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Mon Jan 15 22:29:34 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | General | Cabinet installation & lab clean-up completed | [Jon, Tyler, Aiden, Shane, Pooyan, Michael,
Cynthia, Luke]
On Wednesday, we completed long list |
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302
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Wed Jan 10 15:27:18 2024 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Aiden, Shane]
cleaning
cleanroom and particle count
2:03 pm: changed sticky |
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301
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Tue Jan 9 16:35:09 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Leak and Heating | [Luis, Luke, Aiden]
Leak tested each
flange and weld and only found two flanges
to have noticeable leaks with the electron |
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300
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Tue Jan 9 12:08:59 2024 |
Tyler | Configuration | Electronics | RTD Readout Chassis Update |
Below is the current state of the RTD
readout chassis wiring. Initial continuity
tests seem good, will run through one more |
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299
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Mon Jan 8 20:24:53 2024 |
Aiden | Update | General | | [Jon, Aiden]
Installed the heater elements
into their fixture and prepped the cables
by twisting the wires into pairs. We also |
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298
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Fri Dec 29 16:02:27 2023 |
Jon | Configuration | Electronics | RTD Readout Chassis | The custom front and rear panels for the
RTD readout chassis arrived last Friday.
I installed them in the chassis frame to |
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297
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Wed Dec 20 10:33:34 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Clean & Bake | Clean and bake lab migrated to 1129 | Update: I
have completed permanent routing of the electrical
cables. I also ran the ultrasonic washer's |
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296
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Tue Dec 19 15:45:05 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | Took RGA data for the macor parts inside of
the chamber. With the Ar open the HC levels
read 30 torrl/s which is around where it |
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295
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Mon Dec 18 15:51:49 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | After letting the chamber cool down I put
the electronics back on and turned the RGA
element back on. No data has been taken yet |
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294
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Sun Dec 17 21:04:15 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Clean & Bake | Clean and bake lab migrated to 1129 | [Jon, Tyler, Aiden, Luke]
On Friday we completed assembly of
the new stainless steel-topped benches in |
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293
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Sun Dec 17 19:43:18 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vac Heating Update | [Aiden]
I measured the temperature of
the flanges where some of the electronics
will go and I found that the RGA flange was |
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292
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Fri Dec 15 14:03:02 2023 |
Aiden | HowTo | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Opening | [Aiden]
1. Turn off the RGA filament
and disconnect it.
2. Record the pressure
and then close the angle valve and gate valve |
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291
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Mon Dec 11 16:20:17 2023 |
Jon | Summary | TCS | FROSTI Assembly Procedure | Below is the procedure we will follow to
assemble the FROSTI prototype.
Install SS guide rods and |
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290
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Mon Dec 11 12:58:57 2023 |
Shane, Luis | Update | CDS | DAC-ADC loopback test debugging | [Luis, Shane]
Working on debugging last
week's weird results for the ADC-DAC loopback
test for channels 14 and 15. With DAC output |
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289
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Sat Dec 9 12:34:12 2023 |
Jon | Update | General | Electronics workshop migrated to 1129 | [Jon, Tyler, Shane, Luis]
On Wednesday we completed the migration
of the electronics workshop from 1119 to |
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288
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Fri Dec 8 11:15:21 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | VLC Assembly | The optics of the visible light cavity have
been assembled. The mode matching telescope
is folded through the two stirring mirrors |
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287
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Thu Dec 7 14:13:15 2023 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Aiden, Shane,
Michael, Luke, Cynthia]
cleaning
cleanroom and particle count |
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286
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Thu Dec 7 12:42:42 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | After leaving the RGA on for a few days the
chamber has settled at 2.01 e-8 torr. I also
have good news that the chamber looks to |
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285
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Mon Dec 4 21:27:53 2023 |
Shane | Update | CDS | ADC-DAC loopback test results | Here are the test results from today's ADC-DAC
loopback tests. Channels 14 and 15 were the
only ones behaving abnormally. Not sure what |
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284
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Mon Dec 4 11:19:50 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | [Aiden]
Took some RGA data of the chamber
after it has been cooling down. I do not
believe that this data accurately shows the |
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283
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Sat Dec 2 18:10:23 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | [Aiden]
Turned off the heating tape
today in anticipation to take more RGA data
on Sunday or Monday morning before the meeting. |
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282
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Thu Nov 30 13:58:18 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | [Aiden]
Came into the lab in the morning
to check on the chamber heating. I decided
to set the PID controllers to 110C rather |
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281
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Thu Nov 30 13:50:32 2023 |
Tyler | Update | Lore | Workbench Assembly Completed | [Tyler, Luke, Aiden]
The workbenches
are now completely assembled and put into
their final places. Additionally, the tool |
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280
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Wed Nov 29 21:13:32 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | Started Bake 8 today. Set the PID controllers
to 120 C and will check in the morning for
equilibrium temperatures for the lid and |
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279
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Mon Nov 27 19:34:50 2023 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | Clean and Bake Batch 20 Bagging | Bagged and tagged bath 20 which included the
macor hardware and place it inside the clean
room on the table. |
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278
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Mon Nov 27 14:22:30 2023 |
Tyler | Update | Lore | 1129 Assembly Update | [Tyler, Michael, Luke, Cynthia]
The
tabletops have been attached to the workbench
frames. Unfortunately, one of the tabletops |
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277
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Thu Nov 23 12:34:44 2023 |
Jon | Update | CDS | DB25 signal connections for FROSTI heaters | Update: I was able to put the
FROSTI power controller on the lab network.
It is connected to the switch in the top |
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276
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Wed Nov 22 15:46:50 2023 |
Shane | Update | CDS | DB25 signal connections for FROSTI heaters |
[Shane,
Jon]
Installed new DC smart switch in electronics |
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275
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Tue Nov 21 22:09:44 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | Testing Parts | [Aiden, Luis]
Luis and Aiden vented
the chamber today. We closed off the RGA
section and then proceeded to open the the |
8x |
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274
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Tue Nov 21 14:47:24 2023 |
Tyler | Update | Lore | 1129 Workbench Assembly Update 1 |
[Tyler, Shane, Mohak, Cynthia, Luke,
Michael, Luis]
Started assembly of the workbench |
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273
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Mon Nov 20 20:45:16 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Leak Test |
[Aiden, Luis]
Tested every weld
and flange to find leaks. Only found that
the flange on the turbo pump and reducing |
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272
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Mon Nov 20 20:37:45 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Clean and Bake Batch 20 | [Aiden, Luis]
Started to clean and bake the
macor parts for the FROSTI reflector. Per
LIGO documentation cleaned the macor in liquinox |
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271
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Mon Nov 20 10:10:50 2023 |
Tyler | Configuration | Electronics | RTD Logic/Schematic Diagrams |
Below are a basic diagram of what the
RTD measurement circuit logically looks like
and an example schematic of the actual wiring. |
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270
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Fri Nov 17 14:06:01 2023 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | 5 zone particle count | Here's today's 5 zone particle count measurement
for the cleanroom. Zone 5 (closest to back
wall by fire cabinet) is still above the |
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269
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Thu Nov 16 19:32:31 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC HC Levels Update | Took some more RGA data today and overlaid
it with data taken from October 19. I added
a red line that symbolizes where all amu |
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268
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Thu Nov 16 17:12:42 2023 |
Luis, Shane, Mohak | Update | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Shane, Luis,
Mohak]
cleaning cleanroom and
particle count |
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267
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Wed Nov 15 21:52:33 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | Took RGA data before running the degas mode.
Made sure to close off the main volume before
running the degas. And left the filament |
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266
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Tue Nov 14 17:21:40 2023 |
Jon | Update | VAC | RGA best practices | As a follow up ELOG 261,
I have received advice from one of the vacuum
experts at LIGO Hanford on best practices |
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265
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Mon Nov 13 11:23:54 2023 |
Jon | Update | CDS | CyMAC testing | [Jon, Shane, Luis]
My repair of the internal ribbon
connecting the ADC to the adapter board resolved |
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264
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Mon Nov 13 11:07:50 2023 |
Tyler | Update | VAC | RTD Analysis |
After initial analysis from last week
on a single RTD, I then extended to looking
at all 8 in series with R_ref (set to 1 kOhm). |
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263
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Mon Nov 13 06:15:45 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | VLC Mode Matching | Weekly Updates Attached in pdf |
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262
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Fri Nov 10 14:16:04 2023 |
shane | Update | Cleanroom | new cleanroom zone diagram | since the vac system has been moved and made
permanent, here's a new diagram of the cleanroom
zones. The zones themselves haven't moved, |
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261
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Fri Nov 10 08:32:34 2023 |
Jon | Update | VAC | RGA experiments | I ran a 3-minute
degas cycle of the RGA filament for the first
time yesterday (in this process, the filament |
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260
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Thu Nov 9 19:06:46 2023 |
shane | Update | Cleanroom | 5 zone cleanroom measurement | Here's today's five zone measurement, taken
~5 hours after the cleaning. Zone 5 (closest
to fire cabinet and back wall) is a bit over |
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259
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Thu Nov 9 13:57:58 2023 |
Shane, Luis, Aiden, Tyler | Update | Cleanroom | cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Aiden, Shane,
Luis, Tyler]
cleaning cleanroom
and particle count |
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258
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Thu Nov 9 13:48:47 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | After bake 7 was stopped on Wednesday morning
(11,8,2023), I took RGA data of the chamber
to compare to a later scan that will be done |
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257
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Wed Nov 8 17:55:49 2023 |
Jon | Update | General | Lab Clean-Up Day 1 | [Jon, Tyler, Shane, Peter, Luis]
Today we completed the first phase
of lab clean-up. Activities included: |
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256
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Mon Nov 6 11:31:25 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | VLC Mode Matching | See Update Attached |
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255
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Mon Nov 6 11:29:24 2023 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | Preliminary RTD Calculations, RP Software Update |
Preliminary RTD calculations are shown
below, given an input of 10 V and desiring
a few mA of current. It looks like R_ref |
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254
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Thu Nov 2 17:14:36 2023 |
Shane, Jon | Update | CDS | CyMAC set up permanentized |
CyMAC connections
have been finalized and made permanent. Also
tested voltages, which are all looking good. |
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