Highlights:
FEL operations delivered beam for experiments with pulsed laser deposition, carbon nanotube production , metal ablation and beam characterization.
Management:
The FEL Upgrade Project monthly reports for December 2000 were distributed to the DOE and ONR program offices this week. We are pleased to announce that the DOE Jefferson Lab Site Office received the funding for the second phase of the FEL Upgrade project covering the period from Feb. 1,2001 until Sept. 30,2002.
WBS 3 (Beam Physics):
Work began on beamline layout and beam optics design for the Revision 1.1 UV bypass.
WBS 4 (Injector):
Gun HVPS - Discussions are ongoing with Glassman
concerning the need for an additional multiplier stack. R.Walker's
circuit simulation did not indicate a significant change in the dissipation
of the HV capacitors when the current load was
changed from 5 to 10 ma. We are requesting
their analysis of the problem in writing.
WBS 6 (RF):
Zone 3 - No effort this week.
Zone 4 - The zone is operating in HV of 11 kV
to process and condition a klystron. At present the Crowbar fires
when the HVPS current reaches 5.8 amps.
We operate approximately at 11 amps and the HVPS should be capable of 15
amps, so we have a ways to go. RF Control Modules were installed
and workable Arc Detector heads are to be available next week for RF testing
into shorts.
Injector RF - The 100 kW klystrons are on schedule for April delivery. Their HVPS upgrade is scheduled for the following year. We will test them with the present HVPS at reduced power levels. PSC is reviewing our latest inquiry concerning replacing the 3 phase variac with a tapped transformer and a soft-start controller.
Operations - RF systems had and solved 5 major problems this week:
1. HVPS Inj. Cavity 4 - Variac fuses opened
in one phase and burned up a fuse board. Fuses were replaced, but
the
burned board was not.
2. HVPS Inj. Cavity 4 - Variac fuses for
the same phase opened again after 6 hours of operation. Fuses and
the missing
fuse board were replaced.
3. HVPS Inj. Cavity 4 - Variac fuses opened
for a different phase. All Variac brushes were replaced and the coils
cleaned.
4. The fuse for the -18 volt power supply
opened for Zone 1. Problem was solved by cutting out shorted capacitors
on
the back of the RF Control
Module Crate.
5. HVPS Inj. Cavity 4 - The Klystron Current
trip level drift level drifted lower and the HVPS wouldn't stay on.
The
HVPS was turned on manually
to a slightly lower voltage and current for a shift and the trip level
was reset the next
day for automatic
operation.
WBS 8 (I&C):
This week the surface mount version of the optical
beam position monitor was completed and sent out for manufacturing.
The locking software has not yet been tried out
due to limited availability of the FEL this week. Meetings were held
to discuss the transition from the operating FEL to an "empty" vault and
to the IR upgrade. There was a visit to the machine shop working
on the 3" BPMs and viewers all parts are on schedule and looking great!
The shop has 3 CNC machines cranking out the pieces. Other efforts included
support of the user runs this week.
WBS 9 (Transport):
Dipoles
Injector Dipoles (DU/DV)
o DULY Research continues to model the small
Injector dipole. They are bench marking their RADIA magnetic model
program vs. our TOSCA program.
Optical Chicane Dipole (DW)
o We reviewed the design of this prototype dipole
with the engineer and technician in Magnet Measurement to catch any
potential problems.
We found a better way to build the field clams and incorporated their suggestions
in the details.
The details are now ready
for tolerance analysis and checking.
Arc Dipoles (GY, GX, GQ)
o AES incorporated the GG correctors extra steel
and the better way of building the field clamps into their drawings of
the 180° Dipole (DY).
They are now starting to layout the coil's leads, incorporating the 4-in-hand
winding.
o AES started their magnetic modeling of the
GY.
o We determined the shape and size of the First
Arc Bend (GX) with the provisions for UV extraction to transmit to AES
for their future layout.
Quadrupoles
QX (3.125" Quad)
o Measurement Probe: The coil support plate bow
was minimized by cutting 1/16 inch slots and was then glued to the
half tube to form the final section.
Deflection was measured and found to be an acceptable 0.0004 inch.
We sent it
back to the machining vendor for
final machining of the coil slots.
o Prices for steel were received from Gary Steel
and are being evaluated
o We had a brainstorming session to integrate
the quadrupole yoke high tolerance inner cut out with the Magnet Test
Stand, the fiducials for alignment
and mounting to girders.
Sextupole with H/V Correctors
o Robin Wines is optimizing the magnetic model
of the Sextupole before trying to introduce the superposed octupole
coils.
WBS 10 (Wiggler):
Magnetic Measurements: C. Hutton continued
on a rail design for Hall Probe measurements.
o Assembly: The mounts for the Dispersion
Section were placed on the stand for the Wiggler.
o Dispersion Section: Coils were shipped to the
primary assembly vendor.
o Steve Benson will do the magnetic analysis
using RADIA to find what correction windings and end pole modifications
are necessary to add a field integral
of half of a standard pole to the end poles. Those regions are now
running at 3% of
a pole and are causing the bias
in the fields from pole to pole reported earlier.
WBS 11 (Optics):
The prints we received as part of the AES subcontract
were imported into the I-DEAS CAD system, and made some of the
modifications we identified during our review.
We are reviewing the check prints. The majority of our time was spent
supporting operations, details follow.
The OBPM system works well; and we've added optical
hardware to the OBPM in the optics control room (OCR), the first
installed, to bring it to the same level of performance
as the later version. It will be aligned Monday, when we use the
optical
transport system.
Operations/Commissioning:
Operations delivered beam for the nanotubes group,
for PLD experiments, for metal ablation studies, and for FEL optical mode
and beam quality characterization studies this week. We lost some
time due to drive laser problems earlier in the
week, rf problems mid week and a temporary low
helium level in the injector quarter unit yesterday. Mr. Murphy seems
to have occupied the FEL building this week.
When the drive laser was started Monday morning,
we immediately discovered there was no IR output. Investigation showed
that a cooling water leak was spoiling the gain. Surmising that a
Teflon seal on the laser rod had failed, the rod assembly was removed and
the spare installed. It also leaked. Some time was spent before it was
determined that it was a different seal that had failed. That was replaced
and the drive laser was working again at 17:30 Tuesday.