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Message ID: 493     Entry time: Thu Dec 19 12:00:44 2024
Author: Luke 
Type: Update 
Category: VAC 
Subject: End of bake 

The vacuum chamber has stopped baking. 

Current state as of 11:40, 12/19/2024:

The gate valve is open, and the filament of the RGA is on.

The temperatures were steady at:

PID right: barrel upper: 129°C,  RGA volume: 125°C

PID left: barrel lower: 125°C, Lid: 114°C

The RGA flange was 37°C

Cleanroom was 26°C

Note the upper barrel was very close to the emergency shut off temp of 130°C. In the future we may want to either rewire some of the heating tape or lower the set temperature of the right PID controller.

Luis and I are planning on taking an RGA scan of the MR on Sunday before the campus shuts down for the holidays.

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