 66.0C Begin coil tap. Vacuum @ 2.59e-06T

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:25: 27.8C - 67.8C. Coil to 80 A. Vacuum @ 2.96e-06T.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:38: 29.0C - 67.6C. Vacuum @ 3.23e-06T.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:41: Coil @ 0A.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:43: Anode @ 200V

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:46: Anode @ 300V

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:48: Anode - BIAS spark @ 364V while tapping up. Anode current jumped from 0 mA to 3.66mA

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:49: Anode @ 400V. Anode Current @ 4.884 mA

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 11:55: Anode @ 500V. Anode Current @ 6.105 mA

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 13:05: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 25 / 25 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 13:08: IV4 Open.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 13:23: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 50 / 50 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 13:39: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 100 / 50 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 14:12: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 120 / 70 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 14:24: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 140 / 90 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 14:37: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 150 / 100 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 08:06: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 170 / 120 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 08:19: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 190 / 140 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 08:36: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 210 / 160 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 08:52: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 230 / 180 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 09:09: Anode @ 100 V

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 09:11: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 250 / 200 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 09:23: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 270 / 220 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 09:38: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 290 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 09:52: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 310 / 250 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 10:05: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 330 / 270 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 10:19: Auto-ramping TGHT 350 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 10:43: Auto-ramping TGHT 370 A @ 2 A per min. Pyrometer is setup. Reading @ 1067.9C.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 10:56: Auto-ramping TGHT 390 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 11:09: Auto-ramping TGHT 400 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 12:06: Auto-ramping TGHT 420 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 12:19: Auto-ramping TGHT 440 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 12:34: Auto-ramping TGHT 460 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 12:46: Auto-ramping good vacuum limit reached. TGHT @ 453 A. Vacuum @ 5.12e-06T.

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 13:00: TGHT @ 460 A. Vacuum @ 4.95e-06T

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 13:15: Auto-ramping TGHT 470 A @ 2 A per min.

Friday, December 09, 2022, 06:54: Auto-ramping TGHT 490 A @ 2 A per min. Vacuum @ 2.33e-06T.

Friday, December 09, 2022, 07:08: Auto-ramping TGHT 510 A @ 2 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 07:23: Auto-ramping TGHT 530 A @ 2 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 07:36: Auto-ramping TGHT 550 A @ 2 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 07:50: Auto-ramping TGHT 570 A @ 2 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 08:07: Auto ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2A per min.

Friday, December 09, 2022, 08:50: Coil @ 10A - Anode @ 200 V

Friday, December 09, 2022, 10:14: Coil manually tapped up to 50 A

Friday, December 09, 2022, 10:20: Anode to 400 V.

Friday, December 09, 2022, 10:27: Vacuum @ 6.70e-06T

Friday, December 09, 2022, 12:51: Auto-cooling TGHT to 480 A @ 2 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 13:59: Auto-cooling TBHT to 230 A @ 2 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 14:26: Stopped TBHT auto-cooling at 255 A

Friday, December 09, 2022, 14:46 : Auto-ramping TBHT to 290 @ 2 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 15:25 : Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 @ 5 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 16:16 : Auto-cooling TGHT & TBHT to 0 @ 2 A per min

Friday, December 09, 2022, 16:38: Ramped down Anode Voltage to 94 V and coil current to 44.05 A

Monday, December 12, 2022, 08:11: Coil @ 0 A. HV @ 0 V.

Monday, December 12, 2022, 08:15: IV4 closed. SV5 closed. Sources off.

Monday, December 12, 2022, 10:09: IG1 off. TP off.

Monday, December 12, 2022, 11:17: Venting.

 Monday, December 05, 2022, 15:38: Source Tray TGHT & TBHT insulators replaced. 

Torqued @ 75 in-lbs. (Reference image attached)

Sam G. & Navid N.

Work Permit# C2022-11-23--1

Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 13:51 FS#5 on (HS bypassed with a water loop)

Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 13:55: TSG:IG1 Bypass on

Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 14:03: Signage up. Main breaker on.

Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 14:07: FS#5 off & purged. Not needed.

 Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 15:01: measured magnetic field of coil at 8A

end test

 Monday, November 28, 2022, 11:45: start test set up the hall probe with the jig to move it on the table and centered the hall probe in the magnet. signage up Main breaker on

Monday, November 28, 2022, 13:17: start collecting data at 8 amps

Monday, November 28, 2022, 16:11: end test

 Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 10:50:Signage up Main Breaker on Testing started; with current of 8 amps

Taking measurements of temperature at 8A 9A and 10A

Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 15:25 : system locked out and took out magnet

end test

Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 12:40: Test started. Breaker on. signage up. put in low profile magnet with wire ties to keep coils together.

taking data with 8A of current

Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 16:25: end of test power supply off breaker off

 See elog 944

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 13:23: TP1 A replaced

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 13:25: Roughing.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 14:53: TP1B on

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 14:56: TP1B at speed.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 14:58: TP1A on.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 15:07: TP1A at speed. IG1 on. Vacuum @ 3.32e-05T

Heated up sample 01 for the second time and measured the temperature with increasing current. Used pyrometre to measure temperature and calibrated it with the emmissivity values from cassidy

 LP-SIS 45220-8 is empty & for testing only.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 11:00: Roughing.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 11:21: BV1A open. 

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12:40: TP1B on

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12:47: TP1A on

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12:49: T1A Currently spinning up. Distinct & loud hum noted. Contacting vacuum group.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12:50: TP's off.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12:55: TP1B restart. ok

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12:56: TP1A restart. Failed

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 13:04: TP1A restart. Failed.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 13:05: Controller reset TP1A restarted. Failed. Visually confirmed that it has seized.

See elog# 946

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 14:53: TP1B on

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 14:56: TP1B at speed.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 14:58: TP1A on.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 15:07: TP1A at speed. IG1 on

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:14: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum stable @ 9.59e-07T

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:15: IV4 open.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:18: PS & Sources on.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:20: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:23: Optics set

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:32: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:35: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV. 

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:38: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 07:40: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.3 / 20 kV

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 08:40: No sparks over 1 hr.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 08:43: HV reduced. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 10:06: Minor instability & sparks noted.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 10:18: Consistent sparking. Visually confirmed on the TBHT insulator.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 10:21: BIAS & EZL reduced to 20 / 10 kV.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 10:51: HV stable for the last 15 minutes. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 14:02: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Stable

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 14:25: Mass & wire scans complete Empty LP-SIS No salts added.

Masses showed around mass:

-130-140

-39-40

-23-28

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 14:27: Outgassing continues.

Friday, November 18, 2022, 07:39: Mass & wire scans continued.

Traces masses:

-39-40

-23

Friday, November 18, 2022, 07:48: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Friday, November 18, 2022, 08:01: HV off.  

Monday, November 21, 2022, 06:44: Sources off & IV4 closed.

Monday, November 21, 2022, 06:45: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off. 

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:10: Login. Success

Monday, November 07, 2022, 13:13 Use ATTS on putty page.

New ramping program:

Monday, November 07, 2022, 13:15: Auto-ramping TGHT /  TBHT to 20 A @ 4A per minute. (Testing new auto-ramp)

Monday, November 07, 2022, 13:19: Ramping complete:

Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 13:25: Roughing.

Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 13:28: BV1A open

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:14: TP1B on.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:18: TP1A on.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:26: IG1 on.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:34: IV4 open & Closed. Vacuum @ 4.13e-06T.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:39: FS#5 Water line opened.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:40: PS on.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:43: Optics PS on. Unlocked.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:44: Sources on. Vacuum @ 3.21e-06T.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:46: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:47: TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A manually.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:48: IV4 Open.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:53: Optics set.

Controls updated

Monday, November 07, 2022, 12:40: Optics set

Monday, November 07, 2022, 13:00: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Monday, November 07, 2022, 13:15: Auto-ramping TGHT /  TBHT to 20 A @ 4A per minute. (Testing new auto-ramp)

Monday, November 07, 2022, 13:35: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV. Spark*

Monday, November 07, 2022, 13:37: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV

Monday, November 07, 2022, 13:41: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.3 / 20 kV with multiple sparks near the 44-45kV end of the tap up.

Monday, November 07, 2022, 14:09: Spark. Audible outside the cage, however vacuum was also affected.

Monday, November 07, 2022, 14:49: No further sparks. HV check ok.

Monday, November 07, 2022, 14:52: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Water loop installed.

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 13:50: Roughing

Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 11:17: Venting

Thermocouples attached on 5 X 5 multi-pin:

O - O

O - X

O - X

X - X

X - X

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 07:51: Roughing.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 08:25: TP1B on.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 08:45: TP1A on.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 11:02: Vacuum @ 8.31e-06T

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 11:04: Waterline FS#5 opened. Vacuum @ 8.13e-06T. Power on

Data logger connected as per FBP

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:18: Sources/PS on.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:21: TGHT / TBHT manually tapped up to 10A.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:29: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:34: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:35: Sparks* @ 37 KV BIAS. Outside the cage. x 2

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:37: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:47: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.3 / 19 kV with multiple sparks on the tap up.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 13:00: 2 more sparks. TSG:CBC down. (Red)

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 13:08: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 47.2 / -2.4 / 20 kV. Significant spark outside the cage.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 13:10: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 50 / -2.5 / 20 kV. Spark outside the cage.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 13:12: Blue glow / crack flowing across the TBHT.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 13:15: The glow is flexing? Fading in & out.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 13:50: HV Tap down to 0 kV

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 14:13: TSG:CBC controls card replaced. Operation returned.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 14:14: IV4 opened.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 14:17: Optics set.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 14:19: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 @ 2A per min.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 14:43: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Remote operation clear.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 18:20: TS tripped shortly after 3:35 PM 

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 18:30: Reset TS sources & optics

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 18:49: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 150 @ 1A per min. Allow for a gradual out gassing.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 21:20: TGHT / TBHT @ 150A Vacuum @ 2.15e-06T. TGHT ramp ongoing @ 1 A per min. 

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 22:08: TGHT / TBHT @ 200 / 150 A. Vacuum @ 2.15e-06T. Stable. TGHT ramp ongoing @ 1 A per min. 

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 23:19: Auto-ramp halted. Sped up to 2 A per min. Vacuum @ 1.96e-06T. TGHT @ 270 A.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 23:41: TGHT / TBHT @ 300 / 150 A. Vacuum @ 1.97e-06T 

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 06:36: Auto-ramping TGHT to 350A @ 1A per min. 

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 08:14: Vacuum remained stable @ 1.49e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 400 / 200 A @ 2A per min. 

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 08:48: Increase in vacuum up to 2.50e-06T+ followed by a drop in TBHT voltage. TGHT / TBHT remain stable  @ 400 / 200 A. Vacuum stabilizing @ 2.32e-06T. HV off.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 09:15: Data logger setup. Pins moved from 3 & 4 to 4 & 5. Temperature @ 50.6 C.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 09:20: HV sources & optics back on. Tap up.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 09:33: Auto-ramping TGHT to 450A @ 2 A per min. Some small sparks noted.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 09:35: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 09:59: Auto-ramping TGHT to 500A @ 2 A per min. Some small sparks noted although less frequent. 

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 10:28: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2A per min.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 10:41: BIAS lowered to 25 kV.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 11:09: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 230 A. BIAS @ 30 kV. Unstable / sparking.Very active on FC0

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 11:29: Mass & wire scans ongoing. Reset DAC PS.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 11:58: Mass, wire & emittance scans complete. FC0 in. Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 13:16: Cooling aborted for measurement. 

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 13:21: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 07:20:  IV4 closed. Sources off. IG 1 & TP off.  

Conditioning the UC#40 LP-SIS assembly & ISAC TS main vacuum chamber. Straight / round oven in use (TGHT only).

Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 13:55: BV1B open. Roughing.

Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 14:00: BV1A open.

Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 07:29: Vacuum @ 0.064T. TP1B on. 

Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 07:35: TP1 A on. 

Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 08:56: Vacuum @ 9.97e-06T. Waterline FS#5 opened.

Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 08:58: Vacuum @ 9.95e-06T. OK. Power on.

Thursday, September 01, 2022, 07:50: Vacuum @ 5.21e-06T. 

Thursday, September 01, 2022, 07:54: Manually tapped up TGHT to 50 A.

Limit increased on TGHT parameter setup to 5.500e-06T.

Thursday, September 01, 2022, 07:57: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per min. 

Monday, September 12, 2022, 15:09: Vacuum @ 1.69e-06T. Auto-cooling @ 2A per min. 

Monday, September 26, 2022, 10:52: Turbo pumps off.

Monday, September 26, 2022, 12:20: Venting. PS off & waterlines purged.

Monday, July 11, 2022, 09:15: Roughing.

 Sunday, July 10, 2022, 22:19: A trip was noted on TP2. the backing pressure is quite high. Shutting off the turbo pumps for the beamline side.

Monday, July 11, 2022, 06:01: Venting.

Monday, July 11, 2022, 08:12: RP1 off.

Monday, July 11, 2022, 09:01: RP changed. SN#LPA49885

Monday, July 11, 2022, 09:02: Down to 0.032T Fast. TP2 & TP6 on.

Monday, July 11, 2022, 09:08: Pumps up to speed. IG6 on.

No UCx target installed. Straight / blank oven in use for out gassing.

Thursday, July 07, 2022, 16:50: Roughing.

Thursday, July 07, 2022, 16:53: BV1A Open.

Thursday, July 07, 2022, 17:31: TP1B on.

Thursday, July 07, 2022, 17:36: TP1A on.

Thursday, July 07, 2022, 17:46: IG1 on. Vacuum @ 2.31e-05T

Thursday, July 07, 2022, 17:47: Waterline FS#5 Opened. Vacuum @ 2.05e-05T & continuing down.

Thursday, July 07, 2022, 18:00: Bypass on IG1. 10A TGHT Check. Ok. Back to 0A. Removed bypass. Ready for remote operation.

Friday, July 08, 2022, 10:44: Started autoramping TGHT 580A/TBHT 0A

Friday, July 08, 2022, 15:37: Autoramping complete

Saturday, July 09, 2022, 07:34 : ramp down started

Sunday, July 10, 2022, 22:14: IG1, TP1B & A off. TP6 has tripped. Sources off.  
 

Thursday, June 30, 2022, 13:46: Roughing.

Thursday, July 07, 2022, 15:00: Venting.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 10:58: Roughing.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 11:03: BV1A open.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 11:34: TP1B on

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 11:41: TP1A on.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 11:49: IG1 on.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 12:25: Gases on.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 12:30: Power on. Cage locked up

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 14:14: Vacuum @ 3.23e-06T.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 14:15: Waterlines opened. Vacuum stable.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 14:16: IV4 opened.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 14:17: Sources on.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 14:18: Optics set. FM tune.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 14:21:  Electrical check OK. Will leave as is. Remote operation ready.

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 2.5 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode @ 100V.

TGHT / TBHT @ 5 A each. Coil @ 5 A.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 14:22: Reset Kepco (E-rig) PS.

Friday, June 24, 2022, 09:07: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, June 24, 2022, 09:17: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 20 / -1.5 / 10 kV. 

Friday, June 24, 2022, 13:18: Ramping ongoing. TGHT / TBHT @ 510 / 290 A. Vacuum @ 3.65e-06T

Friday, June 24, 2022, 19:19: FM Tune on optics / Sources. Vacuum @ 1.60e-06T. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 15 kV. 

Friday, June 24, 2022, 19:42: Coil to 15 A. Anode to 200 V. 

Friday, June 24, 2022, 20:00: Mass scans complete. 

Friday, June 24, 2022, 20:01:  BIAS / EZL reduced to 20 / 10 kV.

Friday, June 24, 2022, 20:02: Anode @ 100 V. 

Monday, June 27, 2022, 09:34: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 15 kV.

Monday, June 27, 2022, 09:36: Anode @ 200 V. Coil @ 40 A. Vacuum @ 9.99e-07T

Monday, June 27, 2022, 10:09: Last scans complete. Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Monday, June 27, 2022, 10:19: Anode, coil, & HV to 0.

Monday, June 27, 2022, 10:20: IV4 & SV5 Closed.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 10:57: Sources & IG1 off. Turbo pumps off

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 12:25: Venting.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 11:49: Water line loop installed. Roughing.

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 09:25: Venting.

Note: SiC#42 replacement.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 09:54: Roughing.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10:08: Data logger removed. Pins 4 & 5 grounded. Power on.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10:41: TP1B on.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10:48: TP1A on.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10:55: IG1 on.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 11:13: Gases on. Cage closed up. SV5 remains on. SV4 (Argon tank) Closed.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 11:14: Vacuum @ 2.49e-05T.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 11:15: Waterline FS#5 opened.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 11:22: Electrical check w/ IG1 bypass

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 2.5 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode @ 100V.

TGHT / TBHT @ 5 A each. Coil @ 5 A.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 11:23: All checks clear. Bypass removed. Ready for remote operation. Vacuum @ 2.14e-05T

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 21:34: Sources on. Vacuum @ 3.38e-06T. IV4 open. 

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 21:36: Optics on. Standard tune.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 22:24: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min to out gas overnight.

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 22:55: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 2.5 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode @ 100V. Coil @ 10 A. Low settings left as a general electrical check to run as the target heats up.

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 16:37: Vacuum @ 1.60e-06T.

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 16:40: Open SV4 (Argon gas - W/ quick steps on procedure). Vacuum ok.

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 16:42: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min. 

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 19:48: BIAS / EE / EZL / Anode @ 0. Coil to 0. 

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 19:59: Anode tapped up manually to 400 V @ approx 1 V per second. 

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 20:14: Anode tapped up manually to 0 V @ approx 1 V per second.

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 20:14: Coil tapped up manually to 100 A @ approx 1 A per second.

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 20:15: Full Trip. Vacuum limit passed. TGHT / TBHT Went to 0 A

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 20:17: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 290 A.

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 20:31: Stable. Vacuum @ 4.21e-06T. 

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 20:58: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Anode @ 100 V. 

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 21:00: Coil @ 10 A. Vacuum @ 3.49e-06T. 

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 21:07: Begin mass & wire scans.

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 21:39: Scans complete.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 05:58: Further mass, wire, & emittance scans.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 06:29: Coil @ 40 A, Anode @ 300 V. Optics set to FM tune.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 06:59: Scans complete. Auto-cooling @ 3 A per min.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 07:03: Coil & Anode to 0 A / 0 V.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 07:07: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0 kV.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 10:12: IV4 closed.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 10:13: Gases closed. IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Monday, June 20, 2022, 11:09: Venting.

Thermocouples connected. Test HV

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 09:33: Roughing.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 10:07: TP1B on.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 10:13: TP1B up to speed. TP1A on.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 10:21: TP1A up to speed. IG1 on.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 13:06: Waterline FS#5 Open. Vacuum @ 3.32-e06T.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 13:22: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. OK.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 13:26: One spark*.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 13:32: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 13:33: Spark*

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 13:38: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 13:42: Spark*. Outside the cage (EE) Feedthrough (K) Between a hex edge & one of the resistors on a plastic plate.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 13:50: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.3 / 19 kV

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 14:18: We are back. Spark tripped the computer & shut it off while tapping up the HV. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 48.3 / 2.4 / 20 kV.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 14:22: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 50 / -2.5 / 20 kV.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 14:45: Spark* In the cage.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 14:57: Spark* In the cage.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 15:19: No sparks have occurred off the thermocouples.  Begin tapping down the HV.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 15:29: HV off. TGHT / TBHT Check @ 5 / 5 A OK.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 15:31: IV4 open.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 05:14: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 08:21: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. OK.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 08:22: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 08:29: Optics set. Standard tune.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 10:22: Beginning wire & mass scans.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 10:30: Adjust TSG:CB1 (ok)

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:40: Mass & wire scans complete. Tune set to standard. HV tests begin. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.8 / 15 kV.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:45: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 40 / -2.0 / 17 kV

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 13:01: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 45 / -2.3 / 19 kV

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 13:13: Small spark* Outside the chamber, but in the cage.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 13:22: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 50 / -2.5 / 20 kV. (One spark during the tap up. In the cage)

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 14:03: Small spark, barely audible.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 14:11: Large spark in the cage* Computer was shut off. Got it back around 14:16

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 14:20: Reset steering, optics, IG6.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 14:28: Begin tapping down HV

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 14:34: HV to 0.

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 14:36: Closed IV4. (Reset w/ screwdriver)

Friday, June 10, 2022, 09:58: Auto-Cooling @ 2 A per min.  

Monday, June 13, 2022, 10:16: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Using a broken LP-FEBIAD source. TGHT only.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 13:24: Roughing.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 13:54: TP1B on.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 14:06: TP1A on.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 14:13: IG1 on.

Wednesday, June 01, 2022, 07:41: Vacuum @ 2.13e-06T. Waterline FS#5 open.

Wednesday, June 01, 2022, 07:43: Power/Sources on.

Wednesday, June 01, 2022, 07:51: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580A @ 2A per min.

Monday, June 06, 2022, 07:09: Auto-cooling @ 2A per min. 

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 07:07: Turbo pumps off.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 07:53: Venting.

A web-app for systematic FEBIAD parametrizations has been develop and  now includes the ISAC Test Stand (ITS) :

https://beta.hla.triumf.ca/degaussing/FEBIAD-scan/

Upon landing in the web-app the ITS will be selected by default as well as the TMS:FC6:SCALECUR faraday cup, which corresponds the last cup of the ITS beamline.

To run a similar scan but on the total source current (FC0) the field has to change from TMS:FC6:SCALECUR to TMS:FC0:SCALECUR.

Each measurement will create a unique id (measurement_id), and the data can be retrieved from

https://beta.hla.triumf.ca/jaya/data/get/measure_id

Plot and analysis routines for the data generated by the FEBIAD-scan can be found in 

https://jupyter.triumf.ca/hub/login

for which you need a TRCOMP account. The routines are located in the group folder 

/group/ionsrc/fernando

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 15:46: Roughing.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 16:21: TP1B on.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 16:38: TP1A on.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 16:46: IG1 on.

Thursday, May 26, 2022, 09:20: FS#5 Waterline opened. Vacuum ok @ 5.27e-06T.

HV preset: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.0 / 15 kV

Friday, May 27, 2022, 05:11: Coil to 40 A. Anode t0 300 V.

Friday, May 27, 2022, 05:16: TGHT on. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, May 27, 2022, 07:14: Optics set & IV4 opened. TGHT / TBHT @ 242 A (Ramping ongoing)

FM

Friday, May 27, 2022, 17:17 : IG1 @ 5.19e-6 T. TBHT @ 290 A. TGHT @ 540 A since 16:27.

Friday, May 27, 2022, 17:18: The assembly has been outgassing and the good vacuum limit was reached, preventing reaching the operational point.

Friday, May 27, 2022, 17:19: Auto-ramp up aborted. We'll heat up again Monday morning.

Friday, May 27, 2022, 17:20: Auto-cooling to 0 A @ 2A/min 

Sunday, May 29, 2022, 21:35: Auto-ramping TGHT/ TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min - AS.

Sunday, May 29, 2022, 21:40: Vacuum @ 1.43e-06T. 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 04:53: Vacuum @ 1.49e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min - AS 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 08:06: Initial wire & mass scans ok. Increase EE to -1.5 kV.

Monday, May 30, 2022, 08:30: EE back to -1.0 kV.

Monday, May 30, 2022, 10:31: BIAS / EE / EZL / Anode @ 0 kV. Lock over. Open back/top cage.

FM
Monday, May 30, 2022, 11:21: Mass set to 40Ar+. The gas on/off now shows an effect on the signal 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 11:24: Running a small scan to test the web-app 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 14:00: Spark towards TBHT, TPS:Q1 charged up. 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 14:30: Spark to anode. 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 16:16: Issue preventing FEBIAD-scan solve.

Monday, May 30, 2022, 16:16 : FEBIAD scan on 40Ar+.  

Monday, May 30, 2022, 17:00:   TMS :VCB1 died in the middle of the scan. Scan aborted save id 1085. Starting a new scan

 Monday, May 30, 2022, 18:24: measured_id = 1086

Moving to H2O

Monday, May 30, 2022, 18:30: Scan started for H2O. 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 19:53: Scan finished. measure_id = 1087

Monday, May 30, 2022, 19:58: Gas off. Scan for H2O ready to go. 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 19:59: Scan started 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 21:21: Scan finished. measured_id = 1089 

Monday, May 30, 2022, 21:32: Auto-cooling to 0 A @ 2A/min

AS

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 05:10: All HV & Sources off.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 05:11: IV4 closed. IG1 & turbo pumps off. 

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 07:02: IV4 reset. Venting.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 07:08: FS#5 purged. Power locked up.

PE shimmed & extended 1mm due to likely ion source contact.

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 10:41: Roughing.

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 11:26: TP1B on. 

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 11:35: TP1A on.

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 11:43: IG1 on.

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 11:48: Vacuum @ 2.65e-05T. FS#5 Opened. No immediate spike.

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 11:50: Vacuum @ 2.47e-05T & dropping.

Friday, May 13, 2022, 07:32: TP/IG off.

Friday, May 13, 2022, 09:51: Venting.

Target oven #45241-1 swapped out. SS bolts were in use on the legs.

Molybdenum screws in the legs on oven #44812-2. No target to ion source cup interference. 3mm gap - OK.

TGHT - R: 1.215

TGHT - L: 1.206

TBHT - R: 2.014

TBHT - L: 2.013

Cathode cable detached from feed-through (B).

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 10:04: Roughing.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 10:33: TP1B on.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 10:43: TP1A on.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 10:51: IG1 on.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 13:43: Vacuum @ 5.43e-06T. FS#5 Open.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 13:45: Vacuum @ 5.36e-06T. OK.

 Ref: https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/924. During testing, it was noted one leg was glowing vs the other. P2N assembly was removed & inspected. No contact or defects were found.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 10:05: Roughing.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 10:42: TP1 on.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 10:50: TP1A on.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 10:58: IG1 on. Vacuum @ 1.77e-05T & dropping.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 13:45: Vacuum @ 5.63e-06T. FS#5 Opened.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 13:58: Vacuum @ 5.27e-06T.

Beginning of May:

The cabling on the top of the test stand was changed to adapt for P2N testing. The TGHT and COIL PS were disconnected, and their DC cable terminals were connected instead to the TDK-LAMBDA P2Nheaters. The configuration on top of the ITS module is the following:

TBHT+ = A

TBHT- = B

MASTER+ = D

MASTER- = C

SLAVE+ = G/E

SLAVE- = F/H

Friday May 6th, afternoon

Once the pressure was almost stable in the low E-6 torr range, the first rampup was conducted up to ~600 A and the I,V parameters looked similar to previous P2N units. More tests to full current happening next week.

Monday, May 09, 2022, 09:29

P2N unit is being heated now, the automatic ramping utility is ramping the TDK-LAMBDAs while the TBHT is being increased manually.

Monday, May 09, 2022, 10:31

A voltage event happened, the TBHT voltage increased frmo 0.64 V to 0.73 V, while the P2Nheater dropped from  1.73 V to 1.56 V. 

Monday, May 09, 2022, 12:19

At P2NHT=950A it was noticed that one leg of the P2N was glowing much more than the other, the ramping was first stopped and then ramped down.

Now the P2NHT=282A and TBHT=47A

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 09:32

Test stand vented and target inspected, there is no obvious sign of damage or misconnection on the tantalum assembly. Some resistance measurements were taken across target elements and connections: 

Screw on copper L to bottom flexy leg L = 117

Bottom flexy leg L to top flexy leg L = 24 / 0 (?)

top flexy leg L to bottom elephant leg L = 64

elephant L to elephant R = 360

top flexy leg R to bottom elephant leg R = 69

Screw on copper R to bottom flexy leg R = 125

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 11:39

This morning, the target was inspected but nothing major was noticed, hence it was put back in the ITS for heating.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 17:40

Target being ramped: so far all good, total current in P2NHT=690A and TBHT=116A

A current measuring clamp was used to measure current in the 4/0 cables. The only bad thing is that the slave outputs half the current than the master, making the cables hotter (30deg vs 24deg).

Currents:

A-B ~116 A (TBHT)

C~468

E~124

G~102

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 17:45

Event: reduction in P2NHT voltage and increase in TBHT voltage. After letting the PS ramp, it was noticed that the P2NHT voltage accelerated its increased, and the left leg started glowing like the previous time. The current was immediately ramped down, but still there was a voltage spike upwards in the P2NHT. 

While the leg was glowing hot, the current between feedthroughs H (P2NHT-) and I (HV common) was 90A. Now that the "episode" is not there any more, the current is zero

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 10:55 

The previous P2N target had stainless steel screws at the bottom, where the copper L-shaped connector and the ta foil legs connect, which might have bene the cause of the gap opening and voltage increase. Now, the target manufactured for the previous beamtime is used, which does not have the cuts on the elephant ears but they are OK since don't interfere with the new IS cup design, and are ~3mm away from it.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 13:57 

 Start heating the new P2N assembly

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 14:58

 Stopped at

P2NHT= 501 A

TBHT= 95 A

All currents seem to be flowing in the right path, with no current in the jumper between H-I

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 15:26

Voltage step in P2NHT and TBHT happened again. Current sum:

A = 125 A

B = 125 A

C= 470 A

D=474 A

E = 118 A

F= 85 A

G = 95 A

H = 132 A

Short G-E = 5 A

Short F-H = 3 A

Jumper H-I = 62 A

The most likely explanation of this jump is that the IS tip touches the plasma electrode as shown in the drawing below which would result in some current flowing through the jumper, more investigations are needed

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 08:19

Test stand opened, there is some sign of burn in the plasma electrode, but it's hard to say if it's because they were touching. Aaron added a tantalum 0.040" shim to the plasma electrode to distance it further from the target IS tube

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 13:20

ITS with P2N target installed and pumping down 

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 15:50

P2NHT started ramping 

Thursday, May 05, 2022, 14:43: Roughing. Open BV1B

Thursday, May 05, 2022, 14:46: Upper chamber cage closed. The rest remains open. Open BV1A.

Thursday, May 05, 2022, 15:20: TP1B up to speed.

Thursday, May 05, 2022, 15:25; TP1A on.

Thursday, May 05, 2022, 15:32: TP1A to speed. IG1 on.

Thursday, May 05, 2022, 15:33: Vacuum @ 4.72e-05T. FS#5 Open. No spike. ok.

Thursday, May 05, 2022, 15:34: Vacuum steady 4.09e-05T & dropping.

No P2N is loaded. Testing the power supplies.

Tuesday, May 03, 2022, 10:07

In the past few days, the ITS has been reconfigured for P2N operation:

•  The two ATTS PS were moved to the ITS rack, one on top of the TGHT and the other instead of the COIL
• AC rewiring was necessary since the breakers were not connected to the wires. Marshall was on it and re-connected
• Ray has configured the ATTS PLC to be compatible with P2N operation in ITS
• The controls cables to the MASTER and SLAVE supplies have been configured: the cables come from the front of the PS rack, so we could close the back and top cage if we wanted. One control cable was connected to the relay to send the proper ENABLE signal only when the ITS vacuum and water flow are OK
• DC cables re-routed for P2N parallel operation:
  MASTER+ = D
  MASTER- = C
  SLAVE+ = E,G 
  SLAVE- = F,H
  TBHT+ = A
  TBHT- = B

Wednesday, May 04, 2022, 07:54: PS main shutoff. IG1 & Turbo pumps off.

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/919

Vacuum Group LD#1

(A) Top feed through fittings upgraded

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 13:11: Pumping directly on FS#4-Line A (TBHT). Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 13:13: Sprayed He on Block (A) & the TBHT solder joints. No signal change.

(B) Top feed through fittings upgraded.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 13:39: Pumping directly on FS#4-Line B (TBHT). Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 13:42: Sprayed He on Block (A) & the TBHT solder joints. Dips up to a Leak rate @ 0.1E-07 atm-cc/sec & back to 0.0.

Disconnect LD. Will need to pressurize w/ He.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 14:09: Pressurize FS#4-Line B (TBHT) to 50 PSI.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 14:20: False positives. Saturated the area w/ He. LD off & lines depressurized.

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 11:14: Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec. (No He)

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 11:15: Pressurize FS#4-Line B (TBHT) to 120 PSI.

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 11:20: Checked TBHT solder joints & water block (B). Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec. Disconnect, purge, & swap fittings to (A)

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 11:31: Pressurize FS#4-Line A (TBHT) to 120 PSI. Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 11:38: Checked TBHT solder joints & water block (A). Leak rate @ 0.4E-07 atm-cc/sec on the water block.  Disconnect, purge.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 10:38: Indium gasket installed on FS#4-Line A water block.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 10:43: Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec. (No He)

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 10:44: Spiked as soon as He was applied.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 11:14: Line A removed.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 11:40: Line A reinstalled after inspection w/ new Indium gasket fitted. Gasket only. No C-Seal.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 11:44: Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec. (No He)

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 11:46: Spiked as soon as He was applied.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 11:53: New Indium gasket fitted. Gasket only. No C-Seal.

Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec. (No He)

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 11:54: Pressurize to 30 PSI. Leak rate @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 11:57: Pressurize to 50 PSI. Leak rate gradually increased to the (X)E-05 atm-cc/sec range.

Multiple leak checks & gasket attempts Thursday.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 09:45: Indium gasket installed w/ 90-100 inch pounds of torque. Used a heat gun up to 90. Allowed to cool, then given one more tightening.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 09:57: Leak rate @ 0.0E-08 atm-cc/sec. (No He) using the sniffer.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 09:59: Initial leak rate @ 0.0E-08 atm-cc/sec. (w/ 120 PSI He)

Monday, May 02, 2022, 10:11: Leak rate @ 0.0E-08 atm-cc/sec. (w/ 120 PSI He).

Monday, May 02, 2022, 10:20: BV1B open. Rouging

Monday, May 02, 2022, 10:22: BV1A open.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 11:51: TP1B on.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 11:57: TP1A on.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 12:05: IG1 on.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 12:10: Vacuum @ 4.19e-05T & dropping.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 13:59: Vacuum @ 1.33e-05T

Monday, May 02, 2022, 14:04: FS#4 open. Vacuum @ 1.33e-05T. Stable. No immediate Spike.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 14:05: FS#2 open. Vacuum @ 1.33e-05T.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 14:06: FS#3 open. Vacuum @ 1.33e-05T.

Monday, May 02, 2022, 14:09: FS#5 open. Vacuum @ 1.33e-05T. Stable.

Aurelia to do a visual test later.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 13:41: IG6 Off. TP6 & TP2 off.

Tests by AL were complete. Installed a fresh gasket on the rear window.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:04: BV6 open. Roughing.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:06: BV2 open.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:11: TMS:TP6 on.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:15: TMS:TP2 on.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:16: TMS:TP6 Green.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:20: TMS:TP2 Green.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 07:38: Appears to have a water leak. Vacuum @ 8.48e-06T. All power / sources shut off. (Had already tripped).

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 07:44: All waterlines closed. Water leak confirmed. Vacuum dropped to 2.33e-06T.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 08:23: Vacuum @ 2.06e-06T.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 08:28: Open FS#2. Vacuum @ 2.06e-06T.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 08:34: Vacuum @ 2.06e-06T. Open FS#3. Vacuum @ 2.06e-06T.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 08:39:. Open FS#4. immediate spike to 2.57e-06T.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 08:44: All lines closed & purged.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 08:47: Opened FS#4 w/ added air pressure (40 PSI). Immediate spike noticed.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 08:50: FS#5 Pressurized. No change. Leak appears on FS#4.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 08:51: IG1 & Turbo pumps off.

Monday, April 11, 2022, 13:58: Controller for TP6 is dead. Literally smokes if you try to use it.

Monday, April 11, 2022, 14:51: TP6 Controller is replaced. TP6 on.

 Gas system switched on manually to use Ar & calibrated leak.

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 10:25: Roughing. 

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 11:17: TP1B on.

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 12:55: TP1A on.

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 14:42: SV5 on. Power /  sources on.

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 14:44: IV4 open. Optics on. Vacuum @ 2.7e-06T.

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 14:47: System check:

TGHT / TBHT @ 10 A. Coil @ 10A.

BIAS /  EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Anode @ 50V

OK. Set.

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 14:49: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 14:51: BIAS /  EE / EZL @ 0 kV. Anode @ 0V

Friday, April 08, 2022, 05:44: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 200 A @ 2 A per min.

Friday, April 08, 2022, 05:51: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 20 / -1.0 / 7.5 kV.

Coil @ 20 A, Anode @ 100 V.

Friday, April 08, 2022, 10:01: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 270 A @ 2 A per min.

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Friday, April 08, 2022, 11:15: TBHT @ 290 A. 

Friday, April 08, 2022, 12:09: Mass & wire scans complete. HV to 0kV. Anode to to V. Auto cooling @ 1 A per min. Coil @ 0 A. 

Monday, April 11, 2022, 07:25: Auto-ramping TGHT /TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2 A per min.  

Monday, April 11, 2022, 13:48: BIAS / EE / EZL 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Mass & wire scans started.

Wire scans good.

Monday, April 11, 2022, 13:58: Controller for TP6 is dead. Literally smokes if you try to use it.

Monday, April 11, 2022, 14:05: HV to 0 kV / Off. IV4 closed. Anode & Coil to 0.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 07:14: Vacuum instability noted. 2 spikes to 4.6e-06T. Back to 2.48e-06T. BIAS / EE / EZL 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. IV4 opened. Coil to 10 A. Anode to 100 V Optics standard tune set.

Mass & wire scans started.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 08:16: FM tune used. Mass & wire scans ok. Minor vacuum instability continues. Begin auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 08:27: Coil, Anode off. HV off. Closed SV5. Closed IV4

Tuesday, April 05, 2022, 13:57: Roughing. BV1B.

Tuesday, April 05, 2022, 14:04: BV1A on.

Tuesday, April 05, 2022, 14:28: TP1B on.

Tuesday, April 05, 2022, 14:36: TP1A on.

Tuesday, April 05, 2022, 14:46: IG1 on.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 07:42: Vacuum @ 2.50e-06T.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 07:44: Waterlines opened. Vacuum Remains stable.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 07:59: Cage fully closed up. Power/sources on.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:00: COIL / TGHT / TBHT @ 10 A manually. Check - Ok.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:02: Anode @ 50V - Ok.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:04: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Check - Ok.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:10: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 10 / -1 / 10 kV.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:16: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Ok. Vacuum @ 2.39e-06T.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:46: 1/2 hour. Stable.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:50: All sources off. PS off. Open Cage.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:54: Begin cycling source gas control.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:57: SV5 open.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 08:58: SV3 & SV4 open. Vacuum stable @2.32e-06T.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 09:02: Cage closed. Sources / PS  on. IV4 open.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 09:04: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 09:05: Anode @ 50 V. Coil @ 10 A.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 09:10: Optics set.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 11:37: Gas lines closed. Abort ramping. TGHT / TBHT @ 306 / 150 A. HV lockout. Open cage.

***Gas bottles are not in the old configuration*** No gas.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022, 11:50: Begin Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 08:13: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off. Power off. 

Thursday, April 07, 2022, 09:17: Venting. 

Wiring which was changed to run the mass marker tests has been reverted:

• anode bias cable connected to "B"
• tube negative attached to HV common through "B" to "F" connection

Ready for cathode biased FEBIAD operation.

Swapped the old 9pin connectors out and replaced with 2 5-pin connectors, same as on the modules.

See attached for current pin out diagram. Many of the wires are too short to reach the bottom sockets, so wires 2, 8, 9 are not connected in the connector. 4 spots are empty on connector 2 (right).  (6, 7) and (4, 5) are twisted pairs. Unused wires are tapped up out of the way, but we should improve this, the tape may come loose due to heat and then the wires could present an HV risk. (Update: added some wire to hold them in place. Slightly better...)

Need to either extend the wires, or put in new ones. All wires are grounded on the rack.

In addition, there are two screws in each connector which are floating right now. Need to make a connection for them but should be ok if we dont go to really high voltages.

3rd version of the mass marker target has been installed. This one is further back on the heat shield, and has a longer ceramic piece attached. There are three thermocouples as follows:

Monday, March 21, 2022, 13:55 : Roughing down.

Monday, March 21, 2022, 16:45 : Turbos have been on for a few hours. Starting water.

Monday, March 21, 2022, 17:20 : Only TC1 has to be tested with heating and maybe swapped if it is the wrong way around. Otherwise ready to go.

Thursday, March 24, 2022, 10:51 : Ramping up heaters to test thermocouples.

AS:

Monday, April 04, 2022, 09:10: Power locked out. IG1 & Turbo pumps off. HV top cage removed.

Installed & roughing Friday. 

Monday, February 28, 2022, 08:07: Turbopump TP1B on.

Monday, February 28, 2022, 09:21: TP1A on.

New thermocouple setup:

Monday, February 28, 2022, 18:57 : Data logging started. Forgot to set interval, not sure what it is at....

PLAN:

Ramp up coil to 50A, record temperatures

Ramp coil down then ramp target and tube to same values as before, record temperatures.

Ramp coil as before.

Tuesday, March 01, 2022, 14:52: Vacuum @ 1.60e-06T. Waterlines opened - AS

Tuesday, March 01, 2022, 14:54: Vacuum ok.

Turbos stopped Wednesday night. Ready to be uninstalled after venting and water purging.

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 16:08 : HV ramped to 30kV, EZL=15kV, EE=-1.5kV

Ramping up to 250A on TGHT, 200A on TBHT. See MassMarkerTest#1 for ramp up values of the thermocouples.

Seeing some beam on FC0, changing magnet settings to Cs to check FC6 then will ramp up.

Thursday, January 13, 2022, 14:22 :  1.3e-10 approximately Cs on FC6. Optimal EE -2700V, slightly higher than standard on EZL.

 Ramping down to Na on the magnet, found 5 pA:

 Started a ramp up to nominal heater values (TGHT-500 A  TBHT-230 A) but too much HV sparking so aborted at TGHT-299 A and TBHT-230 A. Ramped HV down to 16kV to get sparking to slow down.

Ramped quickly back up to 30kV to get FC readings but since there is so much sparking, we decided to ramp everything down and open the vacuum chamber.

PLAN:

1. ramp down heaters, vent vacuum, open chamber.

2. Try to tape the thermocouples up so that they are further from ground.

3. Try to crimp the bottom of the mass marker tubes, and bend them upwards so they aren't facing ground.

4. Add a dedicated ground to the COIL power supply.

From Fernando:

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Monday, January 17, 2022, 09:52: IG1 on. Source PS off. HV Cage removed. - AS
Monday, January 17, 2022, 11:11: Cage on. TGHT/TBHT PS on. - AS

Monday, January 17, 2022, 11:23: PS/ Sources on. - AS

Monday, January 17, 2022, 14:00: HV ramped to 20kV, EZL 10kV, EE, -1500V. Ramping TGHT/TBHT to previous values of 250A/200A.

Monday, January 17, 2022, 16:51 : Back to previous heater values, didn't find any Cs on FC6 so went to Na. Tuned and found the tune the opposite of last time, all voltage wanted to go lower. Found 736pA, maybe better than last time because I tuned quite a bit.

Monday, January 17, 2022, 18:00: Ramping to TGHT 300A, TBHT 230A, where we had sparking problems last time.

Monday, January 17, 2022, 18:17 : So far no sparking issues so I will start to heat up the mass markers. One spark about 4 mins after ramping up, after that maybe 10 sparks/40mins or so. Too many....

Monday, January 17, 2022, 19:20 : Got to 20A on the mass markers, will ramp down now.

Friday, January 28, 2022, 18:49 : Yesterday opened the HV rack to re-start data logging on the thermocouples. This morning ramped everything up and started the heaters. Found the Na current around 250A on the target, but abandoned looking for it because the TGHT heating was causing lots of outgassing, which was causing bias sparks. In addition, there is a weird effect where the Na current spikes, then slowly decreases over the course of an hour or something, to values lower than before the heating. Could this be an indication of some thermal issues, like cold spots where things condense? Or something is drifting. The HV common point on the target is at the mass markers now instead of at the exit of the ion source, but I can't imagine you would see such a large difference. The thermocouples do not change in value during these long slow declines. In light of this, decided to just go up and see what the thermocouples read. Settings were close to what is shown above - bit lower on the HV but magnet the same.

Monday, January 31, 2022, 16:23: Power/sources off. Thermocouple reader off. HV rack open. -AS

Wednesday, February 02, 2022, 07:36: IG1 & Turbo pumps off.  - AS

Connection of TBHT negative to HV common removed (R4 in circuit diagram). Labelled and put in MRO bucket.

Anode connection moved to feedthrough J.

Rewired multipin patch panel. Left some grounded (HVC) wires hanging, should probably make this nice later.

 December 30th, 2021: Water poured down around Isac test stand and probes lab area in service annex extension. problem was traced to a Cracked HVAC coil on SA roof

Fault: 14601 

https://web.accel.triumf.ca/ncr/dbfault.pl?faultno=14601&usertype=unknown&username=&faultgroup=CYCLOTRON&debug=0&btn_submit=Showfault

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/908

Noted on arrival to startup the ISAC TS some cleaning of the area was required. Optics PS & all PS quickly checked. OK / Dry. 

Use caution when HV is to be applied later. Expect conditioning / noise from the cage. 

LP-SIS modified w/ 2 holes on the center block to accept a pair of Ta tubes that are run to the coil PS.

*Note modified HS plates at the ion source to accommodate the LP-SIS (Has a slightly bent ionizer tube from the drilling)

-Plan to shut down the ISAC TS on 12/23/2021 for the holidays.

Thermocouples are installed.

Ref:

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/679

Pin configuration between top 9-pin connector on Source Tray and terminal in high voltage rack. Measured 2018-08-21 by Aaron and Anders

Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 13:55: Roughing.

Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 13:57: BV1A open.

Thursday, December 23, 2021, 07:42: TP2 & TP6 off.

Thursday, December 23, 2021, 09:00: PV1 & PV2 off. RP1 & RP2 off.

Clean up?? What happened here? (Water mess?)

Tuesday, January 04, 2022, 11:13: RP1 & RP2 on.

Tuesday, January 04, 2022, 11:14: Roughing.

Tuesday, January 04, 2022, 11:17: TP2 & TP6 on.

Tuesday, January 04, 2022, 11:21: IG6 on.

Tuesday, January 04, 2022, 13:00: TP1B on.

Carla:

Swapped top and bottom connector on target side multipin to match up with wires. Added kapton tape where things were touching. TC#3 (ROI) maybe won't work, was very twisted. Not sure if I got all the twists.

Monday, January 10, 2022, 09:53: Roughing.

Monday, January 10, 2022, 15:55: TP1B on

Monday, January 10, 2022, 16:04: TP1A on.

Monday, January 10, 2022, 16:14: TP2 Tripped. Back on within 30 seconds.

Monday, January 10, 2022, 16:14: IG1 on.

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 09:56 : Cage has been closed up and HS water lines are open.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 13:44: Roughing. Water loop installed. Lock out tag removed.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 13:01: BV1B open. Roughing.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 13:05: BV1A open.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 13:34: TP1B on.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 13:42: TP1A on.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 13:50 : IG1 on. TMS:TP2 trip. Fast reset. OK. Vacuum @ 3.54e-05T. Waterline FS#5 open.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 13:53: Vacuum @ 2.12e-05T. Ok

Friday, November 12, 2021, 13:54: Power / sources on.

Monday, November 15, 2021, 09:00: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 @ 3 A per min. IV4 open. TMS:VCB1 not functioning. Controls group notified.

Monday, November 15, 2021, 09:40: Optics set minus TMS:VCB1 

Monday, November 15, 2021, 11:16: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 @ 2 A per min.

Monday, November 15, 2021, 11:34: TMS:VCB1 fixed. Optics set ok.

Monday, November 15, 2021, 11:43: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Monday, November 15, 2021, 15:44: Mass & wire scans complete. OK. HV to 0 kV. IV4 closed.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 06:16: Auto-cooling TGHT / TBHT @ 2A per min.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 11:13: Power / sources off.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 11:14: IG1. Turbo pumps off.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 12:12: Venting.

Thursday, November 04, 2021, 11:54: Venting

water loop removed

Thursday, November 04, 2021, 13:39: Roughing

Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 15:01: Roughing.

Tube / TGHT only.

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 10:11: Roughing.

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 12:05: TP1B on. 

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 12:10: TP1A on. 

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 13:27: IG1 on.

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 16:08: Vacuum @ 3.73e-06T

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 16:10: FS#5 open. Vacuum Stable.

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 16:13: PS on. Sources on. TGHT manually tapped up to 10 A. OK. Allow vacuum to stabilize further.

Friday, October 15, 2021, 06:38: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per min. 

Friday, October 15, 2021, 21:32: Auto-Cooling @ 1 A per min. 

Monday, October 18, 2021, 07:50: Sources, IG1, & turbo pumps off.  

Wednesday, October 06, 2021, 11:56: Roughing.

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 09:07: Venting.

Monday, October 04, 2021, 15:38: Roughing.

Monday, October 04, 2021, 16:08: TP1B on. 

Monday, October 04, 2021, 16:15: TP1 A on. 

Monday, October 04, 2021, 16:41: IG1 on.

Tuesday, October 05, 2021, 06:47: Vacuum @ 4.09e-06T.

Tuesday, October 05, 2021, 06:49: Waterlines opened. Vacuum stable.

Tuesday, October 05, 2021, 06:50: Power / sources on.

Tuesday, October 05, 2021, 06:52: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, October 06, 2021, 05:44: Auto-cooling @ 3 A per min. Vacuum @ 2.37e-06T.\

Wednesday, October 06, 2021, 09:37: Power / sources off.

Wednesday, October 06, 2021, 09:38: IG1 off. TSG:TP1 A & B off.

Wednesday, October 06, 2021, 11:11: Venting. Waterlines off.

Edit* Switched from ITW to ITE. on station icon - AS.

Thursday, September 23, 2021, 07:15: Roughing. Waterline loop installed.

Monday, September 27, 2021, 10:35: MB1 off. Turbo pumps, IG, RP, all off/closed. DI water closed/purged.

TS shutdown for planned power outage.

Friday, October 01, 2021, 06:03: Roughing pumps on.

Friday, October 01, 2021, 06:04: Roughing TS beam line side.

Friday, October 01, 2021, 06:52: TMS:TP6 & TMS:TP2 on. Venting Chamber side.

Friday, October 01, 2021, 06:57: IG6 on - Filament 2 manually set. Beam line side vacuum @ 1.5e-05T

Friday, October 01, 2021, 07:01: Vacuum @ 9.04e-06T & dropping steady (Beam line side) OK.

Friday, October 01, 2021, 07:05: Reboot ISAC TS PLC/IOC. Reset controls whiteout.

Friday, October 01, 2021, 07:10: MB1 restart ok.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 17:00: Roughing

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 17:37: TP1B on.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 17:47: TP1A on.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 17:55: IG1 on.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 06:51: Waterlines opened. Vacuum Stable @ 4.46e-06T.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 07:01: Power/sources/optics on - Set.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 07:02: IV4 opened.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 07:05: Quick system check. TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A. OK.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 07:06: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Not ok. BIAS short!!!* set to 1kV, zero read back. 0V & 0.230 mA.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 08:01: Hook was still in the cage. Removed*

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 08:05: Quick system check. TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.5 / 1 kV. All ok. Vacuum @ 4.02e-06T. Allow to stabilize.

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 04:38: Vacuum @ 2.13e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 A / 150 A @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 04:44: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 20 / -1.0 / 10 kV. 

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 08:58: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 A / 230 A @ 2 A per min.  

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 13:20: Auto-ramp halted. Vacuum @ 3.12 e-06T. TGHT / TBHT @ 410 / 210. Adjusted good vacuum / increment limit t0 5.0e-06T & 7e-06T (Back off limit). Continue auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 A / 230 A @ 2 A per min.  

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 16:30: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 543+/ 230 A. TGHT still ramping on vac limit. Good wire scans so far.

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 16:36: Mass & wires scans proceeding.

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 17:16: Scans ok. TGHT @ 550 A. Vacuum @ 5.12e-06T.

Friday, September 17, 2021, 10:41: Mass & wire scans ok. BIAS / EE / EZL to 0 kV. 

Sunday, September 19, 2021, 20:33: Auto-cooling @ 1 A per min. 

Monday, September 20, 2021, 06:10: Power/sources off. IV4 off. Lock-out.

Monday, September 20, 2021, 06:13: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Thursday, September 23, 2021, 05:04: Venting. 

Feedthrough R had a flange installed with a HV feedthrough on it for TM3 service tray prototype HV tests. It was replaced today with the original blank flange.

Pump down chamber w/ empty HS

Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 15:29: Roughing.

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 04:11: IG1 switched on. Vacuum @ 8.35e-06T - AS 

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 14:04 Water on, no spike in vacuum. IG1:2.6e-6T

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 14:37 HV rack closed, BIAS EE and EZL power supplies on.

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 15:03 BIAS/EE/EZL 10000/-1000/9000

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 15:08 BIAS/EE/EZL 30000/-1500/13000 1 spark just when reached 30kV.

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 15:28 Series of sparks restarted the controling PC. Back in control BIAS/EE/EZL 48000/-2500/22000

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 15:34 BIAS/EE/EZL 50000/-2500/22000

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 15:48 BIAS/EE/EZL 55000/-2800/24000

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 15:53 Ramping down.

Monday, August 30, 2021, 10:25 turbos off.

Monday, August 23, 2021, 10:49: Aaron removed the Extorr RGA and install a blind instead.

When the new RGA arrives it will be changed.

 Monday, August 23, 2021, 09:53: RP1 was swapped back to our original pump. (see e-log 889)

Derek informed that they test it overnight and performed well, and it's a bit slow but it goes down to 20 mT.

Current is at 36 mTorr and dropping.

Saturday, August 07, 2021, 18:02: As mentions in previous entries, the FC0 current oscillates with no change on ion source parameters.

Hence, I came on-site to see if there was an issue with the hardware. Nothing obvious.

Last night there were some sparks that might have cause some issue.

RPMS are shifted toward negative current reading, similar to what we observed when testing TM4 sourcetray.

To rule out hardware issues I swapped the signals from FC0 to FC6 and visceversa.

When the output of FC0 goes to the FC6 controller the readout makes sense, and this behaves as expected with gas on/off.

When the output of FC6 goes to the FC0 controller there is no readout coming out. This suggest, at least to me, that some damage or error is happening on the DAQ side.

I will reboot the ioc expecting to see something.

Things sort kind of Ok but I don't trust it. FC0 reading makes a bit more sense. RPMS remains with an offset

Saturday, August 07, 2021, 20:31: The FC0 reading increase from 7.54e-11 A to 1.64e-8 A starting at 19:32. Also, the RPMS baseleves are not offset anymore, the -10 rd when using the 1 nA scale is back to 0 (normal)

Problem: Some devices turn off unexpectedly and sometimes without any obvious trigger. In the past, the only time this was an issue was during mass scans. Now with the automation of measurements, this is a major problem as it prevents longer parameter scans.

Thursday, August 05, 2021, 08:00: Kevin setup the CANBUS snooper by hooking it up on the magnet card loop port.

This device tracks the network so if any error happen it will be captured.

Thursday, August 05, 2021, 09:39: Test unsuccessful. No device turned off (I should be happy XD)

Thursday, August 05, 2021, 09:40: Will run the test another time

A PC was setup near the old magnet power supply (20210806_150334.jpg ). One of the software run smoothly but the other more useful one fails to connect to the usb adapter.

 Friday, August 06, 2021, 14:52: Fixed issue with  the usb adapter. With this, the CANBUS traffic can be store and inspected to catch any error on the communication (Annotation_2021-08-06_144737.png).

Friday, August 06, 2021, 14:53: Loggers are running. 

 Friday, August 13, 2021, 11:07: I forgot to input the feedback  from Kevin:

"33 errors out of 10,300,00 transaction seems statistically insignificant to me. "

From the devices tripped,

"Most of the tripped supplies are located on the front side of the rack, the original test stand controllers"

So maybe the issues could be

"Compatibility issues with the old and new? The newer supplies are all daisy chained, should we upgrade these to the tap boards?

Should the old controllers (original test stand appear to be MK supplies) be upgraded (do we have enough)?"

After not being able to get beam through the emittance meter. I diagnosed that the plates was not biased (reason yet unknow).

I swapped the cables from the plates such that it looks like the picture below. With this, I was able to take an emittance scan with the previous parameters.

Varying the optics affect the shape and position of the emittance so I believe this is a real signal.

Keeping this configuration until I finish my measurement.

Restarting everything after swapping RP1 (see elog 889).

Friday, July 30, 2021, 16:14: IG1 @ 7.02e-7 T.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 16:26: IV4 open. IG1 @ 6.3e-7 T.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 16:27: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 540/270 A @ 4A/min.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 16:32: Emittance meter power supply found at 500 V. Running a scan does not weep the voltage.

Cycling the PS and running a  scan. Now the voltage is swept.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 17:43: TBHT reached set current. TGHT @ 304 A and ramping up. IG1 @  6.36e-7 T. TIS glowing so I guess it didn't break from early trip.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 18:53: IG1 @ 7 e- 7 T.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 18:53 : Auto-ramping TGHT to 580A @ 4A/min.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 19:10. TGHT reached set current. IG1 @ 7.35e-7 T.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 19:22: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV. 

Friday, July 30, 2021, 19:25: IG1 @ 7.55e-7 T.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 19:26 :  Auto-ramping TBHT to 280A @ 4A/min.

 Friday, July 30, 2021, 19:29: TBHT reaches set current. IG1 @ 7.72e-7 T.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 21:24: Mass scans with gas on/off shows clear only contribution from gas line. 

Friday, July 30, 2021, 21:25: Anode=200C,Coil=30A. FC0=5.14e-9 A. FC6=9.35e-10 A for 40Ar+

Parameter scans performed on nominal heater current and also with heater at similar power to older measurements.

Leaving some devices that are typically at 0 V to something like 1 to 2 volts, to avoid the red 0 readback as a test.

Saturday, July 31, 2021, 08:13: System stable overnight. TMS:VCB5 was the only device found off.

Mass scans, anode-coil scans. gas line effects.

Sunday, August 01, 2021, 08:42: On-site: Grid is fine. Gas pressure stays at |200kPa| even after several line flushes. Continuing  remotely.

Several parameter scans all at 280A. All of the look remarkably similar, so reproducibility over two day is possible.  Mass scans at three different coil-anode combinations

Emittance scans still not possible @ 1.3e-9 A on FC6, when going to 290 A will try again.

Sunday, August 01, 2021, 22:52: IG1 @ 8.43e-7 T.

Sunday, August 01, 2021, 22:53:  Auto-ramping TBHT to 290A @ 4A/min.

Monday, August 02, 2021, 01:00: IG1 @ 860e-7T. FC1=1.59e-8.

Monday, August 02, 2021, 08:59: IG1 @ 7.44e-7 T.

Mass scans performed. Emittance scans are still not possible with FC6=2.2e-9 A. Parameter scans

 Monday, August 02, 2021, 09:02:  Auto-ramping TBHT to 300 A @ 4A/min.

Emittance scans are still not possible with FC6=3.1e-9 A

 Monday, August 02, 2021, 12:48: IG1 @ 7.6e-7 T.

Monday, August 02, 2021, 12:48:  Auto-ramping TBHT to 305 A @ 2A/min.

Monday, August 02, 2021, 16:40: IG1@ 8.01 e-7 T. 

 Parameter scans. Mass scans performed. Emittance scans are still not possible with FC6=6.21e-9 A. I think there is something wrong with the parameters or with the hardware. To check with Carla on Tuesday.

 I will take one more measurement at higher current and go tomorrow to check the emittance scan status.

Monday, August 02, 2021, 20:46:  Auto-ramping TBHT to 310 A @ 1A/min. IG1 @ 8.16e-7 T.

 Parameter scans. Mass scans. 

Monday, August 02, 2021, 23:47: IG1 @ 8.07e-7 T. FC0 = 3..8e-8 A.

Monday, August 02, 2021, 23:52:  Done for the day.

Tuesday, August 03, 2021, 07:34: Things were stable overnight. IG1 @ 7.92e-7 T. 

Parameter scans, and emittance meter troubleshooting.

Grid is fine.

Tuesday, August 03, 2021, 11:55: Emittance scans seem to work now( see e-log 891) 

Tuesday, August 03, 2021, 12:08: Done on-site. Continuing remotely. 

Emittance scan. Mass scans.

Tuesday, August 03, 2021, 20:21: Ramping TBHT to 315 A @ 1A/min. IG1 @ 8.2e-7 T.

Parameter scan. Mass scans. Emittances scans.

Tuesday, August 03, 2021, 22:55: IG1 @8.07e-6. Done for the day. Will continue tomorrow.

Wednesday, August 04, 2021:  Parameter scan. Mass scans. Emittances scans.

Data analysis on files generated so far. Efficiency as a function of temperature-voltage look similar.

Given that previous cathode heating current did not have emittance, I will go down to measure efficiency.

Thursday, August 05, 2021: Morning troubleshooting CANBUS signal with no luck (this is actually something good)

Mass scans. Parameter scans, and finally emittance scans at lower temperatures.

Thursday, August 05, 2021, 20:58: IG1 @ 7.35e-7 T. 

Friday, August 06, 2021: CANBUS analyzer up-and-running.

Parameter scan. Mass scans. Emittances scans.

Saturday, August 07, 2021, 06:00:  Found all my epics windows closed. Probably a network issue as I cannot connect from any of my pc's. Submitting a ticket.

 Saturday, August 07, 2021, 08:43: Reply from Steve McDonald says there are general network issues and someone is goin on-site to investigate the "network switch stack in the ISAC2 second floor"

Saturday, August 07, 2021, 10:12 : Communications restore after fix.

Saturday, August 07, 2021, 15:06: FC0 reading oscillates a lot and sometimes drop to 0. Mass scan shows almost no peaks without gas. With gas, the FC0  behaves the sames even thought 40Ar+ signal is 1e-8A and responds to the gas open/close.

Moreover, the RPM0s have an offset current. RPM0A is not showing beam.

I will turn the HV off in case there is weird dark current going on. 

Saturday, August 07, 2021, 17:29 : On-site

ISAC test stand PC lost connection to epics due to the same issue. Initiating striptools.

Nothing visible wrong on service cap nor around the ISAC test stand, however, FC0 still oscillates a lot.

I will change the signal cables to see if one controller can read from the other faraday cup.

 Things look better now (see entry 893)

Finished mass scans

Sunday, August 08, 2021, 00:35: Ramping TBHT to 300 A @ 4 A/min. IG1 @ 6.71e-7 T. 

Sunday, August 08, 2021:  Parameter scans, mass scans, emittance scans performed.

Sunday, August 08, 2021, 23:55: Checking other species given that  with TBHT=310 A I can see m=90, which I think it might be Ta++

Monday, August 09, 2021: TBHT increased to 315 A

Parameter scans, mass scans, and emittance scans performed.

Investigating the following species: O+, (H2O)+, Ar++, (N2)+/CO+, (O2)+,Ta++,(TaO)++ on masses 16,18,20,28,32,90,98, respectively.

Both the atomic, and molecular oxygen follow different tendencies wrt other species.

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 09:57: TBHT @ 320 A. IG1 @ 6.53e-7T. 

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 10:01: Increasing anode limit current to 200mA. All previous tests had 150 mA and the maximum current recorded was ~110mA. 

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 11:42: Grid is fine (confirmed by Marla) 

Tuesday, August 10, 2021: Mass 60 observed, it might be (SiO2)+ coming from the coil jacket. The parameter scan shows that the ion current is only dependent on voltage. 

Wednesday, August 11, 2021. Mass scan, and parameter scan. For the first time I am measuring only FC0 with and without gas. I'm gonna investigate the higher peaks individually, likely they are H2O,O2,O,H2, and Ar

Thursday, August 12, 2021: All day measuring different ion currents with and without gas (H2,N,O,OH,H2O,N2/CO,O2).

Friday, August 13, 2021, 09:03: Currently measuring FCO with gas. 

 Friday, August 13, 2021, 10:42: On-site. Grid is fine

Friday, August 13, 2021, 19:50:Scans completed for different species, results seem consistent but required more in-depth. FC0 scans shows higher values towards high anode voltage and high coil current but not all species shows this behavior.

Friday, August 13, 2021, 19:51: Ramping tbht to 330 @ 1 A/min. 

Friday, August 13, 2021, 20:29L IG1@8.25e-7T. 

Saturday, August 14, 2021, 22:28: Parameter scans, mass scans. Some emittance scans unsuccessful.

Anode leakage current seems to creep a bit overnight. This could be an indication of a failure onset but I'll have to see. I won't increase the current remotely until being on-site

Sunday, August 15, 2021, 10:10: Anode leakage current has increased 10 mA overnight. 

Sunday, August 15, 2021, 20:43: Emittance scans for multiple anode/coil combinations. Visually there are differences on the geometrical emittance, not so much on the 90% intensity emittance. Requires proper  emittance  analysis.

Monday, August 16, 2021, 18:58: Data analysis and short summary. Systematic emittance measurements.

Request to add more PVs to control emittance and mass scans from jupyter notebook 

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 10:22: On site. Grid is fine. Re-initianing epics as my pc reboot it.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 10:23: TBHT to 335A @ 1A/min. Anode leakage current =150 mA. IG1=6.51e-7T. Increase anode current limit to 250 mA.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 10:29: The grid is as bright as the cathode. This is the first time the grid shines this bright. 

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 10:53: The grid looks normal at anode=200V. By making an anode sweep I was able to observe that at around 300 V there is an onset on how bright the anode get. Passing this voltage the grid start to shine and gets a maximum brightness when reaching 500V.

This seems to suggest that the power deposited on the grid is enough to cause substantial heating if it makes it as bright as the cathode. The maximum power into the anode body (at this cathode heating current (335A))  is 500V* 200mA=100W (just like a lightbulb)

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 12:03: Done on-site. Will continue remotely. 

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 20:19: Anode is drawing more current. During Ar+ scan, the maximum anode current registered was ~200 mA. Now is ~250 mA 

Schottky plot shows a tiny upwards kick.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 22:16: Once again, at the end of the scan the current increased. This time to 320 mA

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 22:18: I think the grid will melt tonight  with anode/coil @ 200V/30A. 

Wednesday, August 18, 2021: Well, well, well. Grid didn't melt but the  anode leakage current has increased again. At some point the anode got current limited to 350 mA and from 490 V it drop to 470V.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 16:57: Increasing the anode limit current to 400 A.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 18:01: During the scan on FC0, the anode current went up to 400 mA so I increased to 500 mA, but I had to increase to 600 mA but it was still getting current limited. Scan aborted

Maybe now I am melting the grid 

I will run an FC0 scan with gas on while I'll go on-site to check the grid and the "anomalous" ionization..

Running a mass scan while I go on-site. Anode=200. Coil=90 A.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 19:42: Grid is melted. From the look of it half of the visible part collapsed into a blob while the other is gone (allowing to see the far backside of the target oven.

With this knowledge I can proceed with more aggressive tests in order to test the limit if the "anomalous" regime.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 23:24: After a mass scan with 0 V to check surfaces ionizes species I noticed there is a signal on mass ~ 137.5 which I am not sure what it is.

It might be Ba or a molecule but is coming from the transfer line as sweeping the voltage between 0 and 2 V changes the response but above this the signal is gone and reappears with 80 V.

Thursday, August 19, 2021, 08:08: mass ~137.5 disappeared. If I increased the anode voltage to 400 V or so some appears but quickly drops.

 Thursday, August 19, 2021, 11:35: Increased anode current limit to 800 mA.

Thursday, August 19, 2021, 14:08: Scan didn't cause an increased on leakage current. Maximum registered was around 200 mA. However, the contour plot looks different to the case when the grid was complete.

Thursday, August 19, 2021, 23:36: Finishing some scans at the current settings.

Thursday, August 19, 2021, 23:36: TBHT to 280A @ -1A/min. Tomorrow I will focused on temperature scans without caring much on emittance o mass composition. 

Friday, August 20, 2021, 11:28: Scans done for,280,285. Currently running 290 A.

The coil current dependence qualitatively follows the one from ISOLDE, in which a series of minimum and maxima occur and also vary a bit with voltage.

Friday, August 20, 2021, 13:34: Accidentally set TBHT to 226 A directly from 295 A. 

Friday, August 20, 2021, 13:36: Heating TBHT to 300 A @ 4A/min. 

Friday, August 20, 2021, 14:13: TBHT is at 295 A to check things are still the same. 

Friday, August 20, 2021, 23:46: TBHT @ 310 A. 

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 06:20: Scan on-going for TBHT 315 A. 

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 13:25: TBHT to 335 A. 

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 15:02: TBHT to 340 A. 

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 18:11: The voltage got current limited during the scan for 345 A. When setting the voltage to 0V, the anode seems to be shorted. 

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 22:46: Ramping down TGHT/TBHT to 0 (@-1A/min) but the short is still present. Currently  @ TGHT/TBHT 454/162 A. 

Sunday, August 22, 2021, 13:29: This morning the heaters reach 0 A but the anode remain current limited. I will proceed to turn off the TS to check tomorrow morning the ion source. 

Sunday, August 22, 2021, 13:31: IV4 closed.

 Sunday, August 22, 2021, 13:36: Sources off.

Sunday, August 22, 2021, 13:38: IG1 off

 Sunday, August 22, 2021, 13:38: Turbos off.

Monday, August 23, 2021, 07:19: Venting 

Monday, August 23, 2021, 08:30: Confirmed a short between target/cathode to anode/heatshield

Monday, August 23, 2021, 11:29: Confirmed that the anode power supply still works :) 

TP1A tripped off on Fernando, seems the backing pressure got too high. Even with PV1 closed the RP1 pump could not get below 200mTorr. Derek from vacuum group came and had a look, and is swapping RP1 out for one of the vacuum group pumps, then will see if they can repair ours.

Modified spiral tube from VCR to counteract torque towards the HS. Now points towards TBHT.

Electric checks before closing shows no short between TIS and HS.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 08:48: Venting

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 09:18 Turbos on. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 09:26: IG1 on. TP1 didn't timed out.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 10:24: IG1 @ 4.13e-6 T. All voltages can be set with no problem.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 11:48: IG1 @ 1.98e-6 T. Anode @ 10 V.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 11:49: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 560/280 A @ 4A/min. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:10: Heaters reached setpoints. No shorts!

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:14: IG1 @  1.71e-6 T.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:30: Spark when ramping voltage @ 20 kV.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:30: IV4 open. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:32: Bias/ EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV. Anode @ 0 V.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:33: FC0 = 1.09e-10 A 

 Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:34: IG1 @ 1.62e-6 T.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:35:  Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 4A/min. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:48: IG1 @1 .60e-6 T 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 14:48: FC0 = 2.35e-10 

Ready to start systematic measurements.

 Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 15:00: Mass scan with anode = 0 V started.

Couple more mass scans, and parameter scans with a python notebook.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 20:37:   Auto-ramping TBHT to 285 A @ 2A/min. 

Thursday, July 29, 2021, 11:46: Manually tapping to 279 A as this provides a similar power to an older measurement. Even though the anode-cathode gap distance might be different, this is a preliminary measurement to make sure things look relatively similar. 

 Thursday, July 29, 2021, 21:38: Most of the day I was running parameter scans with similar parameter to an older measurement.

For this I varied TBHT and TGHT and some look closer than other, which indicates how much the sources varies from each other.

I tried running an emittance measurement but it seems the voltage is not been swept. I need to check if the power supply is working.

 Thursday, July 29, 2021, 21:38: TBHT to 270 A  @ -2A/min. TGHT @ 580 A

Friday, July 30, 2021, 09:57: Things stay fine overnight and only TPS:CBC was found off . The plan for today is the following:

• Check grid integrity
• Flush and refill gas line
• Start systematic measurements at low temperature.
  • Mass scan nominal values of coil and anode
  • Anode-coil scans
  • Mass scan interesting points
  • Emittance scan interesting points

 Friday, July 30, 2021, 11:43: Grid is fine. Voltages to 0 to  open cage.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 11:44:  Gas lines flushed and refilled with a pressure of |200| kPa. Similar to older measurements. It seems that yesterday measurements were with |240| kPa.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 11:51: Noticed that TP6 was red. Likely a consequence of a spark. Not sure since when. The vacuum seem ok before. 

Friday, July 30, 2021, 11:55: TP1A interlock due to vacuum on CG1A. When opening it the system pressure peak and trip the heaters :/. Waiting for the backing lines to evacuate before heating again.

 Friday, July 30, 2021, 14:39: TSG:CG1A&B are not coming down. Bypassing TSG:BV1A increase the pressure reading on IG1, indicating that the signal is real. The question is why there is such buildup in the backing lines.

Digging the archive this seems common but only after march 2021, the pressure does not decrease as good as before. This matches a big water leak. Maybe a new pump is needed as it was the case in August 2020.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 14:49: IG1 off. TP1B off. 

Friday, July 30, 2021, 16:05: Backing lines @ 0.025 T. An order of magnitude decrease after swapping RP1 (see elog 889).

Turbos on, IG1 On. Things look to be ok again. TP1A epics readback is 9.92 A at all times but controller reads 6 A upon start (normal) and at full speed reads 0.7 A (normal). To check with control group.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 16:14: IG1 @ 7.02e-7 T.

Assembly has new gas tube to the target for better fit and clearance to the HS.

Electric checks before closing shows no short between TIS and HS.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 12:57: Venting

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 13:28: Turbos on. 

TP1A timed out again! Bypassing BV1A to open it, then reset TP1A and turn  it on.  Turbo show that is at speed right away.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 13:38: IG1 on

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 15:24: IG1 @ 7.07e-6.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 15:28: Waterlines open. No vacuum response.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 15:33. IV4. Timed out a couple of times.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 15:37: Power/Sources on.

 Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 17:57: IG1 @ 2.76e-6 T.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 18:04: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 560/280 A. @ 2A/min. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 00:46: Found out that anode got current limited around 9 pm. I wonder if the tube got moved again

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 00:48: Auto-cooling to 0 A to investigate. 

 Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 06:44: IV4 closed

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 06:44: IG1 off. Turbos off. 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 08:01: Venting.

 Once more, the tube was touching the heatshield in the same way as before.

• The cause is likely the spiral line coming from the VCR as in "rest" state in pointing towards the grip handles.
• I was trying to put an insulator piece and I noticed (and recall) how much force I had to put in order to accommodate the spiral  line in order to align it with the target capillary.
• This lead me to think that when the targets gets hot and the capillary deforms, this will be pushed towards the HS.
• To fixed it, I modified the spiral to have less torque or at least make it push to the other side (touching the tbht is no problem).

Closing everything and pumping down.

 Monday, July 26, 2021, 17:23: Roughing

Monday, July 26, 2021, 17:55: Turbos on.

Monday, July 26, 2021, 18:03 : TP1A timed out ...again

Monday, July 26, 2021, 18:03: Bypassing BV1A. TP1A reset and on. turbos at speed.

 Monday, July 26, 2021, 18:05: IG1 on.

Monday, July 26, 2021, 18:26: IG1 @ 1.97e-5 T. 

Monday, July 26, 2021, 22:33: IG1 @ 2.41e-6 T

Monday, July 26, 2021, 22:33: IV4 open. 

Monday, July 26, 2021, 22:55: BIAS/EZL/EE to 10/6/1 kV. No problem. All set to 0.000 kV again 

Monday, July 26, 2021, 22:57: Coil to 10 A. Anode to 100 V.. No problem. All set to 0 again.

 Monday, July 26, 2021, 22:59: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 580/280 A @ 2A/min.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 06:32: IG1 @ 1.52e-6 T.

At 01:30, approximately 10 minutes after TBHT heater reached the desired current, the anode went from 0 to 1.5 V.

Tried to put anode voltage to 100 V but it got current limited as of 2 V.

Given that before heating the anode voltage was fine, I think the gas tube move again and made contact with the heatshield.

I will need to open this again :(

 Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 06:41: Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0 A @ -4A/min

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 09:08: Heaters @ 0 A. Anode still gets current limited.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 09:09: IV4 close. Timed out. 

 Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 09:09: IG1 off.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 09:09: Turbos off. 

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 11:13: Venting.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 11:58: Gas tube move and end up touching the  heatshield again. When try to adjust it to add an insulator as an spacer, the gas line de-coupled from the target.

removing the target for re-installation and clearance addition.

 Replace Ta capillary going into the target with the one from previous febiad as it felt sturdy and had better shape for clearance with the HS.

 Thursday, July 22, 2021, 17:43: Roughing

New argon gas bottle installed.

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 18:16: Turbos on.

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 18:25: TP1A  timed out. TSG:CG1A is larger than TSG:CG1, that is the roughing lines are higher than the vacuum chamber. 

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 18:27: Bypassing TSG:BV1 to open it.

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 18:28: Turbo at speed.

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 18:28: Bypass removed.

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 18:28: IG1 on. 

Friday, July 23, 2021, 09:16: IG1 @ 1.69e-6 T.

Friday, July 23, 2021, 09:17: Waterlines open. No vacuum response

Friday, July 23, 2021, 10:09: While checking the gas connections I found out that inside the faraday cage there are a couple of connections missing:

Coil PS chasis ground disconnected

Resistor between  A and C (tbht pos and tght neg) disconnected.

Friday, July 23, 2021, 15:29: Gas system taken out to properly install a new "tee" union.

Friday, July 23, 2021, 15:29: IG1 @ 1.34e-6 T.

Friday, July 23, 2021, 15:52: Power/ sources on.

Friday, July 23, 2021, 15:54: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 580 A/ 280 A @ 2A/min

Friday, July 23, 2021, 15:58: IV4 open.

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 13:07: IG1 @ 1.25 e-6 T. 

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 18:34: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. One spark when Bias reached 30 kV.

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 18:36: Two consecutive sparks. Lowering to bias  29.5  kV to let it conditioned there for at least 10 minutes.

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 18:46: Bias to 30 kV. No sparks. 

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 18:59. No sparks. IG1 @ 1.16e-6 

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 19:26: Anode gets current limited  as of 2 V. Maybe there is a short somewhere else either inside the vacuum box, or on the service cap. Will check tomorrow

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 19:30: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0 kV.

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 19:30: Auto-cooling to 0 A @ -2A/min

Monday, July 26, 2021, 09:00: IG1 @ 4.58e-7 T.

Monday, July 26, 2021, 09:17: No visible sparks 

Monday, July 26, 2021, 09:22: Power sources off. 

Monday, July 26, 2021, 13:20: After some tests I can conclude a couple of things:

• Anode/Cathode voltage power supply works fine and draws the right current for a 100 kOhm resistor. 
• When all cables are disconnected from TBHT and TGHT F/Ts there is continuity between them and HV common.

Monday, July 26, 2021, 14:52: IV4 closed

Monday, July 26, 2021, 14:53: Turbos off.

Oops!, forgot to turned off IG1 but interlock did it for me :p

 Monday, July 26, 2021, 17:19: After opening the vaccum chamber I found the portion of the capillary that goes to the target was touching the heatshield. Confirmed continuity with a multimeter.

Manually move it away and no continuity confirmed with multimeter.

FTs A-D recconected.

Bypassing anode interlock to check there is no short. Confirmed.

Preparing to close and pump.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 19:08: Roughing

Thursday, July 01, 2021, 08:57: Turbos on 

Thursday, July 01, 2021, 09:11: TP1A timed out. Reset it. Waiting for CG1A to drop a bit more. 

Thursday, July 01, 2021, 09:19: TSG:BV1A interlock bypassed so that can be opened. TSGTP1A open

TP1A at speed

Thursday, July 01, 2021, 09:20: Interlock bypassed was removed.

Thursday, July 01, 2021, 09:20: IG1 on. 

Wednesday, July 07, 2021, 08:52 : IgG1 @ 4.64e-7 T.

Wednesday, July 07, 2021, 08:53: Waterlines open. No vacuum response. RGA does not respond, probably the filament burnt out.

Wednesday, July 07, 2021: Gas system has a tiny leak, probably from my initial checks about two weeks ago

Wednesday, July 07, 2021: During adjustments on the gas system the copper pipe yielded a bit and the leak clearly increases. I asked Maico to prepare new VCR connection for replacement (thanks!)

Thursday, July 08, 2021: The gas system inside the Faraday cage is not leaking anymore. However, the gauge inside the service cap does not respond to any pressure changes. It needs replacement.

Friday, July 09, 2021: Gas system troubleshooted with a small nitrogen bottle. Problem was on the two-stage regulator. Tighter connection fixed it.

Power supplies respond normal

Friday, July 09, 2021, 15:19: IV4 open.

Emittance meter power supply on.

Friday, July 09, 2021, 15:22: IG1 @ 4.40e-7 T.

Friday, July 09, 2021, 15:22: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 300 A / 150A @ 2A/min

Friday, July 09, 2021, 16:06: Emittance meter was not workin. Mike Rowen rebooted the IOC and that fixed the issue.

 Sunday, July 11, 2021, 16:40: IG1 @ 5.13e-7 T.

Sunday, July 11, 2021, 16:42:  Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 550A / 250A @ 2A/min

Sunday, July 11, 2021, 16:43. Anode @ 100 V and  500 mA current limit. 

Monday, July 12, 2021, 09:15: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. - AS

FM

Monday, July 12, 2021, 09:41:  Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 580A / 280A @ 2A/min

There seems to be an issue with the emittance meter. The scans seems to be successful but the plot is only noise.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 11:51: Telescope set on the magnet viewport: Grid is fine and I will check it continuosly.

The gauge inside the service cap is working now, as it actually never broke, a manual valve was still close inside the faraday cage.

I measured the voltage sent from the emittance PS, so the emittance meter receives voltage. I think the problem might be the faraday cup, either internally, or with the signal.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 15:54: Venting the beamline after the magnet to re-install the mass slit.

HV off

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 16:19: TMS:BV6 open.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 16:21: TMS:BV2 open.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 16:27: TMSTP6 and TMSTP2 on.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 16:32: TMSIG6 On.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 16:40: HV on.

 Wednesday, July 14, 2021: Troubleshooting the emittance meter. I think I saw some indications of beam so it might be that I just need more intensity for a proper measurement.

Moving on, I tested the code as I want to implement a a couple of things: record a bidimensional anode current to make sure I capture any chance with the coil (if any), use temperature estimation from heating power as well.

When running a magnet-anode scan on sodium I triggered the high efficienct regime. This indicates that the cathode is either hotter or closer. With 280 A I am inclined on the latter.

The regime is unstable as the voltage fluctates as well as the ion current. Over a period of two hours

Friday, July 16, 2021, 12:08: Hv off to increase upstream pressure from |200| to |240| kPa, which is the maximum I can achieve with my two-stage regulator.

Friday, July 16, 2021, 12:15: Mass scan.

Friday, July 16, 2021, 13:54: TBHT to 260 @ -2A/min.

 Friday, July 16, 2021, 14:09: HV off.

Friday, July 16, 2021, 14:17: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 12.5 kV.

Friday, July 16, 2021, 14:17: Mass scan ongoing. Done for the day (on-site)

Saturday, July 17, 2021: Mass scans in both normal and anomalous regime.

Sunday, July 18, 2021, 07:42: Found TSG:CBC in a red state. Using the cfg button on the canbus utilities does not work. Likely the canbus card needs to be replaced.

Monday, July 19, 2021: AS fixed the CBC

Increased anode current limit to 600 mA. More ion current.

Anode voltage setpoint=500 A, anode voltage readback=250 V.

Moving the setpoint to 250 causes no effect. But when moving the setpoint to 245 V, the ion current, and the drain current decrease.

Putting together previous findings to discuss what to do next.

Grid still fine.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 17:22:   TBHT to 240 @ -2A/min.

Around 16:30 there was a slight target voltage drop. This coincided with the anode getting current limited (500mA) at 100V.

 Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 17:47:  IG1 reacts to the "sparks" observed on the anode leackage current.

Lowering the anode voltage to 0 V. I'll go on-site tomorrow to check the state of the grid and to check if there are visible sparks inside the chamber.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 12:40: entries from early today lost I'll try to summarize what has happened:

grid still fine

Manually sweeping the anode but no visual of any kind inside the vacuum. IG1 still reacts to sudden increase of leakage current but nothing observed inside the vacuum chamber.

 anode leakage current responds to decreasing the target heating current when lowering to 235A.

When going to 200 A, the anode leakage current drop to 0 mA when the cathode reached 211.

Now the cathode gets current limited as of 1 V.

grid still fine.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 12:44: TGHT/TBHT to 0 A @ -2A/min 

 Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 14:43: TBHT @ 0 A, TGHT @ 340 A. Setting the anode voltage to 500 V has a leakage current of 102.5 mA.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 22:19: IV4 closed

 Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 22:21:  BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0.000 kV.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 22:22:  IG1 off. Turbos off.

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 10:44: Venting:

Monday, June 28, 2021, 09:22: Roughing.

Monday, June 28, 2021, 10:10: TP1B on.

Monday, June 28, 2021, 10:22: TP1A on (Tripped)

Monday, June 28, 2021, 10:30: Both turbo pumps off. Leave it under a rough vacuum.

Fernando

Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 15:09 : Venting

Replacement Ta target for the previous one (44139-10) https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/880

Friday, June 25, 2021, 11:16: Roughing.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 11:55: TP1B started.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 12:00: TP1B on. TP1 A started.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 12:08: IG1 on.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 12:23: Vacuum @ 1.06E-05T. Open waterline FS#5.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 12:26: Vacuum @ 9.97E-06T. OK.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 12:30: Power / sources PS on.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 12:34: Full check for remote use. IV4 open (OK)

Vacuum @ 6.70e-06T

TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A

BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / -0.1 / 0.5 kV.

Ready for operation.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 12:39: All back to 0 Kv / 0 A. Wait for vacuum stabilization.

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 03:55: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 04:04: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 20 / -1.0 / 10 kV. 

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 09:36: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 10:07: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.  

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 10:16: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 1.25e-06T.

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 11:20: Mass & wire scans complete. Vacuum @ 1.14e-06T. Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 15:07: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0 kV. TGHT still cooling.  

Monday, June 28, 2021, 06:17: IV4 closed (Needs reset). Sources, IG1, turbo pumps, off 

Monday, June 28, 2021, 08:22: Power off. IV4 reset. Venting.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 12:22: Roughing.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 13:22: TP1B on.

TP1B tripped.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 15:05: TP1B was restarted.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 15:15: TP1B on.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 16:21: TP1A started.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 16:30: IG1 on.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 17:53: FS#5 opened. Vacuum @ 7.52e-06T

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 17:56: Vacuum Stable. Power on. TGHT / TBHT on.

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 05:40: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 150 A @ 2 A per min. 

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 09:00: IV4 Opened.

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 09:02: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 09:10: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Optics on & set

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 12:52: Mass / Wire scans complete

 Thursday, June 24, 2021, 14:00: Auto-cooling @ 2 A per min.

 Thursday, June 24, 2021, 14:08: Auto-cooling aborted. TGHT / TBHT back to 580 / 230 A. Checking the emittance rig.

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 22:20: Auto-Cooling & HV off. - CB

Friday, June 25, 2021, 05:32: Sources off. IV4 closed. IG1 & Turbo pumps off.  

Friday, June 25, 2021, 07:09: IV4 reset. Power off. Venting.

Replace 9-pin back to normal grounded setup. Re-salt Ta#62. (Cu Gaskets in-use on FS#5)

Monday, June 21, 2021, 11:30: Roughing chamber.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 11:50: Removed backing window. Roughing beam line side.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 12:01: Multimeters removed. Back HV rack re-grounded. TP6 & TP2 on.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 12:02: TP1B on.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 12:13: TP1A on.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 12:21: IG1 on.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 14:37: Vacuum @ 3.96e-06T. Open FS#5

Monday, June 21, 2021, 14:39: Vacuum @ 3.76e-06T.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 14:42: Power / Sources on.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 14:43; IV4 opened & Optics on

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 07:40: Quick system check ok.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 07:42: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 150 A @ 3 A per min.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 09:36: TGHT / TBHT @ 300 / 150 A. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 09:38: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 09:46: External / cage sparks* Multiple.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 09:58: Turn down BIAS to 25 kV.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 12:45: BIAS to 30 kV.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 13:05: Odd. There was activity on FC0 right when the HV was turned on before the 580 ramp up. Now, no activity on FC0, or wire scans. Turning HV down / off.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 13:10: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0 kV.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 13:41: Rear cage opened. Digital multi-meter was removed.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 13:48: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 13:57: No beam. Auto-cooling @ 3 A per min.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 16:23: HV power off. Optics off. IV4 off. TGHT still cooling.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 04:31: IG1 & turbo pumps off. 

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 06:00: Venting. Power off. FS#5 purged.

Installed a new window on MB1 as per Aurelia. Connect modified 9 pin connector & voltage meters for Ta#62 testing.

Ref:

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/679

Pin configuration between top 9-pin connector on Source Tray and terminal in high voltage rack. Measured 2018-08-21 by Aaron and Anders

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 14:41: Pins connected source tray side: 1, 4, 5, 6

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/721

ST 9-pin                       HV rack

Pin to L TGHT - 1 - Black / COM / 5

Pin to R TGHT - 6 - Red / 9

Pin to L TBHT - 4 - Black / COM / 2

Pin to R TBHT - 5 - Red / 1

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 14:29: Window installed. Roughing -  Beam line side.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 14:41: TP6 on.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 14:45: TP2 on.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 14:55: Roughing.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 16:09: TP1 on.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 13:25: Power / sources on. FS#5 open.\

TGHT reading ok , TBHT odd? Internal connection.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 14:45: Turbo pumps off.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 15:25: Venting.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 16:16: Fixed TBHT connection. Roughing.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 16:20: Bypass used. TGHT / TBHT to 40 A each. Multimeter check ok.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 16:24: TGHT / TBHT to 0 A. Bypass removed.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 16:43: TP1B on.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 16:48: TP1A on.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 16:55: IG1 on

Tests Complete as per Aurelia.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 07:51: Power / sources off. IG1 & IG6 off. All TP off. FS#5 purged.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 09:40: Venting both ends.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 08:25: IV4 open. Optics set minus TPS:CB2. Shows as green 'on', set to 500V, however read back shows as 0 V.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 08:37: HV off. Attempts made to restart TPS:CB2 unsuccessful. Controls notified.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 11:49: Card replaced by controls. Verified "Ok"  in " LB Mode": RDVOL, RDCUR, RDDAC all similar. Operational again.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 14:39: Roughing beam line section.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 14:46: TMS:TP6 on.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 14:49: TMS:TP2 on.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 10:00: FC6 wiring reconnected. 

Monday, June 07, 2021, 13:44: Roughing.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 14:16: TP1B on. (Tripped shortly after?)

Monday, June 07, 2021, 14:32: Unstable. Venting.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 15:05: Changed gaskets. Left side suspect. Roughing.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 15:35: TP1B on.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 15:42: TP1B up to speed.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 15:45: TP1A on.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 16:01: IG1 on.

Monday, June 07, 2021, 16:02: FS#5 opened. No response on backing lines. TSG:IG1 ok.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 08:01: Power / sources on.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 08:07: Reset / CFG optics & steering.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 08:08: TGHT / TBHT @ 10 A ok. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 5 / -0.5 / 1 kV. Quick system check ok.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 08:13: Auto ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 08:19: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. Small spark near 30 kV while bringing up the HV.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 08:25: IV4 open. Optics set minus TPS:CB2. Shows as green 'on', set to 500V, however read back shows as 0 V.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 12:44: Auto ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 @ 2 A per min. 

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 15:53: Beam on FC0 ok. Optics set minus TPS:CB2, however FC6 is disconnected. auto-cooling @ 3 A per min.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 18:32: Auto-cooling halted. TGHT @ 104.3 A. 

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 07:13: Auto-cooling continued @ 2 A per min. 

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 08:37: HV off. Attempts made to restart TPS:CB2 unsuccessful. Controls notified.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 10:33: Power /  sources off. FS#5 purged. IV4 closed. IG1 & IG6 off. All turbo pumps off.

Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 11:52: Venting VV1 & VV6.

 Straight tube target / TGHT for outgassing.

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 11:06: Roughing.

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 12:15: TP1B on. 

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 12:54: TP1 A on. IG1 on. 

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 14:58: Vacuum @ 2.24e-06T

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 15:01: Waterlines opened. vacuum remained stable.

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 15:02: Power / sources on.

Thursday, June 03, 2021, 11:18: Auto-ramping TGHT @ 2 A per min to 580A. 

Sunday, June 06, 2021, 21:26: Auto-cooling @ 1 A per min. 

Monday, June 07, 2021, 08:33: Power/sources off. IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

HS waterlines were very tight to line up.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 14:29: Roughing.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 15:09: TP1B on. 

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 15:36: TP1B off. 

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 16:37: Venting. 

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 18:03: VV1 closed. 

Thursday, May 27, 2021, 07:05: Gaskets swapped. Connections inspected. Roughing.

Thursday, May 27, 2021, 07:47: TP1B on. 

Thursday, May 27, 2021, 08:00: TP1A started.

Thursday, May 27, 2021, 08:16: IG1 on. 

Monday, May 31, 2021, 08:08: Vacuum @ 7.29e-07T.

Monday, May 31, 2021, 08:10: Waterlines opened. Vacuum ok @ 7.26e-07T

Monday, May 31, 2021, 08:12: Power/Sources on.

Monday, May 31, 2021, 08:15: No response on TGHT. TBHT ok.

Monday, May 31, 2021, 11:30: Loose control cable found on the PS. Connected. Manually set TGHT / TBHT to 10 A & back ok. Checked FS#5 interlocks - OK.

Monday, May 31, 2021, 11:50: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Monday, May 31, 2021, 18:06: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, June 01, 2021, 15:40: Auto-cooling @ 1 A per min.

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 07:57: Power / sources off. Ion gauge & turbo pumps off. 

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 07:58: FS#5 purged.

Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 10:12: Venting.

Parasitic assemblies on the lid & end plate included. Online HS.

Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 16:00: Roughing.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 08:42: Turbo pumps were turned on last night. Vacuum @ 9.99e-07T.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 08:44: FS#5 open. Vacuum ok.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 08:45: Power / sources on.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 09:34: Turbos OFF

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 10:37: Venting.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 11:28: P2N legs no longer touching. Roughing.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 12:05: Turbo pump TP1B on.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 12:10: Turbo pump TP1A on.

LE:

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 15:00: Ramping stared at high warming rate. 10 or 5 A every 15 seconds

Friday, May 21, 2021, 01:31: Around midnight, the P2NHT current was very noisy for few hours, and then it dropped to zero. Turbos are now stopped to open up and investigate.

Friday, May 21, 2021, 05:45 P2N assembly removed, water lines closed and purged - one leg is fully broken

FBP:

HV tests Monday 24/05/2021 and Tuesday 25/05/2021

HS was ramped up to 30KV on monday, only 1 spark seen over night. BIAS/EZL/EE : 30KV/14KV/-1.5

Ramping to max HV on Tuesday.

40KV

AS:

Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 11:5: HV tapped down to 0 kV on BIAS / EE / EZL.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 07:23: Power / sources off. IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 09:04: Venting. Waterlines purged.

LE:

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 10:37 Target removed from test stand and brought to cold lab

 Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 22:30

First P2N heating test ongoing.

At P2NHT ~ 570 A and TBHT ~ 100 A shine is already seen, which suggests that current is flowing in the P2N target properly, see picture attached.

Most of the ramping is carefully monitored because the good vacuum signal from the TTS ramping procedure is obviously not working (bypassed), and if the pressure goes past 1E-5T the whole ITS should interlock and abruptly drop the currents, which we want to avoid.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 23:16

P2NHT set current = 810 A

P2NHT read current = 800 A

Master and slave have balanced fully, TBHT ramping still proceeds manually. I'm trying to get it to ~200A before leaving.

 Thursday, April 29, 2021, 00:54

Ramping successfully achieved.

P2NHT_Master = 594 A - 4.59 V

P2NHT_Slave = 611 A - 4.89 V

P2NHT = 1207 A

TBHT = 231 A - 2.29 V

Max temperature of welding cables = 40 deg

Zero current from the HV ground terminal (feedthrough I) to slave negative (feedthrough H)

Determined on Friday April 16th that the water leak was on the coil negative circuit. This was determined by circulating water through once circuit at the time. Only HF and GE tested (not Extraction Electrode).

 Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 10:18

Work started to bring the ATTS PS inside the ITS HV cage. HV grounding rod and metal sheet around breaker panel were removed - see picture.

 Friday, April 16, 2021, Afternoon

HS line purged and turbos shut down.

Monday, April 19

Morning, Anders vented ITS

11AM, Dan found o-ring and indium seal on the same connector - likely this was the cause of the leak. replaced by a brand new indium seal, punched with the RH punchers, which seems the way to go.

Evening, Luca disinstalls FEBIAD from Fernando, and installs the P2N target. It has not been leak checked in the cold lab prior to installation (I'm not sure where all the equipment is), and no resistance measurements were carried out since I couldn't find Travis's ohm-meter.

Vacuum coming down, but slowly than I expected (took 1h to get from 2e-5 to 1e-5 T, is this right?)

Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 15:33

This morning Ray installed the controls cables connecting the ATTS PSs. They are still attached to the ATTS PLC, but their interlock signal now comes from the TBHT "enable" , through a 15V signal. Once the power is ON, he recommends checking that the TBHT sends the proper 15V (has to be higher than 12V) to the ATTS PLC, checking the voltage between the red and green/while cables on the PLC module labelled "TGHT:MAS". This should be done once the TBHT is "enabled", so the signal is sent.

The DC cables were installed going from the positive and negative poles of the ATTS:SLV. The order and number of 4/0 cables are:

Positive: One cable to G and two cables to E

Negative: One cable to H amd two cables to F

This should be checked with Arthur once he's on site (tomorrow).

A water leak was still seen, while the pressure was around 1E-6 T. Checking all three loops of FS#3, it's confirmed again that the leak is in HF. Will need top open up and pinpoint the leak.  

Thursday, April 22, 2021, 13:45

The lines F and G were inspected for water leaks. After blanking them to inspect the solder joint along the lines, two new indium seals were repositioned, the lines sniffed and no signs of leaks were detected. TS closed up again, pumping down now.

 Friday, April 23, 2021, 21:06

Pressure in ITS slowly coming down. This morning was ~3E-6T and now is 2E-6T. Water was flowing for most of the day, but I turned it off and purged FS#3 with no significant difference. I re-turned it on in order to run short PS tests with little current (up to ~10 A) for few seconds every time. Now I purged FS#3 again to leave the TS pumping over the weekend with air, so that opening the water in few hours/days might give us a better idea if the leak is still there.

As far as power supplies, we ran lots of tests today with Ray and Arthur (both were remotely connected through Teams). Initially the tests were unsuccesful because I kept turning off the main breaker when testing the electronics, and only later realized the ITS-PLC is connected to the same breaker.

After this realization, we progressed step by step: we confirmed that the enable signal (~13 V) was seen by both the ITS-TBHT and the ATTS-MASTER, however we realized that the ATTS:MASTER was *not* turning OFF when it should have. This is because the shutoff voltage signal was not zero, but was around ~1V, and was enough to turn OFF the TBHT (Xantrex) but not the ATTS:MASTER (TDK). Arthur suggested this could be due to the fact that two PLC are tied to each other, and see different "grounds", hence some voltage confusion might be coming from here. After taking a look at the connections in the ATTS PLC, we decided to try isolating the ATTS:MASTER module from its ground connection by disconnecting the yellow and green wires coming from the top of its PLC module, and this resolved the issue when the DB25 connector of the ATTS"MASTER is disconnected from the PS; however, once this DB25 is connected, the voltage seen by the MASTER is still ~1V and not zero, and still enables the PS when it should instead be shutoff. 

Next week we should try to find the proper wire configuration that allows seeing zero V as shutdown signal and not ~1V.   

Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 20:56

The new P2NHT power supply configuration is now operational at the test stand. A relay was added in the PLC cabinet to take a +15V signal from the TBHT PLC module and close a short circuit to "enable" the P2NHT master and slave (TDK-LAMBDA).

After initial ramping up to ~222A, I noticed the voltage read by the PS was about 0.45V, while extrapolating the results from the previous ITS-P2N run, the voltage should have been ~0.9V. I would like to measure the resistances of the lines to pick up potential shorts in the copper conductors in the vacuum chamber.  

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 11:30 

This morning, the resistance matrix was measured between the feedthroughs of the test stand, see attached picture.   

TBHT+ = A

TBHT- = B

P2NM- = C

P2NM+ = D

P2NS+ = G,E

P2NS- = F,H

Talking to Carla, we agree that the matrix seems correct and does not show any signs of short in the lines. But still, the voltages read by the PS seem too low compared to the previous run on July 2020.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 19:14

To make sure that current is not flowing where it is not supposed to be, the ion source only (A, B) was hooked up  to the TBHT

Voltages: 

A/C (TBHT+ / P2NM-)=-0.11 V

A/D (TBHT+ / P2NM+)=-0.11 V

B/C (TBHT- / P2NM-)=0.21 V

A/B (TBHT+ / TBHT-) = 0.33 V

While the PS reads 0.42 V --> The two lines made up by two welding cables each make up for the remaining 0.09 V

There's no current flowing anywhere else, all other feedthrough have V=0 between each other.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 20:01

Welding cables attached so that the P2NM and P2NS only (TGHT and COIL) are delivering current to the target.  

At 230A of the P2N heater (130 on the master, 102 on the slave), the sum of all current coming and going to the feedthroughs balances out. 

The voltages across feedthroughs make sense:

B/C (TBHT+ / P2NM-)= 0.20 V

B/D (TBHT+ / P2NM+)=0.22 V

A/B (TBHT+ / TBHT-) = 0.0 V

C/D (P2NM- / P2NM+) = 0.44 V

E/C (P2NS+/P2NM-) = 0.46V

The current going from I (HV common) to H (P2NS-) is zero (0.3A)

After checking these values, I see no reasons to believe the wiring is incorrect, and will proceed with the full installation of P2N heater and TBHT, and ramping up the whole system together. It was noticed though that the TBHT cannot be ramped automatically since the ITS TGHT is not connected to the PLC, and needs to be ramped by hand.

Changed the gaskets from C-seals on FS#3 water blocks E, F,& H. G was already done.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 13:23: FS#3 Waterline opened.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 13:25: No immediate water noticed visually or on the gloves.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 13:31: Visual leak present on (F). Purge the line.

Change the gasket.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 14:42: FS#3 Waterline opened.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 14:55: No water leak noticed visually or on the gloves.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 14:58: Roughing. Will leak check under vacuum tomorrow morning.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 16:01: TP1B on. 

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 20:53: TP1A on. 

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 20:58: IG1 on. 

IG1 has been spiking randomly, causing everything to turn off. Looks like the water leak is still there.

AS - Multiple purges done on RP1 & the backing lines. Some water noted. FS#3 is closed.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 09:39: TP1B on.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 10:01: TP1A on.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 10:12: IG1 on. Vacuum @ 1.97e-05T.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 11:00: FS#2, #4, & #5 open. Vacuum @ 5.73e-06T.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 11:12: Vacuum @ 5.09e-06T. Open FS#3.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 11:17: IG1 @ 4.64e-06T. Open IV4. Reset optics & sources.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 11:20: Optics on.

Test were run

Thursday, April 08, 2021, 10:30: Power / sources off.

Thursday, April 08, 2021, 10:34: IG1 & turbo pumps off.

Emittance meter number 2 ready for beam shortly - installed and pumping down.

No beam found by Thursday evening, but beam seems to be coming out much differently than last time. Will check on emittance meter functionality and try to re-tune later.

Ramping things down for the next couple days.

Saturday, April 03, 2021, 10:41 :

Source heating ramped back up, everything back on. Will try to straighten out steering then see if I can get things back in the previous positions.

Saturday, April 03, 2021, 14:59 :

Nothing seems to be working, will vent the beamline and remove the slit.

Saturday, April 03, 2021, 15:36 :

Apparently closing the valve started a vacuum leak that tripped everything in the source. I noticed within the first minute and ramped everything back up, maybe too quickly....

Have now put everything in a holding state, will resume tomorrow.

Sunday, April 04, 2021, 14:17 :

Found everything off again this morning. Ramping back up in the hopes that I can get something done before the whole system trips again. The trips look like water leaks again.

Uninstalled the slit and left it in the bottom of the vacuum box. Swapped the window to the computer side for convenience. Seal on the other side on the CF flange is a bit weird, not sure if it is in properly...

Sunday, April 04, 2021, 18:43

Still no beam. TISA emittance FC won't come back on, so waiting for Mike Rowe to troubleshoot on Tuesday. Will ramp things down all the way, since I expect the vacuum to trip the source before I need it again.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 23:43

Found some beam, but looks really weird, like it is cut off. Good enough. Ramped everything down.

Vented beamline and removed ARIEL emittance meter. In the process of swapping components, beamline left vented until Monday when we will finish the job.

Lot's of water visually present in the chamber.

Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 13:17: Water lines purged.

Vent & wipe out the water inside the chamber. Setup a fan to aid in drying. Manually purge the water from the RP1 Scroll pump through the exhaust.

Thursday, March 25, 2021, 08:06: Gradually open each line to check the water blocks & fittings for a visual leak. Open the ballast plug on RP1, as well as manually purge the water from the RP1 Scroll pump through the exhaust again.

Thursday, March 25, 2021, 08:34: Leak found on FS#3 - Left Coil return (G) water block.

Thursday, March 25, 2021, 09:15: FEBIAD assembly & L-Coil line removed.

Thursday, March 25, 2021, 11:38: Re-connect RP1 to the exhaust port & re-insert the ballast plug.

Thursday, March 25, 2021, 11:40: RP1 Ok. CG1A & CG1 B around 0.048T & dropping. Chamber still open.

Indium gasket installed on G, C-Seal on E.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 08:21: Roughing.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:08: Vacuum @ 2.001 T. Opened FS#3 waterline. Quick test.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:11: Vacuum @ 1.901 T. No observable spike on CG1.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:12: Close FS#3 & purge

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:27: Quickly open ballast plug.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:30: Re-insert plug.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:38: CG1 @ 2.253 T.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:41: Close BV1A & B.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:45: Manually purge water from the RP1 Scroll pump through the exhaust.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:51: Re-open BV1A & B.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 10:17: Close BV1A & B. Manually purge water from the RP1 Scroll pump through the exhaust.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 10:26: Close the exhaust & give the pump time to recover.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 10:36: Briefly vent the chamber to 30 T. Re-open BV1A & B.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:20: Vacuum @ 1.706T. Open FS#3. Allow to fill with water, then close off. No observable spike on CG1.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:25: Opened ballast cap. Close BV1A & B.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:26: Close ballast.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:29: Briefly vent the chamber to 30 T. Re-open BV1A & B.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 12:11: Vacuum @ 2.75T. Close BV1A & B. Vent chamber to setup a fan.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:00: LD & He attached. LD#2 as supplied via Vacuum group.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:01: Sniffer set. Leak Rate @ 2.0E-07 to 2.3E-07 atm-cc/sec

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:03: Pressurize (E)(G) to 75 PSI.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:05: No major spike seen on LD.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:06: Pressurize (E)(G) to 100 PSI.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:09: No major spike seen on LD. Purge He from the lines.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:12: Roughing.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:22: Opened ballast cap to release water vapour while roughing.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:42: Closed the ballast cap. Purge cycle RP1 on & off for the next hour or so.

To purge cycle RP1 for water vapour. Close BV1A & B. Disconnect exhaust line from RP1 & open the upper ballast. Close PV1, Vent with TSG:VV1A till the line reaches atmosphere with dry nitrogen.

Close VV1 & open PV1. Water should spew out of the exhaust. Rough the backing lines down. Open BV1A & B to rough then chamber. Repeat leaving the upper ballast open.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 14:00: Purge RP1. Close upper ballast, re-connect exhaust.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 14:36: TP1B on.

Monday, March 29, 2021, 19:47: TP1A on. 

Monday, March 29, 2021, 19:55: IG1 on. 

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 08:52: Vacuum @ 4.48e-06T.

LD to TP1B base @ 1.4E-08 to 1.9E-08 atm-cc/sec.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 08:58: He @ 55 PSI

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:04: LD to TP1B base @ 2.4E-08 atm-cc/sec.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:12: Reconnect FS#3 to DI.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:14: Opened FS#3 w/ DI

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:20: Vacuum @ 4.40e-06T.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:33: FS#2, 4, & 5 open. Vacuum ok @ 4.40e-06T

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:34: Power/sources on.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:37: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 200 / 100 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 12:12: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 125 A @ 2 A per min. 

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 13:50: Vacuum @ 4.66e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 450 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 21:59: Vacuum @ 5.01e-06T. TGHT / TBHT @ 393 / 150 A. Reset Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 550 / 200 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:46: IV4 opened. Optics & HV power switched on.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:52: HV check ok. Optics reset. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / 0.1 / 1 kV. Coil @ 4 A. Anode @ 100 V

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:54: Optics remain on. HV & coil back to 0. Ready to run once the Vacuum returns to a reasonable level. Vacuum @ 5.45e-06T.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 15:05: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 270 A @ 2 A per min.

Monday, March 15, 2021, 16:09 Target and ion source ramped to 400A/330A this afternoon

Monday, March 15, 2021, 18:53 : Tune through to final RPMs but not optimized. 5e-8 on FC0. Will turn down target and ion source values to TGHT/TBHT 350/250 until tomorrow. BIAS/EZL/COIL/ANODE all off.

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 15:04  Mike is finished with emittance meter controls so ramping everything back up and trying to get beam through.

Thursday, March 18, 2021, 18:06 : Vacuum has been rising slowly over the past 20hrs from 9.3e-7 to 9.9e-7. Everything has been up since Tuesday. No beam through emittance meter, though beam can be found on the regular test stand emittance meter. Just discovered that both voltage plates are plugged into positive power supplies so waiting for a controls fix on that then will retry.

Friday, March 19, 2021, 17:08 : Finally success. New emittance meter shows same results as the standard test stand emittance rig. Will continue testing new controls next week

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 14:54: Roughing.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 14:57: BV1A open.

Thursday, March 11, 2021, 09:41: TP1B on. 

Thursday, March 11, 2021, 09:44: TP1A on. 

Thursday, March 11, 2021, 09:52: IG1 on. 

Monday, March 15, 2021, 07:50: Vacuum @ 6.91e-07T. Open waterlines.

Monday, March 15, 2021, 07:52: Vacuum ok.

Monday, March 15, 2021, 07:55: Power / sources on.

Monday, March 15, 2021, 07:56: TGHT / TBHT @ 10 A.

Monday, March 15, 2021, 07:57: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / 0.5 / 1 kV. Anode @ 25 V. Coil @ 5 A.

Monday, March 15, 2021, 08:02: All sources ok. Set back to 0. Ready for remote operation. Await word from MCR on Cu DI water system.

ref: https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/864

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 09:53: IV4 Open

Swapped RP2 out from a Varian SH-110 to a Varian PTS06001.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 14:20: RP2 on.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 14:27: Turbo pumps on

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 10:48  : Venting beamline section only for installation of emittance meters.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:40: Fully reset

TGHT / TBHT set to 20 A ok. Anode w/ 30 V. ok.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:42: 10 A on coil. Increment was at 75 A. Set back to 1 A.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:44: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / 0.5 / 1 kV.

 Monday, March 01, 2021, 16:03: An ExTorr RGA has been installed in the ISAC test stand.

The original SRS 100 is still broken ( e-log 778)

The SRS 100 from the conditioning station will not be available this week.

 Monday, March 01, 2021, 12:57: Roughing

Monday, March 01, 2021, 13:30: Turbos on. Started a bit late as I was distracted. They were ready at around 13:26

Monday, March 01, 2021, 13:41: IG1 on. 

 Monday, March 01, 2021, 14:08: Pumping aborted. I will install the ExTorr RGA available

Monday, March 01, 2021, 13:00 ExTorr RGA installed (e-log 859)

Monday, March 01, 2021, 16:07:Roughing 

Monday, March 01, 2021, 16:37: Turbos on. 

Monday, March 01, 2021, 16:46: IG1 on. 

Monday, March 01, 2021, 17:25: RGA on, recording trendlines 

Monday, March 01, 2021, 17:43: IG1 @ 1.1e-5 Torr

Monday, March 01, 2021, 17:43:  Waterlines open. No response on RGA nor striptool.

Monday, March 01, 2021, 18:20: Power/Optics on.

Monday, March 01, 2021, 19:02: IG1 @ 5.2e-6

Monday, March 01, 2021, 19:20: RGA shows a clear response on the opening and closing of the gas lines.

Monday, March 01, 2021, 19:53: IG1 @ 3.76e-6 T

Monday, March 01, 2021, 19:53: Auto-ramp up TGHT/TBHT to 580/290 @ 2 A/min.

Monday, March 01, 2021, 19:57: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV, anode bias @ 150 V, coil current @ 0 A.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 07:43: IG1 @ 2.96e-6T. 

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:03: System tripped 

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:06: Vacuum started to increase when coil was set to 80 A.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:08: IG1 started to drop as soon as the system tripped, this indicates that this was not a vacuum incursion from the gas or water but rather something related to heat.  Maybe some copper from the coil melted.

AS  checked thing were OK (see elog 860)

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 12:35: Auto-ramp up TGHT/TBHT to 580/290 @ 4 A/min.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 15:25: IG1 @ 1.66e-7 T.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 15:26: Increasing coil current, response in vacuum. RGA increases mass 44 ( CO2).

* The coil jacket is made of fiberglass, that Si with mass 28. Hence,  the CO/N2  signal will increase if the jacket starts sublimating.

**from the future SiO with a mass of 44 will show an increase in "CO2" signal

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 15:34: Coil @ 30 A IG1 @ 2.15e-6 T.

max IG1 = 2.25e-6T

Will remain at this current until vacuum  starts decreasing.

 Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 15:50:  BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV, anode bias @ 150 V

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 17:23: IG1 @ 2.15e-6 T. 

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 17:26: Coil @ 40 A. 

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 17:33: Coil @ 45 A 

max IG1 = 3.3e-6 T.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 18:39: IG1 @ 2.68e-6 

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 18:40: Coil to 55 A. 

max IG1 = 3.87e-6 T

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 20:07: IG1 @ 2.6e-6 T.

 Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 20:07: Coil to 60 A.

max IG1 = 3.07e-6 T

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 21:25: IG1 @ 2.59e-6T 

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 21:25: Coil to 70 A. 

 max IG1 = 4.1e-6 T

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 22:31: IG1 @2.76e-6 T.

 Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 22:32: Coil @ 80 A.

 max IG1 = 4.35e-6 T

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 23:31: IG1 @ 2.68e-6

Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 23:32 Coil @ 90 A. 

  max IG1 = 4.26e-6 T

Wednesday, March 03, 2021, 00:33: IG1 @ 2.68e-6 T.

Wednesday, March 03, 2021, 00:33: Coil to 100 A.

Voltage limited. Increasing from 1 A to 1.1 A.

  max IG1 = 3.87e-6 T

Wednesday, March 03, 2021, 01:03: IG1 @ 3.23e-6 T.

Will let sit on here until it outgasses 

  max IG1 = 3.87e-6 T

Wednesday, March 03, 2021, 07:27 : IG11.59e-6 T.

Wednesday, March 03, 2021, 07:28: Coil @ 110 A.

Voltage limited. Increasing from 1.1 A to 1.2 A.

 Wednesday summary: tght remained at 400 A. Several tbht, anode, and coil scans. Went up to 345 on the TBHT, the current on the cathode was above 250 mA for a voltage of around 300 V. I stopped there as the large electron current could melt the grid.

Thursday, March 04, 2021, 08:43: Re taking some points from yesterday 

Took several mass scans and emittance scans

Friday, March 05, 2021,

Investigated beam composition at different temperatures, I couldn't find a peak that is affected by argon injection. species with m/1 above 50 u only appear with tght>580 and tbht>295. These values are a bit tricky to work on as the FEBIAD has melted before near these values.

I will continue mass scans, emittance, and efficiency measurements.  On the last day I will push towards higher temperatures.

Saturday, March 06, 2021,

Investigating beam composition. Mass scans and the parameter sweep on the dominant peaks both with and without gases.  THBT is at 315 A.

Sunday, March 07, 2021:

Investigating  Ar++ both with and without gas.

Investigating  Ta++

Sunday, March 07, 2021, 11:15: TBHT to 320 A @ 2A/min 

Sunday, March 07, 2021, 11:45: During a parameter scan, epics cut communication with my notebook. It seems like the HLA server might be down :/ 

Sunday, March 07, 2021, 12:32: Discussed with  Spencer, he was upgrading jaya. Now things are up and running gain. 

Sunday, March 07, 2021, 13:36:  Ar+++ observed now at mass ~13.33 u, with a current of 3e-10A.

Sunday, March 07, 2021, 16:32: TBHT to 325 A @ 1A/min  

Sunday, March 07, 2021, 20:06: Emittance measurements for same efficiency parameters of anode, coil. The tail of the emittance gets larger on some combinations. 

Sunday, March 07, 2021, 20:07: TBHT to 330 A @ 1A/min  

Sunday, March 07, 2021, 20:22: After increasing the TBHT to 330 A, the anode leakage current started to drop, this hasn't happened before. The TBHT  voltage look stable so I don't think the cathode is failing ...yet 

systematic measurement of emittance: fixed anode sweeping coild, and also fixed coil sweeping anode

Monday, March 08, 2021, 01:55: Investigating 39K at very low voltages. Taking emittance measurements and RPMs. 

Monday, March 08, 2021, 02:25: Anode@ 0V Coil @ 50A. FC0 in 

Monday, March 08, 2021, 07:22:  TBHT to 335 A @ 1A/min  

Monday, March 08, 2021, 09:48: Water cooling values. The temperature on the HS are likely higher because of the high temperature we are running the ion source. The flow on TBHT seems lower compared to what was registered on elog 856

Monday, March 08, 2021, 10:44: At anode voltgae aroun 400 the system got unstable in high voltage, likely due to almost 600 mA being sink on the anode PS.

Monday, March 08, 2021, 10:45 : TBHT to 331 A @ -1A/min 

Monday, March 08, 2021, 13:38:

 08-Mar-21 16:47:54    32.463    3.517    21.183    2.701    22.075    1.61    23.494    4.918    

Tuesday, March 09, 2021: 

Investigating doubly charged species, increase tbht in steps of 1A. Anode voltage gets limited at around 300 V due to the high electron current

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 08:30: TBHT to 340 A. 

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 10:27: TBHT to 341 A. 

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 11:26:  TBHT to 345 @ 1A/min 

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 15:50:  TBHT to 350 @ 1A/min. I think above this value there will be an anode-cathode short, or the transfer line will melt.

 Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 17:1: TBHT to 360 @ 1A/min.

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 19:26: TBHT to 370 @ 1A/min.

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 19:32: TBHT voltage increasing but not the current. Increasing the TBHT voltage from 3.5 to 4 V. 

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 20:17:  358 A is stable, 359 A is a bit jumpy, but 360 A is quite jumpy.

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 20:29: CG1A reached 1 T, tapping down from 363 to 361. 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 00:20: It has been quite challenging to reach 370 A on the TBHT, the highest current reached is 368 A. At this current, it seems that an efficiency flattening has definitely started.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 00:21: Bringing TBHT to 325 A @ 2A/min

After a spark and during the last bit of the scan, it seems the anode shorted. The source is dead :/

 Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 02:43: Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0 A  @ 2A/min

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 02:49: IV4 closed 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 02:49: IV4 timed out. 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 02:51: Cooling aborted.

 Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 02:51:  Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0 A  @ 4A/min

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 02:55: Biases to 0 kV. 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 03:1:  Cooling aborted.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 03:11   Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0 A  @ 10A/min

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 03:20: Short is not present anymore. Anode can hold voltage. 

Monday, February 22, 2021, 17:48 Roughing

Monday, February 22, 2021, 18:17: Turbos on.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 18:25: IG1 on.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 19:01: Gas lines refilled with |50 kPa| or argon. Gauge reads -40kPa.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 19:01: IG1@3.48e-5T

Monday, February 22, 2021, 19:01: Waterlines open

Monday, February 22, 2021, 19:06: IG1 @ 3.04e-5 T.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 08:34: IG1@1.56e-6T.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 08:43: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV, anode bias @ 200 V. No problems with the bias ramp up.  I will wait some time in here just to make sure it's OK, but it looks like the problem is solved now.  

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 08:52:  BIAS/EZL/EE/AND @ 0.000 kV.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 08:55: Auto-ramp up TGHT/TBHT to 580/290 @ 4A/min 

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 09:35:  Gauge reads -20kPa, that is, there was  a 20 kPa air incursion over 18 hours.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 9:36: Roughing and re-filling the gas lines. Gauge reads again -40 kPa 

 Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 11:30: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV, anode bias @ 200 V.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 11:31: IV4 open.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 11:47: Sparks when anode is @ 500 V. 

AS

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 14:18: Mass & wire scans taken. Word doc attached.

FM

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 22:17: All afternoon and evening running my code to get systematic measurements. They are still going but in summary:

For TGHT=580 A and TBHT=290 A, the temperature estimation is 1740 C, which is extremely cold for a FEBIAD. This explains why with this assembly I need to go around 310 to get something reasonable.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 22:52: Between 100 and 200 V the current always increases with coil current  > 50 A. The maximum increase factor is around 4. As the voltage increases the current stops increases at coil >50A.

 Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 23:59: Refilling gas lines.

TBHT to 310

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 02:21: BIAS/EZL/EE/AND @ 0.000 kV:

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 02:22: lowering tght/tbht to 520/250@ 4 A/min. 

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 09:18: Opening cage to increase upstream pressure for the calibrated leak.. Will go to |100 kPa|

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 09:26: No vacuum response.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 09:30: Cage locked.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 09:31: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 580/290 @ 4A/min

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 09:42: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV, anode bias @ 200 V.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:23 :Opening cage to increase upstream pressure for the calibrated leak.. Will go to |250 kPa|

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:31: Actually my two-stage regulator limits how much higher I can go. Limited to |200kPa| for and Ar leak rate of 4e-6 mbar l /s.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:33: Gas line refilled, no vacuum response.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:34: Cage locked.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:37 : BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV, anode bias @ 200 V.

 Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 12:10: Mass scan completed.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 12:10: Auto-ramping TBHT to 310 A @ 2 A/min. This current should be around 1800-1850 C.

 Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 15:0: Temperature estimation says 1700 C, I wonder if the temperature is colde because of the high power target.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 15:02 : Argon signal is quite noticeable as roughing the gas lines drop the current down to 0 .

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 18:55: Emittance scans have failed for both argon and m/q=28. It might be related to the very low intensity of the beam. FC0 reads ~10 nA at TBHT=310.

Change several parameters but only noise is recorded.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 18:57 Auto-ramping TBHT to 315 @ 1A/min

 Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 21:35: BIAS/EZL/EE/AND @ 0.000 kV:

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 21:35: Cooling target @ 1 A/min

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 09:37: TGHT/TBHT @ 520,255 A IG1 @ 1.25e-6T. 

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 09:38: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 580/290 A @ 4 A/min 

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 09:46:  BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV, anode bias @ 175 V.

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 14:04: Efficiency is decreasing as TBHT current increases. This seems to be correlated to the apparent reduction in estimated temperature coming from the anode current readback.

This could indicate that the increase in TBHT current heats up the TGHT-TBHT system but given this is a HP target, maybe the heat is dissipated through the target.

On previous tests both at the isac test stand and the evaporator 2, I have seen the effect of tght current in cathode temperature.

I will lower the TGHT current and I will keep increasing the TBHT current to see what happens.

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 22:46: Several attemps for efficiency measurements as a function of temperature. Partially sucessful

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 22:47: TGHT/TBTH @ 450/290.

 Thursday, February 25, 2021, 22:48: BIAS/EZL/EE/AND @ 0.000 kV:

Friday, February 26, 2021, 08:55: IG1 @ 1.07e-6 T.

Friday, February 26, 2021, 09:00:  BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV, anode bias @ 175 V.

Friday, February 26, 2021, 17:20: All day running efficiency measurements as a function cathode input current.

With the colder target I estimated a maximum cathode temperature of 1820 coming from TBHT current=330 A.

Despite this being an estimated temperature from the anode drain current, the fact that the maximum total source beam current is only some tens of  nA, indicate very few electrons.

I finally managed tom take emittance measurements, so far the  parameters on the emittance rig page were not compatible with the tune I am using.

Friday, February 26, 2021, 19:26: Mass scan left running at this high temperature. 

MAss scan run at different coils

Friday, February 26, 2021, 23:18: Cooling TBHT to 290 @ 2 A/min.

 Friday, February 26, 2021, 23:19: BIAS/EZL/EE/AND @ 0.000 kV:

Saturday, February 27, 2021, 18:12: TBHT voltage stable, IG1 stable. Despite putting a lot of heat, the system seems to be OK.

Most of the day I have been setting up routines for automatic sweeps. 

they work fine

Sunday, February 28, 2021, 02:48: Experimental run will finish in about 1hr.

Code will set anode=5V and coil=0A.

Lot's of parameter mapping, efficiency measurements, some emittance scans, some rpms, some mass scans

Sunday, February 28, 2021, 23:12: Increasing voltage limit on the tbht heater from 3.001 to 3.5, just in case is necessary to reach 340 A. 

bunch of mass scans run.

Monday, March 01, 2021, 05:02: BIAS/EZL/EE/AND @ 0.000 kV:

Monday, March 01, 2021, 05:0: Auto-cooling TGH/TBHT to 0 A at 2 A/min 

AS

Monday, March 01, 2021, 09:00: Coil from 90 to 0 A. Power / sources off.

Monday, March 01, 2021, 09:02: IV4 closed / reset

Monday, March 01, 2021, 09:05: IG1 & Turbo pumps off.

Monday, March 01, 2021, 09:07: Purge FS#5

Monday, March 01, 2021, 10:44: Vented

Friday, February 19, 2021, 13:28: Roughing

Friday, February 19, 2021, 13:43: Power on

Friday, February 19, 2021, 13:59: Turbos on

Friday, February 19, 2021, 14:07: IG1 on.

 Friday, February 19, 2021, 15:06:  Water open. No vacuum response.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 15:06: IG1 @ 3.13e-5 T.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 15:47 :

Friday, February 19, 2021, 15:48: IG1 @ 1.65 e-5 T

Saturday, February 20, 2021, 09:19. IG1 @ 1e-6 T

Saturday, February 20, 2021, 09:20: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 300,150 A @ 2A/min

Saturday, February 20, 2021, 13:26:  IG1 @ 1.78e-6 T

Saturday, February 20, 2021, 13:29: Anode @ 50 V. Coil @ 20 A. 

Saturday, February 20, 2021, 13:52: Bias voltage only reaches 6 kV, the bias current seems a bit unstable, not  sure now what the problem is.

Saturday, February 20, 2021, 14:58: Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0 A @ 2 A/min 

Sunday, February 21, 2021, 11:24: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 580/290A @ 2A/min  

Sunday, February 21, 2021, 16:39: Ramp up complete. IG1 @ 2.15e-6 T. 

Will wait until vacuum is stable to try  to put high voltage.

Sunday, February 21, 2021, 21:51: IG1 @ 2.06e-6 T.  Unable to go above 5 kV.  

Sunday, February 21, 2021, 22:00:  Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0 A @ 2 A/min 

Monday, February 22, 2021, 09:12: IG1@1.01e-7 T. Bias gets current limited as of 11 kV. The system does not spark so the current is leaking through somewhere.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 09:29: Grounding the TM2 F/T. No effects, same bias issues.

 Monday, February 22, 2021, 11:3: the only way for this instabilities to occur is with a short between ground and HV. No such touch is occurring inside.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 11:37: Instability reacts with punching the cage, that is, shaking up the cage causes the instability to decrease.

Will re-accommodate the cage as it seemed slightly crooked, hence the motivation to punch it.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 14:00: Cage re-accommodated with the help of Aaron. Move a insulating cable that was touching a FT.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 14:30: Now sparks are visible between the coil/HS waterlines and ground waterlines (see pictures attached). I have to open the vacuum chamber.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 14:54: IG1 off. Turbos off.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 15:49: Venting

Monday, February 22, 2021, 16:43: Made clearance between HS/COIL to GND.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 15:19: Gas lines roughed and refilled. Gauge reads -50 kPa. Absolute pressure is 50 kPa.

IG1 @ 9.7 e-7 T.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 15:27: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV. No sign of instabilities as before. Bias current=0.08 mA.

This also means the leak, in this clean environment is fine.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 15:28

Slightly drop in flow. Will check later as well.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 15:37: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 35/13/1.5 kV.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 15:39. Spark inside. Recover with no problem

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 16:27 : BIAS/EZL/EE @ 40/13/1.5 kV.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 16:28: Spark

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 16:42:

 Thursday, February 18, 2021, 17:1: Logging water temperature and flow in the PC.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 17:19: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 0.000 kV.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 17:20: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 17:26: Anode is shorted. It seems that the  Ta capillary  is touching the HS. I have to open.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 17:35: IG1 and turbos off.

 Thursday, February 18, 2021, 18:2: Venting

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 18:42: Gauge reader at the service cap is now at -40 kPa. A 10 kPa incursion over 4 hours.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 11:04: The anode still has a short, returning all previous jumpers. Short present.

Unhooked anode cable can sustain voltage, hence the electric circuit has a short,

Friday, February 19, 2021, 11:48: Target removed. No short on anode-target. However there is no short in the service tray either, the voltage from the anode supply is held with no problem.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 12:41: Only when the tbht is bolted the power supply goes current limited.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 12:44: Source tray can hold anode voltage without drawing any current, as expected.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 12:52: Target legs to HS presents a short. When HS is removed the short is gone. Will try to find the contact point.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 12:56: Suspecting that is the gas line that goes to the back of the TGHT; is too high and touches the HS. Putting and insulator and installing the HS cover. No short.

Removing the insulator there is a short.

Will bend the gas line.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 13:08: Installed the open assembly, and the anode voltage is held in the system without drawing current, as expected.

Friday, February 19, 2021, 13:21: TIS assy re-installed, short is fixed.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 15:01: With the help of Spencer Kiy, we tested the proper communication from python to epics.

Getting TSP:Q1 PV: successful both from the web application and jupyter notebook.

Setting TSP:Q1 PV: successful from the web application, failed jupyter notebook.

Issue fixed on the HLA server side

Setting TSP:Q1 PV: successful both from the web application and jupyter notebook.

Testing other potentially useful apps for ramping routines and a  customized "striptool".

HLA developments only available from the ISAC test stand's PC and Fernando's PC.

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/847

There was a previous DI CU-LCW  pump trip as per the above elog. The CU-LCW pump was configured this morning. The water pressure is set to 80 PSI as per the MCR. Any further can overload & trip the pump. 

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 10:55: Current flow rates & pressure read at the TS

DI water pressure as per the gauge on the supply side of the FS#2-5 manifold @ 85 PSI.

Noticeable flow rate reduction based on previous target conditioning logs. Previous pressure was around 100 PSI.

Thursday, February 18, 2021, 10:45: TPS:Q3 & the TSB CBC CANBUS controllers had failed yesterday, as well as a cable was incorrectly seated. This was fixed this morning.

Before

After.

Vacuum side

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 13:42: The gas lines inside have been check. The inlet of the calibrated leak was not tighten properly and hence the large leak observed.  FIXED.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 13:42: The only leak remaining INSIDE the vacuum is the one on the FT side which for 200kPa is around 7e-6 atm cc /s. At this pressure, the undesired leak  is leak rate is around 1 %  of the one getting into the source.

Atmosphere side

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 14:49: Some minor leaks in connection points around  1e-6 atm cc/s. Not much I can do without changing all connection to glands with metal gaskets.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 14:50: SV5 was leak check on its own, the gas goes through quite noticeable, no need to sniff with leak detector. SV1 leak checked and it works.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 14:52: Valves swapped, labels changed.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 15:17: Roughing.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 15:53: Turbos on.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 15:59: IG1 on

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 16:29: IG1 @ 5.3e-5 and dropping. Already better than Friday/Saturday.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 16:53: IG1 @ 2.9e-5 T.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 16:53: IG1 @ 1.5e-6 T.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 16:53:  The Neon bottle seems to be empty. The leak on the lines were not as bad to have this happened. I suspect when squeezing the bottle I rotated the gauge enough to cause a leak there.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 17:00: Using a full nitrogen bottle, I confirmed that rotating the two-stage regulator causes a leak.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 18:00: Things look OK now. Water open. No response on vacuum. Will put power.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 20:00: Some items were timed out. Tried to recycle the PLC now all the items are red. Check tomorrow

Friday, February 12, 2021, 16:37: FEBIAD installed with mechanical calibrated leak

Friday, February 12, 2021, 16:38: Roughing.

Gas lines opened all the way to the sour. SV4 and SV5.

Friday, February 12, 2021, 18:47: Turbos on.

Friday, February 12, 2021, 18:55: IG1 on.

Friday, February 12, 2021, 23:22: IG1 @ 1.5E-4 T.  I think the line inside the vacuum chamber is leaking

Friday, February 12, 2021, 23:23: SV5 closed.

Friday, February 12, 2021, 23:24: Vacuum dropping slightly.

Friday, February 12, 2021, 23:24: SV5 opened. IG1 responds to the opening of SV5. The lines from the feedthrough to the calibrated leak need to be re-done.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 10:21: IG1 off. Turbos off.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:21: Venting.

Aaron closed SV4 and the vacuum drop normally. Leak through SV5 as well.

 Friday, February 12, 2021, 12:13: Since the collimator is not used, Carla and I installed a BNC short outside the cage. See picture.

Note* target has a ring on the TGHT - Right leg. EE & PE placed. Target to HS OL - OK.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 09:37: Roughing.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 09:45: Bypass / Force applied on IG1 to test Anode.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 09:46: Anode @ 10 V. Ok.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 09:47: Anode @ 200 V. Ok. No current.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 09:48: Anode to 0V & off. Bypass / Force removed from IG1.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 10:06: TP1B on.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 10:46: TP1A on.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 13:42: Vacuum @ 9.08e-06T. open FS#5

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 13:46: Vacuum increased to 9.70e-06T as well as the backing pressure increased. Turbo pumps off. Going to swap the assembly out completely however continue with the same LP-SIS oven.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 15:20: HS 44378-3 Installed w/ LP-SIS oven #44691-8. Roughing

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 15:48: TP1B on. 

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 16:02: TP1A on.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 16:11: Bypass / Force applied on IG1 to test Anode. Anode @ 200 V. Ok. No current.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 16:13: Anode to 0V & off. Bypass / Force removed from IG1. EZL & EE check ok. IG1 on for real.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 16:14: Vacuum @ 6.12e-05T & Dropping.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 16:16: FS#5 open. Both IG1 & the backing lines are pumping down quickly.

Contacted MCR. Reminder, mechanical services still intends to service the DI water pump. Constant DI water flow is not guaranteed.

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/847

Thursday, February 11, 2021, 00:13: : Anode to 10V. Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 200/100 A @ 2 A/min

 Thursday, February 11, 2021, 09:03: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 400/200 A @ 2 A/min

From: Jas Uppal <juppal@triumf.ca>Sent: February 11, 2021 9:12 AM
To: Fernando Maldonado Millan <maldonado@triumf.ca>
Subject: Re: Cu-LCW water lines status for the ISAC test stand

Hi Fernando,

  There are no plans for Cu-LCW system to be switched off today.  I believe they are still working on correcting the issue that caused the trip two days ago.  Once it is corrected and we are ready to switch to the secondary pump, the switch over "should" be relatively invisible with possibly a slight drop in line pressure.

Jas Uppal 

 Thursday, February 11, 2021, 10:31: TGHT/TBHT at 400/200 A. Anode still at 10 V 

Thursday, February 11, 2021, 10:33: Auto-ramping TGHT/TBHT to 580/230 A @ 2 A/min

Thursday, February 11, 2021, 10:42: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 30/13/1.5 kV. 

Thursday, February 11, 2021, 13:42: Uncapable of holding HV. Maybe the new heatshield needs more time to outgas.

Thursday, February 11, 2021, 13:44: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 0.000 kV

Friday, February 12, 2021, 10:07: In order to trouble shoot the ISAC TS, I  let the sparks to continue. Initially, they occurred in the extraction electrode spark gap and were both visible and audible. However, they stop and the instabilitiy was present.

I rise the voltage again and let the spark happen for a longer period of time.

I saw how the collimator wire on the far back of the source tray was moving as if a hurricane was inside, which is very strange. I followed up the wire and I saw how it was sparking to something (see attached photo)

I say something because from the angle is difficult to say if it was going to the chamber itself or to the HS waterlines. Both scenarios are concerning

First of all the collimator is never biased and it if any case the jacket  (MHV cable) is on ground ground

In case the discharge happened from wire to the chamber, then the collimator wire was charging up, it is extremely important o note that the jacketed cable goes outside the box very close to one of the turbos.

In the other scenario where the discharge was happening from the wire to the HS waterlines, that is, HV to ground, the simply creating a clearance should be enough. In this case as well is relevant to know that this jackted cable leaves the farday cage.

I will create clearance from collimator wire to HS waterlines.

Friday, February 12, 2021, 10:33: BIAS/EZL/EE @ 0.000 kV

Friday, February 12, 2021, 10:35: Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0 A @ 4A/min.

Friday, February 12, 2021, 11:05: Discharge confirmed visually to go into the HS waterlines, (HV to ground) (see second photo attached)

Friday, February 12, 2021, 11:06: Inside the blue rack,  I could hear ticks that match the discharges, probably  the collimator PS is there. Will check later with things  off.

 Friday, February 12, 2021, 13:17: Turbos off.

 Friday, February 12, 2021, 14:36: Venting.

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 13:43: DI water flow completely stopped.

Control room contacted. DI water loss confirmed.

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 13:52: DI water flow returned.

Control room contacted. DI water loss due to a "seamless" pump change over for the DI water supply & mechanical services. The supply was transferred over to a new pump which overloaded and failed. They had to switch back over to the (old) pump. Mechanical services will still try to do the switch over again. Either tomorrow or the day after. Running the TS up to 580A until then is not recommended.  Control room to update tomorrow morning.

Fault# 13773: Cu-LCW south SA3-03 tripped on motor overload.

Re-salted. PE removed. EE Cleaned

Monday, February 08, 2021, 09:17: Roughing.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 09:46: TP1B on

Monday, February 08, 2021, 11:45: Vacuum @ 6.70e-06T. Open waterlines

Monday, February 08, 2021, 11:49: Vacuum spike. Turn off IG1 & turbo pumps. Will vent to swap gaskets.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 12:45: Venting.

Swap & tighten.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 13:33: Roughing

Monday, February 08, 2021, 14:01: TP1B on.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 14:18: TP1A on.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 14:22: Opened waterline. Vacuum was in the e-05T range and dropping however it slowed and a spike was noted on CG1A & CG1B. Turbo pumps off to vent. Will inspect the seal face.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 15:08: Venting.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 15:57: Swapped out gaskets. Checked gasket faces & Re-installed HS. Roughing.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 16:44: TP1B on.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 16:51: TP1A on.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 16:58: IG1 on

Monday, February 08, 2021, 17:00: Opened waterlines. Backing pressure ok, Vacuum continuing to improve@ 7.90e-05T.

Monday, February 08, 2021, 17:03: Power/sources on. vacuum @ 5.19e-05T

FM

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 00:46: IG1 @ 2.14e-6T. Auto-ramping to 580/230 @ 2A/min

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 07:17. Anode got current limited again when TBHT/TGHGT were @ 215/215 A. 

AS

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 08:32: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 20 / -1.5 / 10 kV

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 09:02: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -2.0 / 13 kV

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 09:16: BIAS remains @ 30 kV. Adjusting Optics, EE, & EZL to tune. Minimal beam on FC0 noted.

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 10:02: HV off. Check Anode & down stream.

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 10:36: Auto-cooling @ 4 A per min

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 10:40: Aborted. TGHT / TBHT back to 580 / 230 A. A few more checks.

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 10:58: Auto-cooling @ 4 A per min

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 11:08: HV off.

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 13:41: Power / sources off. FS#5 closed off. Turbo pumps off.

 FM.

After inspecting the ion source, and revising the electrical connections, I suspect that the TBHT was floating all the time and only when it was in contact with the plasma electrode it held HV.

When the plasma electrode was removed, there was no reference whatsoever, and the ions were not extracted.

It seems then that the resistor R4 (ISK4562D) is necessary to provide a reference to the TBHT  in a similar way R1 provides one to extraction electrode.

Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 20:52: Installing R4. If the anode works this time, it will be worth checking why this reference is necessary. From the electric diagram, the chassis ground should be HV ground.

See e-log entry: 884:

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 18:45: Roughing

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 19:13: Turbos on.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 19:22: IG1 on.

AS

Friday, February 05, 2021, 06:20: Waterline FS#5 open. Vacuum ok @ 1.71e-06T.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 06:23:

Friday, February 05, 2021, 06:26: Tried to put 100 - 1000 V on the BIAS. Goes to 0.0 kV - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.029 mA - BIAS:RDCUR, straight to current limit. BIAS is shorted.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 06:32: Power / Sources / Optics off. Ion gauge & Turbo pumps off.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 07:28: Venting.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 08:37: Roughing. Target was re-salted. GE line was close/light touch to (B) line. Adjusted. Waterlines open on FS#5.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 09:06; Turbo pump TP1B on.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 09:14: Turbo pump TP1A on

Friday, February 05, 2021, 09:19: TP1A tripped. Wait on backing pressure.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 09:35: Vacuum Bypass on BV1A to turn on TP1A.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 09:39: TP1A at speed. Ion gauge on. Bypass removed.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 09:55: IG1 off. Bypass used on IG1. EE on, BIAS on.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 09:56: 500 - 1000 V - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.000 mA - BIAS:RDCUR. Ok.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 09:58: BIAS & EE off. Bypass removed. IG1 back on. Initial check ok. Vacuum to go below 1.0e-05T.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 11:37: Power / Sources / Optics on & set. Vacuum @ 6.46e-06T.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 11:42: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 10 / -1.0 / 7.5 kV

Friday, February 05, 2021, 11:50: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 20 / -1.5 / 13 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 11:58: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 25 / -1.5 / 13 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A. Anode checked up to 100 V & down again. Ok.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 12:06: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 12:14: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 35 / -1.5 / 13.5 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 12:24: It charged up and began sparking continuously around 12:23.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 12:33: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 15 / -1.0 / 10 kV. TGHT / TBHT @ 10 / 10 A. The sparks were both clearly audible & visible on the spark gap up top (Image to be included in word doc)

FM

Friday, February 05, 2021, 14:16:   BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30/ -1.5 / 13 kV.  Anode @ 50 V.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 14:18: Auto ramp-up TGHT/TBHT to 580/230 A @ 4A/min

Friday, February 05, 2021, 15:08: Anode shorted, I think the  tube heater is touching the plasma electrode. TGHT/TBHT @ 209/209 A. TBHT voltage= 2.2. At the same time the bias current jump from 0.008 to 0.01.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 15:12: Reducing the TBHT to 190 A 2 V. Bias current linearly reducing with tbht current. The cathode is not current limited anymore. Wondering if the TBHT power supply is causing an electrical backflow or if the ion source is touching the plasma electrode.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 15:16: Auto ramp-up TGHT/TBHT to 580/230 A @  2 A/min

Friday, February 05, 2021, 15:21: The same effect as before at TBHT=223 A. When reducing to 190 A, anode goes up. 

Friday, February 05, 2021, 15:30:  Auto ramp-up TGHT to 580 A @ 4A/min and TBHT to 230 @ 1 A/min. 

Friday, February 05, 2021, 15:55: Sparks, not audible nor visible. I think I saw one on the top part of the water blocks. Lowering bias to 10 kV.

Friday, February 05, 2021, 15:56 : Auto-ramp range to 4A/min on both TGHT and TBHT

Friday, February 05, 2021, 19:23:  almost 2.5 hours without sparks. RPM tests performed. Voltages to zero. Will rise later or tomorrow remotely.

Taped down to 180/500 A on TBHT/TGHT. All voltages to  BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0.000 kV.

Saturday, February 06, 2021, 11:14:   Auto ramp-up TGHT/TBHT to 580/230 A @ 4A/min

Saturday, February 06, 2021, 12:16:    BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30/ 1.5 / 0kV.  

Saturday, February 06, 2021, 12:30: The previous tune is not working anymore. I have to re-tune . EZL now helps to have a better tune, no need for extreme steering

Well well well, after several scans I observed the following:

• Bias readback changes by 14  V. This doesn't necessarily means this is the absolute value, it could be better or worse.
• Magnet oscillates around 1 gauss, enough to move the beam to the sides.
• Different settings on the rpm scans does not yield to different results in the data
• Intensity variations causes one of the rpms scans to be lower or higher.
• Total source scans are always mirrored as long as nothing else varies.
• Separated ion scans varied wildly. No two consecutive scans are the same. Likely a combination of Bias voltage and magnet current ripples.
• Following Baartman's proceedure on a cherry-picked data set, I estimated an energy spread of 11.75 eV. To be discussed with him

Saturday, February 06, 2021, 20:00 Biases to 0.000 kV

Saturday, February 06, 2021, 20:00 : Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT  to  400/150 A @ 3 A/min

 Saturday, February 06, 2021, 21:02: On the way down, TBHT 150  A and when TGHT cross 480 A the anode came back to life. Wonder if this could help diagnose deflection on the surface ion source (might be helpful for the P2N)

Sunday, February 07, 2021, 08:26:  Auto ramp-up TGHT/TBHT to 560/210 A @ 2A/min

Sunday, February 07, 2021, 09:18: Anode got current limited again when TGHT/TBHT @ 446/200 A 

Sunday, February 07, 2021, 11:26:  Auto ramp-up TGHT/TBHT to 560/210 A @ 2A/min 

 Sunday, February 07, 2021, 11:31: Once again, the latest tune did not work. I suspect the ion source deformation varied from thermal cycle to thermal cycle. With a crooked beam, the EZL will send the beam off-center and the quad will not compensate that. The double peak observed in the beam size scan indicates that the focusing is not correct.

Sunday, February 07, 2021, 18:41: With Baartman RPM scans, the x axis in in cm, as verified with an emittance scan.

New parameters on the emittance rig for this tune. Offset from 40 to -50. This shifts the phase space in the y axis such that is visible on the plot. 

Even in a different mass, the position scans on the dispersion plan are not reproducible.

Sunday, February 07, 2021, 18:52: Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 400/150 A  @ 6A/min / 3 A/min, respectively.

 Sunday, February 07, 2021, 18:53: Biases to 0.000 kV

I think the fast cool-down rate prevented the TBHTto be able to sustained voltage.

Sunday, February 07, 2021, 19:35: Auto-cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0 A @ 3A/min 

TBHT able to sustain voltage once TBHT=191 A and TGHT=372 A

Monday, February 08, 2021, 07:14: IV4 close

Monday, February 08, 2021, 07:15: IG1 off. Turbos off. 

The system was vented to  make clearance on the waterlines as a very small continuous discharge was observed.

The inspection revealed some marks on the HS water line (sideview photo). From the the bottom and from real close (zoom and backview photo) the marks are quite noticeable with shinny copper in the middle and dark circles around.

The GND line is routed in such a way that sits on top of the ion gauge chamber (gnd-ig1) this could explain why the vacuum had small oscillation during the current limited events.

Moreover, the GND line has the steerer cables tied to it, this could explain why one of the steerers got affected after the sparks.

Also, the GND line is in contact with a dark grime that goes all the way into the first skimmer (gnd-quad). I think the grime observed inside the test stand might have become conductive, or if this is trace from a previous flashover, this  is good path to flash again.

The EE and the plasma electrode were removed and they show signs of buildup. Cleaned and reinstalled

Monday, February 01, 2021, 08:38 : The anode seems to be shorted but we can still test the  amount of dispersion at the image position, and correlate with energy spread.

Monday, February 01, 2021, 11:27: Bias/EZL/EE @ 30/0/1.5 kV. 

 Monday, February 01, 2021, 11:44: Mass scan in progress. The peaks appear to be shifted. Large peak at  m/q160 and double peak at m/q 100u, where I think it should be 133Cs and 85Rb and 87Rb.

Monday, February 01, 2021, 14:04: HV turned itself off, nothing tripped nor change. Not sure if related to the emittance scan that I was running. Setting it to zero before restarting it.

Monday, February 01, 2021, 20:14: Ramping things down and call it a day. My laptop charger broke and I don't want to leave the HV on.

Wire scanners look fine but the emittance meter was not working. Keiko soft reboot it but to luck. 

AS

Tuesday, February 02, 2021, 08:51: E-rig re-calibrated. Mass scans taken. It appears we have evaporated all the salts. Turning off the HV & auto-cooling @ 3A per min.

Tuesday, February 02, 2021, 12:18: IV4 closed, power/sources off. Turbo pumps off.

Tuesday, February 02, 2021, 12:50: Venting.

Remove, add salts, EE ok.

Tuesday, February 02, 2021, 13:58: Rouging.

Tuesday, February 02, 2021, 14:26: Turbo pump on - TP1B.

Tuesday, February 02, 2021, 14:37: Turbo pump on - TP1A. Ion gauge on.

AS

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 07:36: Vacuum ok @ 1.01e-06 T.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 07:38: Opened FS#5. Vacuum ok.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 07:41; Power / Sources on. Optics on.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 07:43: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 4 A per min.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 07:46: IV4 open

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 07:48: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 20 / -1.0 / 0 kV to start. will go to 30 & 1.5 kV once the TGHT reaches 350 A.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 09:40: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 10:55: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 0 kV. Lot's of sparks on the initial conditioning from 8:30am until almost 10:20. Appears stable now.

 FM

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 13:01: Spark. The HV bias voltage remained at 10 kV for several seconds. TSG:CBC was @ 2500 V. Likely, a sustained discharge towards the steerer had the HV bias power supply to get current limited

 Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 13:25: HV bias power supply gets current limited as of 15 kV. Setpoints to 0 to allow some discharge. Didn't work. Asking someone on site to have a look on the PS.

No sign whatsoever of a spark  to any device.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 18:27: HV has been erratic all day. Waiting for some stabilization allowed the system to reach ~24 kV. Now it has dropped to 20 kV.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 18:28: Increasing current limit on the bias PS from 0.015 to 0.02 mA

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 18:55: Spark in the water lines. Current drop 60% from 0.03 to 0.01 uA. Spark observed in the GND electrode water lines

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 19:11: Able to reach 28 kV but a spark ocurred.  TSG:CBC adn TSG:Q1 readback 2500 and 1500 V (similarly to the spark at 1 pm). Bias is current limited again, even at the new current limit.

• I think there might a short with one of the steerers cables, or a bit unlikely, to the quad.
• Slow charge up process, that does not discharges.

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 19:32: Bias/EZL/EE @ 0.000 kV

Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 22:59: Tapped down TGHT/TBHT to 500/200 A to preserve the salts.

AS

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 06:42: Auto-cooling TGHT / TBHT down to 300 / 150 A. 

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:14: Optics set to standard settings. Checking BIAS w/ EE & EZL 

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:21: BIAS / EE / EZL to 16.5 / -1.0 / 10 kV. Actual on BIAS 14.5 to 15 kV on BIAS:RDVOL & w/ 0.029 mA on BIAS:RDCUR.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:24: BIAS discharge. 16.5 kV on BIAS:RDVOL & w/ 0.004 mA on BIAS:RDCUR.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:32: Brought BIAS up to 19 kV, but then it sparks and dropped to 13.5 kV on BIAS:RDVOL & w/ 0.029 mA on BIAS:RDCUR. Brought the BIAS down to 13 kV, & the current dropped out, then stabilized. Brought it back up to 16.5 kV. Holding 16.5 kV on BIAS:RDVOL & w/ 0.004 mA on BIAS:RDCUR.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:36: BIAS / EE / EZL to 16.5 / -1.0 / 10 kV

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:39: Auto-cooling TGHT / TBHT down to 0 A. 

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:40: 17 kV - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.005 mA - BIAS:RDCUR.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:45: 17.5 kV - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.005 mA - BIAS:RDCUR.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:51: 18 kV - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.005 mA - BIAS:RDCUR.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 09:55: 18.5 kV - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.005 mA - BIAS:RDCUR.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 10:00: 19 kV - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.005 mA - BIAS:RDCUR.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 10:14: 19.5 kV - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.005 mA - BIAS:RDCUR. 

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 10:20: 20 kV - BIAS:RDVOL / 0.005 mA - BIAS:RDCUR.  

FM

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 12:54:  20.5 kV / 0.006 mA 

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 12:58: 21 kV / 0.005 mA

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 13:02: 21.5kV / 0.006 mA 

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 13:08: 22 kV / 0.005 mA. 

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 13:12: 22.5 kV / 0.006 mA. 

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 13:58: 30 kV / 0.008 mA.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 14:04: Spark. Bias is current limited.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 14:39 : Small bright spot at the TGHT or HS cooling lines from the solder of the GND water lines.

Without voltage this is not noticeable. Likely a corona discharge happening at this location and hence limiting the current.

Opening to create clearance. Also to troubleshot the cathode power supply.

Thursday, February 04, 2021, 16:07: Turbos off.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 09:11: CANBUS controller was replaced. Quick systems check ok. Sources, HV, & Optics all good.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 10:05: HV & Ramping check.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 10:08:

On Tuesday the hard good vacuum level was changed from 7e-6 T to 1e-5 T to allow larger leak rates when testing FEBIAD.

Also this new level should allow faster heating rates (be mindful and cautious)

Work done as per WP C2021-01-19-9

 Thursday, January 21, 2021, 10:05: Anodeless Negative Bias On Surface Ion  Source, or ANBOSIS (still working on the acronym). installed to test energy spread vs position.

The SIS allow a more forgiving operation while calibrating such that other sources can have these type of measurements.

 Thursday, January 21, 2021, 10:43: Electrical connection make sense inside the source tray both with and without TIS. Anode confirmed to be on HV common through 9-pin.

Thursday, January 21, 2021, 10:46: Roughing.

Thursday, January 21, 2021, 11:17: Turbos on. 

Thursday, January 21, 2021, 11:25: IG1 on. 

 Thursday, January 21, 2021, 12:52: IG1@2.67e-5 T

AS

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:04: Vacuum @ 4.57e-06T.

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:07: FS#2 open. Vacuum ok @ 4.57e-06T

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:13: FS#3 Open. Vacuum ok @ 4.57e-06T

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:24: FS#4 Open. Vacuum ok @ 4.48e-06T

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:30: FS#5 Open. Vacuum ok @ 4.48e-06T

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:39: Reboot IOC (Optics page has a white out)

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:44: Power / Sources on.

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:49: Reboot PLC / IOC again. Surface source page ok. Optics page still in white out.

Friday, January 22, 2021, 07:52: Controls to TGHT / TBHT non-responsive. 10 / 5 A on TGHT / TBHT @ 0 / 0 A on epics & the PS.

Friday, January 22, 2021, 08:15: Tested HV. OK on both EZL & BIAS w/ 500 V each, then back to 0 V. TGHT / TBHT still not responding.

AS

Friday, January 29, 2021, 09:52: TS checks ok. Fixed. TGHT /  TBHT @ 10 A each. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 500 / -200 / 300 V to check.

 https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/842

Friday, January 29, 2021, 09:53: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 10:05: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 /-1.5/13 kV.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 10:08: Lot's of sparking*** Reduce BIAS / EE / EZL to 20 / -1.5 / 10 kV.

 FM

Friday, January 29, 2021, 11:24: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 29 /-1.5/13 kV.. No Sparks. Ramping up to 30 kV in steps of 100V.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 11:28: Reached 30kV on bias. No sparks after 2 minutes. Previously, the sparks happened within seconds after reaching 30 kV, according to the striptool.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 11:41: There were  five inaudible sparks. They are likely occurring inside as the target-ion source is being heated. Small rise in vacuum occurred and then the spark started.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 11:42: BIAS / EE / EZL to 0.000 kV to allow outgassing

Friday, January 29, 2021, 12:44  Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 200 A @ 4 A per min.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 13:32: TGHT/TBHT @500/200 A.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 13:44. Spark on top.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 13:48 : BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 /-1.5/13 kV.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 13:49: Anode gets current limited even at 1 V.  Could this indicate a short, or that the anode is floating?

Friday, January 29, 2021, 13:53: Spark across extraction electrode spark gap.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 14:13: Auto-ramping TBHT to 225 A @ 3 A per min.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 14:32: 10 min ago, the IG6 timed out. Nothing tripped but the epics couldn't restarted. Manually turned Fil1 on controller but didn't work. Fil2 did the trick. Back to normal.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 14:42: Spark gap again. It turned the separator section yellow (except MB1)"

Friday, January 29, 2021, 15:08: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per min. Good vac level set to 3.5e-7T

Friday, January 29, 2021, 15:17: Inaudible spark. First spark after 25 min.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 15:30: Playing with TBHT current. Couple of sparks when playing with the steerers and einzel lens. TGHT auto-ramp waiting for good vacuum.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 16:25: Vacuum reached bad vaccum level. Currentes were step back. No sparks for around 40 minutes.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 16:41: System seems to be dirty. It will likely take the weekend to reach nominal vacuum levels.

I will reduce the HV and keep the heaters on. I will keep an eye during the weekend.

Friday, January 29, 2021, 16:44: 50 minutes without sparks

Friday, January 29, 2021, 16:46:  BIAS / EE / EZL to 0.000 kV to allow outgassing during the weekend.

Saturday, January 30, 2021, 11:59: Vacuum has steadily decrease over time allowing the auto ramp-up routine to make progress.

Saturday, January 30, 2021, 12:00 IG1 @ 3.58e-6T . TGHT/TBHT @  566/230 A. All voltage still at 0 V.

Saturday, January 30, 2021, 12:56: TGHT/TBHT @ 580/230 A. 

Sunday, January 31, 2021, 09:32: TGHT/TBHT @ 580/230 A. IG1@2.59e-6T. 

Sunday, January 31, 2021, 10:48:  BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 /-1.5/13 kV. No sparks on the way up. Beam is now noticeable on the wire scanners, When I first tried with colder target current no beam.

Sunday, January 31, 2021, 13:31: After around 3 hours, only two sparks have occurred.

Sunday, January 31, 2021, 13:54: Spark. All of them seem to be going to EZL. 

Sunday, January 31, 2021, 15:13: Spark. Separators optics turned yellow. 

Sunday, January 31, 2021, 15:38: Spark. 

Sunday, January 31, 2021, 16:11: Things were looking good so i  decided t o try  a mass scan , however a series of sparks started. I set all biases to 0 and stop the tests for today.

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.

Fernando Maldonado wrote:

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.

 Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 11:26: John Chow verified that the power supply was in negative mode.

Just as side note, I think the PS was in negative mode since the quoted entry from October 30 2019. Given that the SiC/FEBIAD was supposed to run in cathode mode, the test stand was rewired to this. The only rewiring after this was for the P2N.

Yesterday, December 1st, I successfully installed and tested the gas system inside the faraday cage.

The changes performed were as follows:

• Remove He gas tank (to make room for new tank)
• Remove calibrated leak to connect new gas line
• Remove convectron gauge to install a high range dial manometer.

The tests were done manually and consisted as follows:

• Gas lines roughed by opening SV1.
• Tank regulator set to deliver 1 bar
• SV4 opened to allow the gas to enter the lines
• Dial manometer verified to  match the pressure set by the regulator
• Alternatively roughed and pressurized the lines by opening/closing SV1/SV4
• Tank lines emptied with SV1 and SV4 open simultaneously.

The test involve the lines up to SV5. The gas line portion from SV5 to the top of the HV cage was not included as it was removed for TM3 HV tests (se entry #822)

When the HV tests are concluded I will install a new line that will include a gauge.

Fernando Maldonado wrote:

Yesterday, December 1st, I successfully installed and tested the gas system inside the faraday cage. The changes performed were as follows: Remove He gas tank (to make room for new tank) Remove calibrated leak to connect new gas line Remove convectron gauge to install a high range dial manometer.   The tests were done manually and consisted as follows: Gas lines roughed by opening SV1. Tank regulator set to deliver 1 bar SV4 opened to allow the gas to enter the lines Dial manometer verified to  match the pressure set by the regulator Alternatively roughed and pressurized the lines by opening/closing SV1/SV4 Tank lines emptied with SV1 and SV4 open simultaneously.   The test involve the lines up to SV5. The gas line portion from SV5 to the top of the HV cage was not included as it was removed for TM3 HV tests (se entry #822) When the HV tests are concluded I will install a new line that will include a gauge.

 Yesterday, January 13th I added back the gas line from SV5 to the service cap.

I temporarily added a gauge in between to measure the gas pressure. After successful tests I removed it from this location.

Finally, I added the gauge on the service cap, which its desired location (see attached picture). The tests corroborate no pressure losses from the gas bottle up to this location.

I have rewired the test stand (service cap wiring only, not power supply wiring) to anode bias mode as shown in the diagram. This was not how it was wired before, there are several things I have removed that appear to be newer additions. I also removed the burned cable between TBHT(-) and COIL(-), and between the multipin feedthrough and ground (probably related to the other burned cable).

I tried to measure the resistances across the feedthroughs (as opposed to across the resistors themselves) but they all seem wrong. I get 27Ohms across the TGHT and TBHT circuits instead of 100Ohms. Between the TGHT and TBHT I get 100Ohms as expected. Across the coil circuit I get 6Ohms instead of 100Ohms. Probably only the 6Ohms really needs to be fixed, but if the resistors are damaged, then the varistors might be as well.

Restarting TS after holidays & planned power outage.

Monday, January 04, 2021, 08:17: All epics controls in a 'white out' state.

Monday, January 04, 2021, 08:20: Rebooted PLC / IOC. Controls returned.

Monday, January 04, 2021, 08:22: Strip tools started / epics response ok.

Monday, January 04, 2021, 08:23: Switch on TMS:RP2 & TSG:RP1

Monday, January 04, 2021, 08:24: Open PV1 & PV2.

Monday, January 04, 2021, 08:26: Optics, steering, and archivers still in a non-responsive / 'white-out' state.

IOC rebooted on January 6. Controls returned to normal.

Shutting down the ISAC TS for the planned outage on Dec 22.

Monday, December 21, 2020, 07:50: Ion gauges & turbo pumps off.

Monday, December 21, 2020, 07:51: Confirm wire scanner shutoff.

Monday, December 21, 2020, 07:55: Waterlines purged.

Monday, December 21, 2020, 07:57: Backing valves TMS:BV6 & TMS:BV2 off. PV1 & PV2 off. Roughing pumps off.

Ramping up to 75kV. Started drawing current at 63.5kV this time.

Now at 75kV, drawing 5uA of current. Ramp up easy.

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 13:02

Been at 75 kV since about 8:45. A single spark at 11:58.

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 18:10

75 kV. No sparks since that last one 6 hours ago. Current has been slowly decreasing over time, now sitting around 2 uA. Was about 5 uA around the time of the spark. Starting ramp down. Dumped data.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 10:30 (Carla) :

Started ramping up about 45 mins ago, now at 50kV with no issues. No sparking, occasional current draw to get to the next voltage step. Test piece is no longer drawing any current, as opposed to yesterday when it was drawing around 4uA at this point. Trace left on insulator must have partially evaporated in the vacuum overnight.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 10:34 :

Starting to draw some current at 50.5kV. Drawing 4uA at 55kV.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 10:51 :

Back up to 60kV, no sparks so far and no issues, though it is still drawing 5uA of current, as it was yesterday.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 12:28 (Alexander)

No sparks at 60 kV for 1.5 hours. Starting voltage increases again at 250 V increments. Currently limiting current to 6 uA. Current draw is 4 uA.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 13:20

63 kV. Appears current limited, increased current limit to 7 uA. First spark was at 62.75 kV.

63.25 kV. Seems current limited again but eventually reached a stable voltage after a minute. Increased current limit to 8 uA for next voltage increase.

63.5 kV. Spark.

63.75 kV. Unstable trying to reach voltage, appears current limited. Small spark followed by a big one on the rise of the previous. Second one activated something pneumatic nearby. Reduced voltage by 250 V. Looked at vacuum system but nothing abnormal.

63.5 kV. Spark, not recorded on GoPro. Stable after 5 minutes. Continuing.

63.75 kV. No longer current limited and reached voltage stably. Dumped data.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 14:02

64.5 kV. May be current limited again, took over a minute to reach stable voltage.

Note: None of the sparks recorded today so far have produced a response in the vacuum, which is holding steady at 1e-6 Torr.

65 kV. Smooth transition to it. Drawing 5 uA.

65.25 kV. Spark after voltage instability and current draw at 8 uA limit. Moved the Faraday cup, which made a sound. This is the sound I heard earlier. Lower current draw after the spark, back at 5 uA.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 15:20

Stable at 65.25 for an hour, no sparks.

Spark at 66 kV. Current limited and unstable voltage for about 2 minutes afterwards, then stable with current back to 6 uA.

Spark at 66.5 kV after some voltage instability and current limiting. Afterwards current and voltage returned to stability.

67 kV, two sparks, one right after the other. The second produced a bump in the vacuum. Reduced voltage. Brought back up easily; current stable at 5 uA.

67.25 kV. Spark. No instability preceding it for a good 20 seconds.

67.5 kV. Spark. Instability before, none after.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 16:08

68 kV. Spark. Instability before, none after. Vacuum dropped about 20 seconds after recovering. Current also dropped to 4 mA, at about the same time the vacuum dropped. Dropping current limit to 7 uA.

68.25 kV. Vacuum jumped back up to earlier values and then an eventual spark after some instability. Returned to stability after spark. Current now at 5 uA.

68.75 kV. Spark.

69 kV. Carla went to look inside. Saw some small sparks towards the back between the HV sheath and GND sheath in the small gap side. Very little registered in EPICS, though. Just a couple jumps in current and small dips in voltage. Not visible in GoPro footage.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 16:38

69.25 kV. Two sparks. Stable after second. Third spark. Reviewed GoPro footage because third spark was suspicious. Appears on video but not near or on the prototype. Could have been the wire. Dumped data.

69.75 kV. Some instability paired with a change in vacuum for the same duration.

70 kV. Carla went to look. Nothing visible on the StripTool but Carla said she saw small sparks towards the back. Going to leave here for 20 minutes before raising again.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 17:12

Held for 20 minutes at 70 kV with no action. Starting voltage increases again.

70.25 kV. Two and a half minutes of voltage instability, raised vacuum, and limited current. All of them stopped and started at the same time. Seems like conditioning to me.

70.5 kV. Carla saw two very faint sparks towards the back on the small gap side. Little appeared in EPICS. Spark followed maybe a minute and a half later. 2nd spark four minutes after that. Before and between those sparks the current was generally at 5 uA. About a minute after the 2nd, the current dropped to 4 uA.

70.75 kV. Short conditioning (response from all 3 monitors) period of about 10 seconds.

71 kV. 2 sparks one minute apart with some conditioning in between and after.

71.5 kV. Spark followed by 2 minutes of conditioning.

71.75 kV. One minute of conditioning.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 18:06

72.25 kV. Spark followed by a minute and a half of conditioning.

72.75. About a minute of conditioning.

73 kV. Instant spark followed by about a minute of conditioning.

73.25 kV. 30 seconds of conditioning then a spark. 1 minute of conditioning, then another spark, and conditioning done right after. Second one sounded like it activated the Faraday cup.

73.75 kV. Sporadic and weak conditioning? A few blips in voltage and current over about a minute and a half.

74 kV. Similar to previous but even less significant.

74.5 kV. Two minutes of conditioning.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 18:52

75 kV. 30 seconds of conditioning. Spark. 2.5 minutes of conditioning. 2nd spark. 10 seconds. 3rd spark; lowering voltage by 250 V for stability to capture footage of previous 3 sparks. Stable here for 5 minutes.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 19:01

75 kV. Nothing happening. Gonna leave for 30 minutes.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 19:31

75 kV for 30 minutes. No sparks or any other anomalies. Vacuum has been around 9.5e-7 Torr. Current hovering around 5 uA. Starting voltage ramp down.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 19:43

Ramped down. Nothing interesting. Turned power supply off in EPICS. Still on physically such that ramp up tomorrow can start remotely. Dumped data.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 11:15

Vacuum at 1.0e-6 Torr. Turned bias power supply on, starting HV ramp at 500 V increments, increasing every 30-50 seconds seconds or so.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 12:47

Reached 50 kV. Not a single dip in voltage, significant current bump, or change in vacuum up to this point. Will hold for 10 minutes before continuing.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 12:57

Continuing voltage ramp. Decreasing increments to 250 V as this is uncharted territory, and that rate of increase seemed safe yesterday. Will also hold at each voltage for about 2 minutes after no signs of activity.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 13:04

Small dip in voltage and wiggle in current at 50.75 kV, no change in vacuum.

Spark at 51.25 kV with change in vacuum; reduced voltage temporarily. Did the same at 51.75 kV. Did the same at 52 kV, but let it sort itself out this time since it didn't seem too violent.

Actual spark at 52.25 kV with big voltage drop, and I saw it happen. On the vacuum gap side, somewhere in the flat plane and close to the middle. Another spark after about 3 minutes of holding. Just missed recording it but I saw it on the feed of the GoPro; maybe in a similar location as the previous. Another 1 minute later, didn't see it this time. The last two had no effect on vacuum.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 13:31

5 minutes since last spark. Raising voltage again, this time recording with GoPro. Spark captured at 53 kV. No change in vacuum... until a minute later.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 14:46

55 kV. Each time voltage is raised, it takes a couple seconds to reach a stable voltage. During this time the current limit of 0.005 mA seems to be drawn. Will reduce current limit to 0.001 mA to see effect. Dumped StripTool data at 55.25 kV.

Recorded spark at 56 kV. Voltage took longer to recover as a result of the reduced current limit.

58.5 kV. Effect of reducing current limit seems to make it take longer to reach a stable voltage. I think this is a good thing as it should smooth out the conditioning. Sparked here twice, reduced voltage for a bit before bringing back up again.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 16:23

60 kV. Sparked twice. Carla observed some: a couple small ones on the face of the insulator as the voltage was recovering from the first spark followed by a large one that went all the way across. Only the larger events seem to be captured by the GoPro.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 16:47

Finished holding at 60 kV to 20 minutes with no sparks other than the other two previously mentioned. Resuming voltage increases.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 17:02

61.5 kV. Small spark but not full breakdown, then a large spark that cut voltage to 0 V. Voltage dropped relatively slowly to about 48 kV. Lowered the voltage limit to 44 kV. During this entire time, 0.001 mA of current was being drawn. Carla started raising voltage while increasing the current limit as needed to reach the set voltage.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 17:44

Back at 60 kV and holding. Drawing 0.005 mA to 0.006 mA though. This is different from earlier when it was holding 60 kV with no current draw.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 19:02

Held 60 kV for an hour with current staying constant around 0.005 mA. Ramped down (first ramped down current to see effect) and then ramped down voltage. Shut off power supply.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 11:30

Switched off all breakers in HV cage. Started HV testing of TM3 prototype.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 12:58

Possible first spark at 18 kV.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 14:51

Nothing interesting since then, up to 33.5 kV now.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 14:56

Possible spark at 34.5 kV. 35.5 kV, 36.5, 37.5, 38.5, 39, 39.5, 40.5, 41, 41.5, 42.5, 43 (bigger current spike), 43.5, 44 (vacuum jumped for a bit), 44.5, 45 (voltage drop and vacuum jump).

Monday, December 14, 2020, 16:14

Holding at 45 kV for 10 minutes. Each of these previous "sparks" occurred just after raising voltage. Will decrease step size to 250 V from 500 V if these get more significant.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 16:19

45.5 kV. Went to observe possible spark while Carla raised voltage. Saw small flash towards bottom left, unsure of depth, but perhaps farther to the back.

46 kV. Sparking maybe in the same location. Carla reduced voltage.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 16:47

47 kV. Sort of unstable every time voltage is raised. Decreasing step size to 250 V.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 17:11

48.75 kV. Decreased current limit to 0.005 mA a couple steps previously to see effects. Seems like the current bumps at the start of each voltage raise have dropped from 0.010 mA to 0.005 mA. This seems to indicate that the current limiting is working and is controlled by EPICS. Pierre thinks the prototype must be pretty clean since the testing has been pretty smooth up to this point.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 17:29

49.75 kV. Heard what sounded like an air piston in the background and also saw a large drop in voltage. Voltage dropped in a similar manner a couple minutes after but without the sound. No effect on the vacuum though.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 17:45

50 kV. Held for 8 minutes and then a sound again occurred that sounded like some sort of pneumatic system; along with this a total drop in voltage, but no change in vacuum Otherwise completely stable. Will hold for another 10 minutes or so and ramp down.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 17:53

50 kV. Stable. Starting ramp down.

Monday, December 14, 2020, 18:11

Voltage ramped down. Vacuum has been at around 1.13e-6 Torr throughout this. Shut off power supply. Dumped data to TM3HVtest-20201214-Prototype_2, and earlier I dumped to TM3HVtest-20201214-Prototype. GoPro is taped to vacuum box window.

Test piece installed with Sam, Aaron and Alexander. Ended up shimming the support stand (middle foot) since it seemed to be bowing a bit and distorting the gap between the containment box stand-in piece and the service tray piece. We should measure the gaps when testing is done with the same configuration. Installation was not too hard, installed the whole thing as one piece. Had to remove the middle foot on the long side to get it through the door but otherwise no problems.

Test stand re-wired for HV testing. Wire hooked up to test piece by pinching between two tubes. Verified GND and HV continuity.

The copper tubes to be used in the TM3 test piece may have flux inside them from soldering the end caps on. There are holes along the length for outgassing, and we will try to bake them out in the test stand before installing them. There is still a dummy bake out target installed there, see the photo for how the tubes are loaded in. TGHT ramping started around 3pm.

I had to remove the grounding connections from the TGHT feedthroughs for this, so I redid them such that the tube is attached to the EZL. This target has no tube, so the connection between the tube and target is just through the 100Ohm resistor.

We must re-do the grounding before proceeding with HV tests.

Wednesday, December 09, 2020, 19:38 :

Target heater ramp down started. See attachment for vacuum progression during bake out.

Friday, December 04, 2020, 13:34

Vacuum is at 3.6e-6 Torr and possibly still dropping. Starting HV tests with just a tube and wire hanging down from the feedthrough. Turned on power supply and started raising voltage.

Friday, December 04, 2020, 15:13

Achieved 75 kV. No sparking at any point along the way. Vacuum is around 3.1e-6 Torr. Will hold for about 30 minutes to confirm.

Friday, December 04, 2020, 16:07

Held 75 kV for ~35 minutes. Ramped down and shut off power supply. Vacuum is at 2.7e-6 Torr.

Friday, December 04, 2020, 08:52 :

Test stand roughed down to 29mT overnight. Started turbos for testing later.

Thursday, December 03, 2020, 15:54 :

Got sign off from John Chow to run the system, though the nylon insulator was not ready when he came by. But we went over everything together.

Installed blue nylon insulator with all vacuum surfaces cleaned at least with methanol. No NPT fitting or tube installed, just testing service cap.

Thursday, December 03, 2020, 17:31 :

Tested voltage on the blue nylon insulator up to 75kV, left it at 75 for ~30mins. No sparking, no current drawn except occasionally when changing voltage and only ~1uA then.

Cleaned (but not very well...) the NPT fitting, copper tube, alligator clip and section of copper wire and installed these in the vacuum chamber. Will pump down overnight for testing tomorrow.

See attached photos for insulator setup and wire inside vacuum chamber.

Wednesday, December 02, 2020, 08:31 :

Added copper wire connection to multipin screw terminals in HV cage to make sure they are grounded.

Attached grounding rod to back of HV cage. Not ideal, but couldn't find a better place without making a extension to the cable. Will see what John Chow says. EDIT: John says it is ok for the tests, not for permanent.

Vented test stand to swap window positions. Swapped rightmost window on the door with two windows with window on the door with only one window. Replaced one oring, that on the single window. Cleaned the inside surfaces of both windows with methanol before re-installing. Roughing down just to make sure there are no major issues, at 0.313T and falling. EDIT: down to 0.015T overnight.

All breakers on HV cage panel are OFF.

Between feedthroughs F (magnet coil) and B (tube heater negative), I found a jumper with two resistors that has been burned up. I am not sure when this happened, but it would be good to review the overall setup of the service cap wiring in the new year.

The cable connected to feedthrough Q where the multipin sits also looks burned.

Tuesday, December 01, 2020, 11:56 :

TSG:BIAS unplugged and controls pigtail (made by Ray) added in order to connect controls cable to TCS:BIAS, which is now installed in the same rack.

Basic controls testing done without turning on the power supply, controls max values scaled to 75kV, 5mA.

In process of grounding all features inside the faraday cage. New grounding will be marked with a label for easy identification later.

NOTE: we should get together in January to discuss test stand wiring, since I discovered another burned up connection (see next elog entry, #823).

Tuesday, December 01, 2020, 16:47 :

Grounding of all feedthroughs on the service cap complete and continuity checked.

Removed gas line with Fernando's approval, to make more space for our feedthrough.

Awaiting nylon insulator to proceed.

TMSRP2 has been struggling since the power bump occurred Nov 18, 2020

Monday, November 23, 2020, 09:48: Open TMS:PV2.

Monday, November 23, 2020, 09:51: Close TMS:PV2. CG2B @ 0.515T.

Monday, November 23, 2020, 09:52: TMS:RP2 off.

After disconnecting the backing line to RP2, a lot of water poured out of the line. May have back tracked from the vapour off of RP1 and the leaks on the chamber side. Both are on the same line.

Monday, November 23, 2020, 13:06: TMS:RP2 swapped w/ old Tri-Scroll pump. RP2 on.

Monday, November 23, 2020, 13:23: TMS:TP6 & TMS:TP2 on.

Monday, November 23, 2020, 13:29: Switch over FL1  to FL2 on IG6 Filament. IG6 on.

Monday, November 30, 2020, 10:12: CG2B @ 0.131T. TP6 & TP2 off. IG6 off. Close PV2 & shut off RP2.

Monday, November 30, 2020, 10:31: RP2 large Tri-scroll pump swapped back out for the small Varian RP.

Monday, November 30, 2020, 10:32: RP2 on.

Monday, December 07, 2020, 11:06: Turbo pump TP6 on.

Monday, December 07, 2020, 11:11: Turbo pump TP6 up to speed. TP2 on.

Monday, December 07, 2020, 11:14: IG6 on.

U-Loop installed on FS#5

Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 12:13: Roughing.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 12:57: TP1B on

TS Tripped Thursday am. Leak noted Thursday am remotely. Control room noted water in the chamber.

Friday, November 13, 2020, 06:40: Confirmed. Cleanup

Friday, November 13, 2020, 08:30: FS#4 TBHT (A). Visible water dripping out from the water block. Line (A) removed.

Friday, November 13, 2020, 10:25 Set up Fan. Clean.

Removed, cleaned & leak checked (A) & (B).

(A) leaks at seat and solder

(B) OK.

Closed ballast on RP1. Lines stable.

Friday, November 13, 2020, 12:51: TS chamber to continue to air dry over the weekend.

Monday, November 16, 2020, 09:00: TBHT (B) line is installed. (A) blanked off. Roughing BV1A open.

Monday, November 16, 2020, 09:07: BV1B opened.

Monday, November 16, 2020, 11:41: Vacuum @ 1.965T. Open RP1 ballast. W/ Filter cap

Monday, November 16, 2020, 11:49: Vacuum @ 1.170 and dropping.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 10:16: Vacuum At 0.201T. Venting. 

TBHT line (A) repaired and leak checked. Installed in TS. HS w/ horizontal tube oven installed for out gassing.

HS: 44378-1 (SIS Config)

Oven: 43044-13

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 14:02: Roughing.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 14:45: TP1B on. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 15:54: TP1A on. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 16:03: IG1 on. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 19:05: Power bump shut down TS. Controls in whiteout. Restart attempt

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 19:29: TP1B on. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 20:22: TP1A on. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 20:31: IG1 on 

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 11:57: Vacuum @ 3.32e-06T.

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 11:58: Opened FS#2, FS#3 & FS#5. Vacuum ok

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 12:01: Opened FS#4..

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 12:03: Vacuum ok @ 3.32e-06T.

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 12:07: Power / sources on.

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 12:08: Restarted IOC/PLC.

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 12:13: Auto-ramping TGHT to 200 A @ 1 A per min.

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 15:58: Auto-ramping TGHT to 350 A @ 1 A per min. 

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 17:35: Bypass TMS:PV1 open/close. leave as is. remove Bypasses. 

Friday, November 20, 2020, 07:35: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 1 A per min. 

Saturday, November 21, 2020, 12:32: Check. Vacuum @ 4.13e-06T . TGHT @ 494 A. 

Monday, November 23, 2020, 09:53: Check. Vacuum @ 2.97e-06T . TGHT @ 580 A.

On the beamline side:

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/821

Monday, November 23, 2020, 14:03: Check. Vacuum @ 2.73e-06T . TGHT @ 580 A.

Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 12:58: Auto-cooling @ 0.5 A per min. 

Wednesday, November 25, 2020, 09:30: Sources/power off. IG1 & Turbo pumps off.

Attached end plate parasitic / symbiotic target & PEEK assembly bracket.

Friday, November 06, 2020, 12:24: Roughing.

Friday, November 06, 2020, 12:53: TP1B on.

Friday, November 06, 2020, 13:05: TP1A on. 

Friday, November 06, 2020, 13:16: IG1 on.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 06:26: Vacuum @ 1.25e-06T.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 06:28: HS waterline opened. Vacuum ok @ 1.25e-06T.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 06:36: Power/sources on.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 06:39: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 4 A per min.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 06:4: Optics on.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 08:10: IV4 open.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 08:15: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 08:19: Wire & Mass scans @ 350 / 150 A. Ok.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 08:27: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 11:40: Mass & wire scans complete.

Monday, November 09, 2020, 13:46: E-rig PS off.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 04:47: Auto-cooling @ 2A per min. 

Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 06:21: HV @ 0 V. 

Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 06:58: TBHT @ 0 A. TGHT @ 317 A. Auto-cooling @ 3A per min. 

Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 09:06: IV4 Close. Sources off.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 09:07: IG1, power, & Turbo pumps off.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 10:15: Waterline purged. Venting.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 08:46:

Large Vacuum spike noted 5:30 approx. Tripped TS. On tail end of the Nb#9 conditioning run. HV & heating were completed last week

Monday, November 02, 2020, 08:47: Vacuum @ 2.66e-06T.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 08:50: Closed and purged all the TS waterlines. Vacuum dropped to 1.31e-06T and continues to drop.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 08:59: Vacuum @ 1.05-06T.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:00: FS#5 opened. No response on vacuum.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:05: Vacuum @ 1.05e-06T.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:07: FS#2 opened. No response on vacuum.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:12: Vacuum @ 9.98e-07T.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:13: Opened FS#3. No response on vacuum.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:19: Vacuum @ 9.96e-07T.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:21: Opened FS#4. Immediate vacuum spike noticed. 1.69e-06T and climbing.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:26: Closed & purged all the waterlines. Vacuum dropped back down to 9.97e-07T.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:27: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 10:10: Indium gasket on FS#4 checked w/ sniffer / LD w/ He. ok.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 10:30: 120 PSI on line FS#4 feed through (A) Center - TBHT. 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 10:45: LD @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec. Purge the line.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 10:51: 120 PSI on line FS#4 feed through (B) Sides - TBHT. 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 11:08: LD @ 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec. Purge the line.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 11:12: 120 PSI on line FS#4 feed through (A) Center - TBHT. 0.0E-07 atm-cc/sec.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 11:20: Purge lines. Leak not found w/ LD-Sniffer.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 11:30: Roughing.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 12:24: TP1B on. 

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 13:04: TP1A & IG1 on. 

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 14:26: LD: 0.0E-09 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 1.75e-05T

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 14:26: Open to the chamber. LD: 2.6E-07 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 1.66e-05T.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 14:29: Purged FS#4 w/ HPA.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 14:33: LD: 2.5E-07 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 1.59e-05T.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 14:38: Connect 120 PSI on line FS#4 feed through (A) Center - TBHT. LD: 2.3E-07 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 1.59e-05T.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 14:58: LD: 2.1E-07 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 1.40e-05T. Purge line.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 15:02: Connect 120 PSI on line FS#4 feed through (B) Sides - TBHT. 2.2E-07 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 1.31e-05T.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 15:22: LD: 2.7E-07 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 1.24e-05T. Purge line.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 15:27: Disconnected LD. Disconnected HE. Purged FS#4 w/ HPA. Test again in the morning. FS#4 - B appears to be the source of the leak.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 08:35: LD: 0.0E-09 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 2.40e-06T

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 08:37: Open to the chamber. LD: 1.8E-08 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 2.40e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 08:41: Connect 120 PSI on line FS#4 feed through (A) Center - TBHT. LD: 1.4E-08 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 2.40e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 08:46: LD: 1.4E-08 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 2.40e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 08:51: Connect 120 PSI on line FS#4 feed through (B) Sides - TBHT. 1.5E-08 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 2.40e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 09:01: LD: 3.0E-08 atm-cc/sec. Vacuum @ 2.31e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 09:07: Disconnected LD. Flushed lines w/ HPA. Vacuum @ 2.31e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 09:10: Open FS#2 & FS#3. Vacuum @ 2.33e-06T. Ok.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 09:11: Opened FS#4. Vacuum @ 2.42e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 09:18: Vacuum @ 2.42e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 09:19: IG1 & turbo pumps off. Purge waterlines.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 10:28: Venting.

Opened / inspected water block (B) and the line. ok. Swap out O-rings w/ new ones w/ vacuum grease.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 12:06: Roughing.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 12:57: TP1B on. 

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 13:06: TP1A on. 

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 13:16: IG1 on. 

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 15:54: Vacuum @ 4.37e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 15:56: Opened FS#2 & FS#3. Vacuum @ 4.29e-06T. OK.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 15:59: Opened FS#4. Vacuum @ 4.29e-06T.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 16:12:  Vacuum @ 4.02e-06T & dropping.

Friday, November 06, 2020, 06:02: Vacuum @ 1.34e-06T ok. IG1 off. Turbo pumps off. 

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 08:40: Roughing.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 09:13: TP1B on.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 10:13: TP1A on.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 12:59: Vacuum @ 4.55e-06T

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 13:01: Waterlines opened. Vacuum @ 4.26e-06T.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 13:03: Power / sources on.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 13:05: Optics on. IV4 open. TGHT / TBHT check ok.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 04:30: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT  to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min. 

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 06:30:

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 06:42: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 07:33: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT  to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 13:03:

Thursday, October 29, 2020, 15:19: HV to 0 kV. Begin auto-cooling @ 1 A per min.

Large Vacuum spike noted 5:30 approx. Tripped TS.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 08:32: Vacuum @ 2.65e-06T. PS/optics off (Sources already tripped)

Monday, November 02, 2020, 08:33: IV4 closed.

https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/818 - Leak Checks (FS#4 confirmed)

Monday, November 02, 2020, 09:27: IG1 off. Turbo pumps off.

Monday, November 02, 2020, 10:38: Venting.

Friday, October 16, 2020, 11:11: Roughing.

Friday, October 16, 2020, 11:39: TP1B on.

Friday, October 16, 2020, 12:29: TP1A on. 

Monday, October 19, 2020, 07:59: Waterlines opened. Vacuum ok @ 6.20e-07T

Monday, October 19, 2020, 08:01: Power / Sources on.

Monday, October 19, 2020, 08:02: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Monday, October 19, 2020, 08:03: IV4 opened.

Monday, October 19, 2020, 08:09: Optics on / set.

Monday, October 19, 2020, 08:16: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Monday, October 19, 2020, 12:47: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Monday, October 19, 2020, 15:50: Initial wire scans were good. MB1 requires a polarity reversal

Monday, October 19, 2020, 16:00: Auto-cooling TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 10 A @ 1 A per min. Stop manually.

Monday, October 19, 2020, 18:11: TBHT @ 100 A halt. Auto-cooling TGHT to 300 @ 1 A per min. Stop manually.

Monday, October 19, 2020, 19:16: TGHT @ 300 A halt.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 06:15: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min. 

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 09:30: HV off. IV4 closed. Switching MB1 polarity.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 13:30: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV. MB1 on

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 14:10: Mass scans working

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 14:17: