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Author |
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Subject |
Text |
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188
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Wed Aug 2 17:02:38 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update |
Moved the temperature sensor on the PID
controller to one of the switch backs on
the lid.
Also started the next |
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189
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Thu Aug 3 16:00:25 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | Check on the temperature of the bake today
to see the equilibrium temperatures. With
both of the PID controllers set to 150 C, |
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190
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Thu Aug 3 17:47:51 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC Heating System Update |
Did some further testing to determine
if it was within reason to increase the temperature
of the chamber. I used a thermometer and |
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192
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Fri Aug 4 15:21:33 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | Checked on Bake 3 today and the temperature
sensors read 126 C and 91 C for the chamber
barrel and turbo pump flange respectively. |
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195
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Tue Aug 8 15:31:26 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC Heating System Update |
Vacuum Chamber equilibrium temperature
for bake 3 are 126 C and 88 C for the chamber
wall and turbo pump flange respectively. |
10x |
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201
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Thu Aug 10 14:36:00 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | Came in to install one of the Full range gauges.
Checked the temperature first of the cross
and it was reading 30 C. After installing |
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203
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Thu Aug 10 18:32:39 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update |
[Dr. Richardson, Aiden]
DO NOT TOUCH ANY VALVES ON THE
CHAMBER. THERE IS A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL |
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205
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Fri Aug 11 18:32:00 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update |
[Dr. Richardson, Aiden] Large Update
Removed
most of the insulation on the chamber in
order to pull back some of the heater tape |
11x |
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208
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Tue Aug 15 16:04:23 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC Heating System Update |
Pulled off the rest of the heater tape
along with the aluminum tape left behind.
The aluminum tape adhesive left behind a |
6x |
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212
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Thu Aug 17 15:02:44 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC Heating System Update |
Put the heating tape back on and made
sure to have 4 coils around the barrel of
the chamber. To make this happen I did not |
11x |
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213
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Thu Aug 17 15:18:48 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC Heating System Update | Relocated the PID controllers so that the
heating tape could be plugged in. In the
picture the left one controls the top half |
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214
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Mon Aug 21 17:13:25 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update |
Came in to take RGA data and found the
turbo pump drawing .38 Amps. This was much
higher than what it was on Friday. I investigated |
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215
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Mon Aug 28 14:43:50 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | The PID controllers were turned off on Friday
and the chamber was left to cool over the
weekend. Just took data and it looks like |
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216
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Tue Aug 29 19:09:21 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | Here are some more plots with the RGA data
take August 29. It seems that more pumping
time has led to the HC levels being dramatically |
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217
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Tue Aug 29 22:07:38 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | Electronic Bench | Dr Richardson is working on mounting more
power supplies in the server rack and is
using the electronics bench. Be aware to |
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218
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Thu Aug 31 12:56:29 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | Took some more RGA data to see if the HC levels
have further declined since bake 4 and it
seems that it has started to plateau with |
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219
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Fri Sep 1 19:21:19 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | Started bake 5 today. This will hopefully
be a longer and hotter bake with it lasting
6-7 days at around 150 C. The pressure in |
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220
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Tue Sep 5 16:43:19 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | VAC System Heating Update | Checked on bake 5 today after 3 days of equilibrium.
The RGA cross is at 106 C and the turbo pump
cross is at 74 C. This was reached while |
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222
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Fri Sep 8 16:10:43 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | Turned off the PID controllers to let the
chamber cool down. Final temperatures for
the RGA cross and Turbo pump cross were 113 |
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223
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Mon Sep 11 16:02:42 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | The chamber has cooled down from bake 5 and
I took the first set of data. The pressure
measured during the RGA measurements reached |
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224
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Tue Sep 12 15:31:31 2023 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | Clean and Bake Batch 15 | Cleaned and Baked the SS screws for the heater
mount. Check the Clean and Bake data base
on the website to get a precise list of the |
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226
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Fri Sep 15 17:33:35 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | Took some more RGA data and see that the chamber
has gotten much cleaner since monday. Next
step would be another bake with some focus |
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227
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Thu Sep 28 15:17:13 2023 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | Clean and Bake Batch 16 | Bagged and Tagged the parts from batch 15
and started baking batch 16 which includes
the 6" to 8" reducer. |
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232
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Tue Oct 3 15:07:48 2023 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | Clean and Bake Batch 17 | Cleaned and baked all the stainless steel
parts in Batch 17. Check data base for more
details on this. |
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233
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Sat Oct 7 17:10:27 2023 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | Clean and Bake Batch 18 | Bagged and tagged the parts from Batch 17
and placed them in the clean room on the
optic table. Also started an aluminum batch |
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237
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Mon Oct 9 21:41:24 2023 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | Clean and Bake Batch 19 | Bagged and tagged the parts from batch 18.
Started the Copper batch that includes all
the gaskets needed to start the vacuum chamber |
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239
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Thu Oct 12 12:11:10 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum chamber Helium leak test | [Aiden, Tyler, Peter, Jon]
Continued
tightening bolts on the turbo pump and 6"-8"
reducer to reduce the leak. The final leak |
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240
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Thu Oct 19 11:41:04 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | [Aiden, Tyler, Mohak]
Took some RGA
data when we came into the room. The pressure
of the chamber was 8.63e-8 Torr before turning |
6x |
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245
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Thu Oct 26 13:00:45 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | Bake 6 was turned off on Monday. Tooke RGA
data today and have posted the data below.
The pressure of the chamber after taking |
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246
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Fri Oct 27 15:16:31 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Leak Test | Leak tested the worst flanges on the chamber
after moving it and after bake 6. The 6 inch
flange connected to the 8 inch reducing nipple |
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251
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Tue Oct 31 19:46:35 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | Started bake 7 on Monday but found issues
with the heating as the cross in front of
the RGA got way too hot too quickly. This |
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253
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Wed Nov 1 20:22:07 2023 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC System Heating Update | Raised the PID controller temperature to 105C
today as at that temperature the lid and
the barrel temperature sensors were reading |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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