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- Lubomir on second cell HV tests: the cell is assembled as a package, now with lexan sheet on the top. The gas is runinng since Tuesday evening and since Wednesday we are conditing the chamber. Today we are at 1800V/-500V with a current of 120-130nA for the whole chamber, which is at least 10 times smaller than the first cell. So, most likely the HV problems we had with the first cell are due to the ultrasonic cleaning in water (which doesn't surprise anybody).     
 
- Lubomir on second cell HV tests: the cell is assembled as a package, now with lexan sheet on the top. The gas is runinng since Tuesday evening and since Wednesday we are conditing the chamber. Today we are at 1800V/-500V with a current of 120-130nA for the whole chamber, which is at least 10 times smaller than the first cell. So, most likely the HV problems we had with the first cell are due to the ultrasonic cleaning in water (which doesn't surprise anybody).     
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- Thanks to Bert Manzlak and RadCon people there's a signficant progress with the source usage at Blue Crab. Keth Welch proposed using 25 micro-Curie 55Fe source which is bellow all regulation limits, but according to JLab rules they will most likely require creating RCA at Blue Crab and some additional restriction. Yesterday Bert and
  
 
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- We discussed if we can relax the clean room humidity requirements to save on the energy bill. The main concerns are the gluing operations and the Rohacell material being susceptible to elevated humidity. Tim explained: there's no humidity control and therefore it depends on the heat in the room (that's why it was elevated over the last weekend); we could increase the setting temperature from 69 to 70deg F to see the effect. Eugene: first we have to establish the production and then to investigate the effect of the humidity, even 50% is very high. Conclusion: at least for this month we don't want to change the settings.
 
 
    
 
    
- Bert Manzlak is trying to help us establishing a Radiation Control Area at Blue Crab and organized discussions with Keith Welch. RadCon are reluctant and are looking into the administrative papers if that is possible at all. According to Bert, a RCA was made off-site long time ago. 
 
 
 
== Engineering ==
 
== Engineering ==
  

Revision as of 17:08, 30 June 2011

June 30, 2011 FDC meeting

Agenda

  1. Production (Dave)
  2. Engineering (Bill)
    • Package flatness measurements
    • FDC cabling
    • Other: gusset rings, lifting frame
  3. Electronics update (Fernando, Chris)
  4. Chamber testing at EEL126 (Beni, Lubomir)
  5. Other


Minutes

Participants: Eugene, Bill, Dave, Chris, Mark, Roger, Simon, Beni, and Lubomir.

Production

- Dave (see the Construction Tracking link above): cell#3: cathode type-2 needs three rigid-flexes (they were glued but Casey found they had solder bridges on the connectors), cathode type-1: the rigid-flexes to be glued. Since Monday we stopped working on the wire frame that was strung, due to possible tension problems discussed later. cell#4: first cathode tensioned, gluing foils for the second one. In addition techs are laminating wire frames, 6 ready so far. Beni asked if we cover the wires while soldering; not yet but we have the cover ready and will try it for the next wire plane. So far we have seen one solder ball on the wires, and Casey removed it.

- Lubomir on second cell HV tests: the cell is assembled as a package, now with lexan sheet on the top. The gas is runinng since Tuesday evening and since Wednesday we are conditing the chamber. Today we are at 1800V/-500V with a current of 120-130nA for the whole chamber, which is at least 10 times smaller than the first cell. So, most likely the HV problems we had with the first cell are due to the ultrasonic cleaning in water (which doesn't surprise anybody).

- Thanks to Bert Manzlak and RadCon people there's a signficant progress with the source usage at Blue Crab. Keth Welch proposed using 25 micro-Curie 55Fe source which is bellow all regulation limits, but according to JLab rules they will most likely require creating RCA at Blue Crab and some additional restriction. Yesterday Bert and