Was intended for UC#31 - Now used for SiC#40*

PEEK SEAL Test piece attached.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 09:34: BV1A open Roughing.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 09:38: BV1B open.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 10:05: Turbo pumps on.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 10:10: Ion gauge on.

Monday, January 27, 2020, 07:07: PS / Sources on. Waterlines already opened.

Monday, January 27, 2020, 07:10: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 14:45: Auto-Cooling @ 2 A per min.

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 11:31: PS / Source off.

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 11:33: IG1 off. Turbos off.

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 13:00: Venting.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 11:37: Roughing.

FS# 3 re-connected. All waterlines re-opened except FS#5 (HS cooling).

Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 12:08: Turbo pumps on.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 12:13: IG1 on.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 04:31: Waterlines open. Vacuum ok @ 8.45e-07T.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 04:37: HV rack / 9-pin grounded.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 04:40: Power / Sources on.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 04:43: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 04:51: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 30 / -1.5 / 12.5 kV.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 04:52: Optics on / set. IV4 open.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 07:45: Fluctuation noticed on BIAS. No audible sparks. Conditioning.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 07:47: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 09:44: EZL Increased to 13 kV.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 09:51: Reset MB1 manually. Ok.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 10:57: Mass, wire, & emittance scans complete.

Thursday, March 19, 2020, 11:41: Auto-cooling @ 1 A per min.

Thursday, March 19, 2020, 11:46: BIAS / EE / EZL @ 0 kV.

Monday, March 23, 2020, 05:15: IV4 closed / reset. 

Monday, March 23, 2020, 05:17: Power / sources off.

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.

Friday, October 18, 2019, 14:58: Roughing.

Friday, October 18, 2019, 15:30: Turbo pumps on.

Friday, October 18, 2019, 15:35: Ion gauge on.

Friday, October 18, 2019, 15:39: RGA on.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 08:37: Restart RGA.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 08:39: Waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable @ 4.76e-07T.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 09:15: Calibrated He leak bottle installed on line labeled as "Neon"

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 09:45: Do not start TS. Magnet PS water leak issue.Fault: 12797

FM

Monday, October 28, 2019, 09:10: Magnet leak repaired on Friday.  Checked by Anders. The polarity might need to be reversed.

Monday, October 28, 2019, 09:20: Vacuum gauges checked and reconnected ( see elog 765)

Monday, October 28, 2019, 09:28: RGA restarted.

FM

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 9:00: Power/Sources on.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 10:29 :

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 10:29: Gas lines opened

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 10:45: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 10:56: Vacuum stable @ 7.28e-07T.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 10:54 : Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2A per min.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 11:01: IV4 open.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 11:01: Optics set to "old nominal" tunes.

Rick has provided new tunes that have been tested recently and show better beam quality. If times allows it I'll checked them again for this source

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 14:02: Spark. Left monitor flickered.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 17:45: Mass scan @200V only showing surface ionized items. Either the anode is disconnected or the electron current is particularly low.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 09:10: TBHT tapped up to 310 A. No response on the anode leakage current,

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 09:17 After talking with Anders, the system will be ramped down and switched to cathode bias.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 09:21: Auto-cooling to TGHT / TBHT to 0/ 0 @ 6A per min.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 11:04: : BIAS/EZL/EE to 0V

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 14:50 Now on Cathode bias mode. See elog 766   

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 14:53: Power/ Sources on.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 15:02: Gas lines open

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 15:04: Optics set

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 15:30: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV.

Anode@200V. Coil@40A

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 15:30: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 150 A @ 2A per min.

 Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 15:59: Auto-ramping aborted.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 16:00: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 300 / 150 A @ 4A per min.

FM

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 08:05: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580/ 290A @ 4A per min.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 08:54: TBHT at  set current and glowing but no leakage current on the anode.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 08:56: Ramping aborted.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 09:19: Manually tapping TBHT to 300 A. Still no leakage current.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 09:08: Auto-cooling to TGHT / TBHT to 0/ 0 @ 8A per min.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 09:35: BIAS/EZL/EE to 0V

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:16: Gas lines closed.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:16: IV4 closed.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:16: IG1 off.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:17: RGA off.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:17: Turbos off.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 11:41 Venting

 Thursday, October 31, 2019, 11:41: HS waterline purged.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 13:00: Inspecting the interior, 9 pin connector slightly de attached but now reattached (see elog 768)

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 13:07: Roughing

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 13:40: Turbos on

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 13:44: Gas lines open

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 13:47: IG1 on

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 13:48 RGA on.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 16:09: Waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable @ 2.41e-06T.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 16:15: Power/ sources on.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 16:15  BIAS/EZL/EE to 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 16:16: Optics set

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 16:17

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 08:05: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580/ 290A @ 4A per min.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 16:17: IV4 open

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 17:27: Readback current is not displayed on EPICS. However, electron impact ionized species are present in the mass scan.

Thursday, October 31, 2019, 17:29: Auto-ramping aborted. TBHT/TGHT 290/292 A. Vacuum stable@2.32-6 T

 Friday, November 01, 2019, 08:35: Auto-ramping TGHT  to 580 A @ 4A per min. TBHT @ 290 A. - AS

Friday, November 01, 2019, 12:09: Auto-cooling to TGHT / TBHT to 0/ 0 @ 8A per min.

Friday, November 01, 2019, 13:13: Anode to 0V.

Friday, November 01, 2019, 13:13: Gas lines closed

Friday, November 01, 2019, 13:25 BIAS/EZL/EE to 0V

Friday, November 01, 2019, 13:26: IV4 closed

Friday, November 01, 2019, 13:32: Power / Sources off. Ion gauge & Turbo pumps off.

Friday, November 01, 2019, 14:36: Venting.

NOTE* : The right coil terminal terminates into the heat shield. DO NOT TURN ON COIL.

Friday, October 06, 2017, 12:12: Roughing. * Note on installation. Middle TBHT prong 'stuck' to insulator slightly and was moved to fit. Fit ok in Jig.

Friday, October 06, 2017, 13:53: Turbo pumps on.

Friday, October 06, 2017, 14:00: Ion gauge, RGA on.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 07:45: Waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum ok @ 1.35e-07T.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 07:49: RGA Fatal communications error. Restart RGA.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 07:57: Power/sources on.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 08:17: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV .

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 08:57: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 0 kV. Power/sources off. Locked out*

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 09:30:  Install/swap gas bottles. Elog.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 10:36: Power on. Gas bottles opened. Await vacuum stabilization.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 10:40: Sources on.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 10:50: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV .

Unable to bring Anode to voltage. Power supply was changed and does not 'Float'. Test TGHT & TBHT. Then switch from Cathode Negative Bias to Anode positive*.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 11:37: Auto ramping TGHT / TBHT to 20 / 20 A @ 4A per min. (TEST then cool)

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 11:45: Auto-cooling

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 11:57: Sources off / BIAS / EZL / EE @ 0 kV.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 10:25: Anode & PS switched*. Power/Sources on.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 10:38: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 10:40: Coil @ 0 A. Anode 200 V / 7.326mA.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 10:45: Gas bottles opened. Await vacuum stabilization.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 10:47: IV4 Opened. Vacuum @ 2.43e-07T

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 10:50: Auto ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2A per min.

 Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 14:21: Check. Vacuum @ 2.99e-06T. Outgassing.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 14:42: Note* Slight discrepancy on the TBHT. Direct read out off the PS @ 296A. Source page: TBHT set to 290.0A, shows 302.2A

Thursday, October 12, 2017, 09:00. Mass scans ok. Spark @ 8:57.

Thursday, October 12, 2017, 10:48: Auto ramping TBHT to 310 A @ 2A per min.

Friday, October 13, 2017, 07:15: Anode short determined. Plotted. Occurred around 18:00 (6pm) yesterday.

Friday, October 13, 2017, 07:20: Auto-cooling @ 4A per min

Friday, October 13, 2017, 10:03: Sources off. Gas lines closed.

Friday, October 13, 2017, 10:06: RGA off. IV4 Closed. Reset IV4

Friday, October 13, 2017, 10:08: Ion gauge off. Turbos off.

Friday, October 13, 2017, 11:10: Venting.

Friday, October 13, 2017, 11:45: power off. Waterlines purged.

Friday, October 13, 2017, 11:49: Doors open,

Previous short fixed. Grid clamp removed. Grid tack welded.

Friday, October 13, 2017, 15:49: Roughing.

By Anders

Friday, October 13, 2017, 16:10: TPs started

Friday, October 13, 2017, 16:20: Vacuum at 2.7E-7 T

Saturday, October 14, 2017, 06:37: Opened water supply to HS. 95/10 psi. Vacuum stable at 5.7E-7 T

Saturday, October 14, 2017, 06:42: Opened gas lines.

Saturday, October 14, 2017, 06:43: Started heater ramping to 580 / 290 A

Saturday, October 14, 2017, 06:45: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30 / 13.5 / 1.5 kV. EE current somewhat unstable around 500 uA - seems related to elevated BIAS current. Improving as BIAS current is gradually coming down.

Saturday, October 14, 2017, 15:19: TBHT to 310 A. Local readback 316 A

Sunday, October 15, 2017, 17:36 : Ramping down heaters.

Monday, October 16, 2017, 09:10: Sources off.

Monday, October 16, 2017, 09:13; IV4 Closed & Reset. FEBIAD Gas lines closed.

Monday, October 16, 2017, 09:15: RGA, Ion gauge, turbos off.

Monday, October 16, 2017, 10:40: Power off. Waterlines purged.

Monday, October 16, 2017, 10:43: Venting.

Friday, June 02, 2017, 15:20: Coil loose (Remove lid, Tighten and place lid again)

Friday, June 02, 2017, 15:52: Roughing

Friday, June 02, 2017, 16:13: Turbo pumps on.

Friday, June 02, 2017, 16:18: Ion gauge on

Friday, June 02, 2017, 16:23: RGA on 

By Anders

Saturday, June 03, 2017, 09:07: Opened HS water supply. In/out 95 / 10 psi. 3.8 lpm. Vacuum stable at 3.3E-7 Torr

Saturday, June 03, 2017, 09:08: Open IV4

Saturday, June 03, 2017, 09:32: Opening gas bottles. Source on. Reconfigured in Cathode bias

Saturday, June 03, 2017, 09:41: Started autoramping to 580 / 250 A at 2 A/min

Saturday, June 03, 2017, 09:42: COIL at 70 A, ANODE at 200 V

Saturday, June 03, 2017, 09:42: BIAS / EL / EE at 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV

Saturday, June 03, 2017, 09:47

Daqpro time 9:33

Sunday, June 04, 2017, 06:52 : Source at TGHT / TBHT 580 / 290 A over night and outgassing while measuring mass 20. Both anode current andFC6 current increased whie vacuum decreased. Ramped TBHT up to 300 A. Anode current now 68 mA, FC6 0.2 nA, FC0 3 uA

Monday, June 05, 2017, 16:04: Starting cool down

Monday, June 05, 2017, 22:04: Source off. Stopped turbo pumps.

Tuesday, June 06, 2017, 07:28: RGA off.

Tuesday, June 06, 2017, 07:30: Venting

Friday, September 30, 2016, 10:00: Roughing.

Friday, September 30, 2016, 10:01: Roughing stopped. RP1 failure. Breaker tripped.

Friday, September 30, 2016, 11:49: Roughing continued.

Friday, September 30, 2016, 12:37: Turbos started -AM

Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:00: RGA on.

Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:05: Waterline opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable @1.70E-7T.

Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:20: Power/Sources on. Gas sources opened/closed.

Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:39: Optics switched on. Monitor TMS:SX2

Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:47: Anode on @ 200 V

Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:49: Coil on @ 50A

Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:50: IV4 opened.

Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:58: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV .

Monday, October 03, 2016, 10:08: Auto ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2A per min.

Monday, October 03, 2016, 10:12

 Device

Monday, October 03, 2016, 11:09: TMS:SX2 Fixed. No optics or sources affected.

Monday, October 03, 2016, 11:38: BIAS @ 30 kV. (Was actually set to 20 kV before). Ramping progress ok.

Monday, October 03, 2016, 15:56: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 290 A. RGA restarted.

Wednesday, October 05, 2016, 08:29: Optics found to be tripped : TMS:OCT4 , TMS:Q4 ,TMS:OCT3 ,TMS:SX3 ,TMS:Q3 ,TMS:SX2. Restarted

Wednesday, October 05, 2016, 09:20: Wire scanners reset. Emittance rig not reading properly.

Wednesday, October 05, 2016, 09:22: Auto ramping TBHT to 300 A @ 2A per min.

Thursday, October 06, 2016, 15:58: Auto-cooling TGHT / TBHT @ 2A per min.

Friday, October 07, 2016, 08:12: Source off - AM

Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 08:28: Turbos off. RGA off -AM

Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 13:38: Venting -AM

Friday, September 02, 2016, 15:47: Roughing.

Friday, September 02, 2016, 16:18: Turbos started -AM

Friday, September 02, 2016, 16:28: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 2.0E-5 T.

Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 08:13: RGA on.

Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 08:15: Water lines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable @ 1.62E-7T

Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 08:19: Power/sources on.

Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 08:30: BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / 1.5 kV .

Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 08:34: IV4 open. Auto ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 250 A @ 2A per min.

 Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 13:56: Auto ramping TBHT to 270A @ 2A per min

Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 14:05: Turbo pump TP1A found off. Restarted.

 Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 20:49: Ramping down TGHT / TBHT at 2 / 1 A/min

Wednesday, September 07, 2016, 08:46: Sources off. RGA error out. RGA off

Wednesday, September 07, 2016, 08:53: IV4 closed. Ion gauge off.

Wednesday, September 07, 2016, 08:54: Turbo pumps off.

Wednesday, September 07, 2016, 09:06: Power off. Water lines purged.

Wednesday, September 07, 2016, 09:54: Venting.

Monday, June 27, 2016, 12:05: Roughing.

Monday, June 27, 2016, 13:08: Turbo pumps on.

Monday, June 27, 2016, 13:15: Ion Gauge on.

Monday, June 27, 2016, 13:27: RGA on.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 08:20: Water, power/sources on. Vacuum stable at 2.2E-7 T. No response on RGA.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 08:33: Auto ramping TGHT/TBHT @ 2A/1A min to 580A/200A.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 08:35: Turned on optics. BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/13/1.5kV

Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 08:47:

Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 11:17: Restarted RGA program (after crash) -AM

Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 15:46:

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 08:21: Restarted RGA (crashed).

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 08:22:

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 09:5: Ramping TBHT to 220 A

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 11:06: EE to 2.0kV

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 11:16: Auto cooling TGHT/TBHT @ 3A/1.5A min.

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 13:45: Sources BIAS/EZL/EE off. TBHT @ 0A & TGHT @ 134.5A

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 15:31:

 Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 15:39: Water lines purged.

Wednesday, October 07, 2015, 11:15: roughing

Wednesday, October 07, 2015, 12:09 Turbos started

Wednesday, October 07, 2015, 12:18: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.7E-5 T

Thursday, October 08, 2015, 08:55: Pumping down gas lines.

Thursday, October 08, 2015, 09:09: Opened gas line

Thursday, October 08, 2015, 09:24: Opened HS water line. Vacuum stable at 3.3E-7 T. No response on RGA

Thursday, October 08, 2015, 09:32: PS on. Starting autoramping to 580/300 A at 2/1 A/min good/bad vacuum at 1E-6 and $E-6

Thursday, October 08, 2015, 09:41: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30/15/1.5 kV

Thursday, October 08, 2015, 09:42: COIL to 50 A ANODE to 200 V

ANODE developed a short Thursday evening. Target was cooled down and will be inspected.

Friday, October 09, 2015, 12:36: Stopped turbos.

Friday, October 09, 2015, 13:26: Venting

Target was pumped down on Friday.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 07:47: Opened water for HS. No response on RGA. Vacuum stable at 2.2E-7 T

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 07:59: Gas lines open.

 Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 08:00: IV4 opened

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 08:04: BIAS/EZL/EE to 30 / 15 1.5 kV

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 08:04: ANODE 200 V, COIL 50 A

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 08:04: Ramping up heaters

Short on ANODE/CATHODE again. Ramping down.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 15:22: Turbos stopped.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 16:05: Venting

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 17:22: Roughing

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 18:07: Started turbos.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 18:15: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 1.9E-5 T

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 07:55: Vacuum at 4.0E-7 T. Pumping on gas lines.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 08:00: Opened HS water. No response on vacuum or RGA.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 08:03: Ramping heaters to 580 / 300 A

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 08:10: Opening gas lines.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 08:14: IV4 opened.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 16:00: RP2 replaced. See separate e-log entry.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 16:32: TBHT 305 A

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 17:02: Opened He. - 5.6

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 19:15: Started cool down of target.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 19:16 : Closed gas valves.

Thursday, October 15, 2015, 06:22: Source off. Stopped turbos. RGA off.

Thursday, October 15, 2015, 07:46: Venting

The bolt on the right side TGHT leg was difficult to remove. Se separate e-log entry

Monday, May 25, 2015, 14:35: Rouging

Monday, May 25, 2015, 15:05: Turbos started.

Monday, May 25, 2015, 15:15: Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 2.4E-5 T

Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 07:45: Opened water circuit for HS line. Vacuum stable at 6.3E-7 T. No response on RGA

Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 07:50: Autoramping to 500/200 A at 2/1 A/min. Good vacuum 2E-6, bad vacuum 4E-6 T

Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 07:52: IV4 open

Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 13:15: Continue auto-ramping to 580 A

Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 13:48: BIAS/EZL/EE 30 / 15 / 1.5 kV

Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 17:29: ~6 sparks/hour

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 08:14: A couple of sparks over night.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 09:23: Autoramping TBHT to 220 A

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 09:41: Found FC0 and FC6 bias to be off

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 09:42: Autoramping TBHT to 230 A

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 10:30: EE to 2 kV

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 10:37: Starting cool down at 4/2 A/min

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 10:40: EE to 1.5 kV

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 12:37 : BIAS/EZL/EE OFF

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 12:37 : IV4 closed

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 13:02: Stopped turbos

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 13:41: Venting

Monday, May 12, 2014, 14:14 : Roughing

Monday, May 12, 2014, 14:34: Starting turbos

Monday, May 12, 2014, 14:42 : Turbos at speed

Monday, May 12, 2014, 14:44 : Vacuum at  1.7E-5 T

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 10:51: Opened water for HS circuit. Vacuum stable at 2.2E-7 T. Minor spike to 2.5E-7 T for 10 s.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 10:54: Roughing out gas lines.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 11:30: Opening SV5 and SV2 to evacuate gas lines completely.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 11:58: BIAS to 30kV, EZL to 13 kV. EE to 1.5 kV.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 11:59: Opening isolation valve

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 12:12: Started heating to 450A / 200A TGHT / TBHT.

Target heating stopped at 167 A - likely caused by network problems. Multiple gaps in strip tool. Indicating lost network connection.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 10:07: Resuming heating to 450A / 200A TGHT / TBHT (EPICS 170A)

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 10:12: De-biasing to investigate ANODE/CATHODE BIAS

Switched ON ANODE/CATHODE BIAS PS.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 10:22: BIAS to 30kV, EZL to 13 kV. EE to 1.5 kV.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 16:07: Continue heating TGHT to 500A

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 16:33: TGHT at 500A. TBHT at 203 A.

Thursday, May 15, 2014, 14:57: Switched OFF/ON IOC to recover from white-out.

Thursday, May 15, 2014, 15:51: Started heating to 550A / 240A 

COIL to 50A
ANODE to 200V
TGHT to 580A
TBHT to 280A

Friday, May 16, 2014, 11:28  : Opening Ne

Friday, May 16, 2014, 11:56: TBHT to 290 A

Friday, May 16, 2014, 14:12: Started cool down. ANODE/CATHODE Bias requires reconfiguration.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 11:10: Ray and co is checking the configuration and troubleshooting the burnt off GND connection. The Test Stand will be configured to CATHODE negative BIAS.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 12:35: BIAS, EZL, EE, COIL, ANODE ON.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 12:35: Gas lines pumped.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 12:35: Auto heating to 240A/500A at 1A/2A /min.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 12:44: IV4 opened 

As per Friedhelm the conditioning settings are:

TGHT 580A

TBHT 290A

COIL 80A

ANODE 200V

Ramped up completed:

TGHT 580A/5.683V

TBHT 242A/2.295V (EPICS settings) and 289A/2.29V at the PS

COIL 80A

Current on the Anode = 13.431mA

HV and Heaters Conditioning for SiC#30 was completed Friday, May 23, 2014. The target was cooled down and it's ready for the on-line installation.

Aurelia Laxdal wrote:

HV and Heaters Conditioning for SiC#30 was completed Friday, May 23, 2014. The target was cooled down and it's ready for the on-line installation.

 Friday, June 13, 2014, 08:43: Turbos stopped. Vacuum at 1.2E-7 T

Monday, June 16, 2014, 08:26: Venting. Water purged.

Monday, June 16, 2014, 09:00: Target removed

Anders Mjos wrote:

Aurelia Laxdal wrote: HV and Heaters Conditioning for SiC#30 was completed Friday, May 23, 2014. The target was cooled down and it's ready for the on-line installation.  Friday, June 13, 2014, 08:43: Turbos stopped. Vacuum at 1.2E-7 T Monday, June 16, 2014, 08:26: Venting. Water purged. Monday, June 16, 2014, 09:00: Target removed

The target assembly did not pass the megger test between anode and heat shield after the previous conditioning. The AlN insulators were found to have failed during the conditioning. The coil insulation was burnt. AlN insulators and anode ware replaced.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 15:22: Roughing

By R.M.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 15:52: Turbos Started

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 15:54: TP1B at speed

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 15:57: IG1 Turned on  1.92e-05T

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 15:59: TP1A at speed

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 15:59: IG1 1.31e-05T

By AM

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 08:24: Opened HS water circuit. Vacuum stable at 2.2E-7 T.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 08:40: Pumping on gas lines.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 08:49: Closed pump valve on gas lines.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 08:51: Opening TSH:SV5

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 08:53: Opening TSH:SV2

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 09:00: BIAS/ EZL / EE 30 / 13 / -1.5 kV

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 09:04: Starting target heating to 500 / 240 A

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 09:07: COIL to 50 A. ANODE to 200 V

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 09:33: OPEN TPS:IV4 

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 14:05: TBHT at 240 A 2.6 V. TGHT still ramping (403 A)

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 15:03: TGHT at 500 A 4.5 V 

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 08:51: Ramping to 580 A / 265 A

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 09:37: Continue ramping TBHT to 290A

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 09:44: 8E-8 A on FC0

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 10:52: TBHT at 305A. Running mass scan.

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 11:36: Opening for He.

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 11:46: Opening for Ne.

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 11:54: Lowering TBHT to 300 A

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 13:01: Mass scan. ~1E-10 A Ne current on FC6 with Ne open.

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 15:06: Mass scan up.

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 16:00: Mass scan down.

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 16:49: Started cooling down target.

Friday, June 20, 2014, 08:53: Target de-biased. Turbos off.

Friday, June 20, 2014, 10:23: Venting. Purging water from  HS circuit.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 10:20 : Turbos off. Vacuum at 1.3 E-7 T

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 11:23: Venting chamber 

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:00: Vented

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:38: Roughing

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:54: Pumping on gas lines for 10 min.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:58: Starting Turbos

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 13:07 : Both turbos at speed. TP1A timed out one.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 13:08 : Vacuum at 1.5E-5 T

T/C connectors removed from HV rack. All connections put to ground.

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 08:43: Opened up cooling water supply. Vacuum stable at 2.2E-7 T

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 08:58: Starting ramp up of TGHT and TBHT to 100A and 50A respectively to verify proper function of the new power supply set-up.

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 09:20: TBHT reached 50A. EPICS read back 51.2A / 0.186V. P/S local read back 51A / 0.20V

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 09:44: BIAS 30kV, EE -800V, EZL 13kV

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 09:44: TGHT reached 100A. EPICS read back 100.2A / 0.488V. P/S local read back 99A / 0.46V

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 09:46: IV4 opened

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 09:53: Starting ramp up of TGHT and TBHT to 500A and 200A respectively

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 10:00: Coil and Anode to 50A and 200V respectively

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 14:59: TGHT and TBHT to 500A and 207A EPICS read back. Local read back 500A and 205A.

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 15:03: Opening gas lines into chamber.

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 15:12: Starting ramp up of TGHT and TBHT to 550A and 220A respectively

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 15:21: Some current on FC0 at TBHT 210A

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 15:25: He leak valve at 5.5

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 16:07: Will leave target in current condition over night and continue the test tomorrow.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 08:25: Target ran without interruptions overnight. Started magnet scan. Masscorr constants had to be reentered after the reboot of EPICS.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 10:30: TMS:Q1 and TMS:Q6 found off. Restarted.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 10:32: Starting TGHT ramp to 580A. Increased EE to -1200V

Friday, July 12, 2013, 10:47: Reached 580A. EPICS 581.7A / 5.724V. PS local 580A / 5.69V.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 10:51: Starting manual ramp of TBHT.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 11:14: Autoramping TBHT to 250A

Friday, July 12, 2013, 11:23: Reached 250A. EPICS 259.6A / 1.934V. PS local  256A / 1.93V

Friday, July 12, 2013, 11:35: Manual ramp. ANODE current @ 2mA seen at TBHT @ 262A.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 11:41: BIAS spark seen on current and vacuum.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 12:09: TBHT:RDCUR  at 269A

Friday, July 12, 2013, 13:18:TBHT:RDCUR  at 280A.. PS local 277A.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 13:21: EE to -1500V / 510uA

Friday, July 12, 2013, 13:30: Ne leak opened.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 14:12: Mass scan started.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 15:04: A thumb sound and flash was seen. Confirmed with AAPS operator. TMS:SX3 went off. TMS:MB1 does not respond to current adjustments.

Friday, July 12, 2013, 15:53: The source will be left in it's present state over the weekend.

Saturday, July 13, 2013, 07:10: FC0 Bias found off. Restarted. Could be related to sparking. 

No further issues over the weekend.

Monday, July 15, 2013, 09:10: Starting mass scan.

Monday, July 15, 2013, 10:39: Magnet at Ne (20 amu). FC6 1.3E-10. Ne gas off: FC6 < 1E-11

Monday, July 15, 2013, 10:45: Ne gas on.

Monday, July 15, 2013, 10:50: EE to 2kV. EE:RDCUR at 684 uA.

Monday, July 15, 2013, 13:27: Manually increasing TBHT to 290A. Local 287A.

Monday, July 15, 2013, 15:07: Cooling down target.

Monday, July 15, 2013, 15:26: COIL off. Gases off (earlier). ANODE off.

Monday, July 15, 2013, 15:31: IV4 closed.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 08:21: BIAS, EZL and EE to zero.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 08:24: Turbos off. Vacuum at 1.3E-7 T.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 15:12: Venting

Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 15:38: Target removed.