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  52   Wed Dec 20 12:59:00 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfocablingThomX iglooUPS installation and commissioningI was able to lock back the FP-cavity.

at one moment, during the alignment
optmization process of the infection mirrors
  
  51   Wed Dec 20 10:17:19 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfocablingThomX iglooUPS installation and commissioningfinally I installed the OneFive laser,
the Smaract motors of the laser and the Arduino
Peltier controller of the laser on the UPS
  
  50   Wed Dec 20 09:35:36 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfocablingThomX iglooUPS installation and commissioningJean-Noel Cayla installed several days
ago a Eaton 9PX 11kVA UPS inside the Igloo,
outside of the ThomX bunker
  
  49   Wed Jul 5 16:50:50 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissueutilitiesThomX iglooAirflow power breakdownsince around 2 weeks, the airflow above
the optical table housing has a power breakdown
when one tries to switch it on.
  
  48   Wed Feb 8 13:48:33 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfoutilitiesThomX iglooSafety patrol instructionsafter finishing the controlled intervention,
you just have to exit the bunker with the
2 keys and place them back in their location
  
  47   Wed Feb 8 11:02:38 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfoutilitiesThomX iglooSafety patrol instructionsIf one needs to work with 3rd stage on
the laser amplifier, one needs to make the
safety patrol inspection before closing the
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  46   Thu Jan 5 10:16:38 2023 Manar AmerFixedinfoutilitiesThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier chiller instruction manual Adding the instructions manual for the
Alphanov Amplifier SMC Chiller

 HEC-OM-U015-B.pdf 
  45   Thu Aug 25 16:43:01 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronics | softwareThomX iglooScope and Desktop computer removingthis afternoon, because of the test on
the electron beam drive in the ring in the
next days,
  
  44   Fri Mar 11 12:24:34 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanicsThomX iglooChiller installation + interlockThis morning, I started the chiller and
opened the valves on the external water circuit
=> no water leakage during the morning.
  
  43   Wed Mar 9 10:51:59 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanicsThomX iglooChiller installation + interlock- this morning the chiller leakage has
been fixed by adding some Teflon on the faulty
Swagelock adapter.
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  42   Tue Mar 8 12:40:00 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanicsThomX iglooChiller installation + interlock- this morning with Aurélien, we
filled the water tank of the chiller and
we opened the water valves (last pipes on
  
  41   Thu Feb 10 15:08:41 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooshutter base plate, L-shape arm and housing frameThis afternoon with Yann:
- we changed the shutter base plate
position to center the beam axis with the
  
  40   Thu Feb 10 09:41:54 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfocablingThomX iglooPower supplies switched offThis afternoon, an electrical operation
will be done in ThomX, impacting possibly
the casemate power supplies.
  
  39   Wed Jan 19 18:32:47 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfocablingThomX igloonew power supplies connexionsthis afternoon with Viktor, we redid all
the power supplies connexions.

4x cables are now connected to
  
  38   Tue Jan 11 10:32:45 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooOne Five laser moved The One Five laser and
its controller have been moved from PLIC
to ThomX Iglo.
  
  37   Fri Nov 19 16:33:29 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportutilitiesThomX iglooIris Mounts on Cavity WindowsThe new iris mounts fixed on the small
cavity windows.

Need additional 2 irises.
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  36   Tue Nov 16 15:23:22 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportutilitiesThomX iglooIris Mounts on Cavity WindowsIn order to find the Alignment of the ThomX
cavity, Yann built mounts that could be placed
directly on the windows outside the cavity,
 Iris_Mounts_On_Windows.jpgP1_Injection_Mirror_Window_Iris_Mount.jpgInkedS3_Mirror_Window_Outside_LI.jpg 
  35   Mon Nov 8 14:50:45 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooOpening of the FP cavity valvesOn Friday the 5th of November, ThomX suffered
again from a power breakdown.

all the pumping systems had to
  
  34   Thu Nov 4 12:42:38 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooOpening of the FP cavity valvesas the vacuum level was good enough, I
asked Eric Mistretta to open the 2 valves
of the FP cavity.
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  33   Wed Oct 27 09:34:04 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooPressure On mirror Chambers PlotPressure is 1.4e-9 and 2.6e-9 mbar this
morning.

  
  32   Tue Oct 26 09:20:01 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooPressure On mirror Chambers PlotDuring the weekend 23-24th of October,
the lab and ThomX suffered a power breakdown.
All the pumping systems had to restart.
  
  31   Fri Oct 22 17:36:05 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooPressure On mirror Chambers PlotA plot showing the descend of the vacuum
in the mirror chambers (data to plot it obtained
yesterday evening)
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  30   Thu Oct 21 18:31:11 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooPressure On mirror Chambers Leckage TestLeakage test done in the afternoon.

The method :


an atomic mass spectrometer
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  29   Thu Oct 21 09:45:03 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooPressure On mirror ChambersAt 9h30 in
the morning, the pressure on the mirror chambers
is:
 21102021_vacuum_pressure_on_mirrorsChambers_9h30.jpg 
  28   Wed Oct 20 10:51:29 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooPressure On mirror ChambersAt 10h in
the morning, the pressure on the mirror chambers
is:
 20102021_vacuum_pressure_on_mirrorsChambers_10h10.jpg 
  27   Tue Oct 19 16:38:31 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooPressure On mirror ChambersAt 15h30 in
the afternoon, the pressure on the mirror
chambers is:
 19102021_vacuum_pressure_on_mirrorsChambers_15h30.jpg 
  26   Tue Oct 19 12:46:40 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooVacuum pressure to open valvesReminding: the opening of the valves is
the responsibility of the vacuum group only.

  
  25   Tue Oct 19 11:06:03 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooPressure On mirror Chambers 

At
10h45 in the morning, the pressure on the
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  24   Tue Oct 19 10:43:42 2021 Manar AmerFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooVacuum pressure to open valvesThe pressure for the mirror vacuum chambers
needs to be ~ few 10^-9 mbar for the valves
to be open to the electron ring (the rest
  
  23   Mon Oct 18 15:15:26 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportcabling | softwareThomX iglooMotors Controler and Software
When connecting
the Ethernet cable from the hub to the computer,
it must be connected to the correct one (shown
 ConnectEthernetToDesignatedOutlet_marked.jpgMototControlerws.jpgPositionOnMoniter.jpeg 
  22   Mon Oct 18 15:01:07 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooInstallation updateNow, both vessels are pumped by an ionic
pump (both Turbo pumping entrances have been
closed).
  
  21   Mon Oct 18 09:46:14 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooInstallation updateafter the WE, the right vessel vacuum level
is 1.7e-7 mbar (primary + turbo pumps)

and the left vessel vacuum level
  
  20   Fri Oct 15 17:57:54 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooInstallation updateThis afternoon with Manar, we finished
connecting FP-cavity mirrors motors and alignment
mirrors motors to their 3 ISP controllers.
  
  19   Fri Oct 15 14:34:34 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportvacuum | cabling | softwareThomX iglooVacuum in the mirror chambersthe ionic pumps have been also connected
this morning but not powered on, yet.
the vacuum group is waiting for a
  
  18   Fri Oct 15 14:21:03 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportvacuum | cabling | softwareThomX iglooVacuum in the mirror chambers
The electron ring has been vacuum
inside it, but the valves connecting it to
the two mirror chambers are closed. Before
 First_Level_Pump.jpgSecond_Level_Pump_Turpo_blades_Controlers.jpgInkedControl_Room_Gauge_Monitoring_screen.jpgInkedOptical_cavity_vacuum_control_Modules.jpg 
  17   Thu Oct 14 18:12:39 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronics | utilitiesThomX iglooCleaning, Motors Controllers mini-rack, hexapod controller, chiller and vacuumThis afternoon, we continued to clean the
housing with Manar and Daniele.
we did a dust measurement after cleaning
  
  16   Thu Oct 14 15:08:56 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronics | utilitiesThomX iglooCleaning, Motors Controllers mini-rack, hexapod controller, chiller and vacuumThis morning with Manar, we started to
clean the floor around the cavity, the outside
part of the panels of the housing, and the
  
  15   Thu Jun 10 17:45:09 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanicsThomX iglooAirflow installationThe AC plug and the power cord of the airflow
were quite hot because they have been dimensioned
for 16A current and the total current is
  
  14   Thu Jun 10 17:06:42 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanicsThomX iglooAirflow installationOn the 27th of May, the Airflow has been
dismounted from the optical room to be mounted
around the optical cavity by the AirC2 company.
  
  13   Thu Jun 10 16:55:37 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanicsThomX iglooConnecting the optical table to the ThomX ringOn the 19th of May, the optical table has
been moved inside the ThomX concrete housing
and connected to the Symetrie hexapod and
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  12   Mon May 17 11:53:35 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfoutilitiesThomX iglooThomX housing roof openingToday, Yannick Petrilli removed 5 concrete
bars (5-9) from the ThomX housing roof in
order to let the optical table be installed
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  11   Fri Feb 26 17:04:57 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedreportmechanicsThomX iglooMoving the optical table to the IglooThis morning the Bovis company moved the
optical table from the optical room to the
Igloo without any problem.
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  10   Wed Feb 24 17:35:55 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedreportmechanics | vacuum | utilitiesOptical roomOperations before moving the optical tableOperations before moving the optical table
from the optical room to the Igloo.

— the cavity has been filled
  
  9   Wed Jul 1 17:00:18 2020 Ronic ChicheFixedreportmechanics | vacuumOptical roomEdge installation19/06/2020

The first part of the edge installation
was on done by Yann and Ronic
  
  8   Wed Nov 27 09:48:44 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfocablingOptical roomnew circuit breaker for the UPSA new circuit breaker has been installed
today before the UPS to fix the shutdown
issues we observed some months ago when too
  
  6   Wed Nov 20 14:52:45 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomNew valve cabling and 30Hz noise PZTThe Pneumatic valves are still coming back
to "close" position.
Now the air bottle is always "open"
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  4   Tue Nov 19 17:55:20 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | vacuumOptical roomNew valves cablingToday, Manu and Eric changed the cavity
valves pressure system to open and close
them.
  
  3   Fri Nov 15 14:51:54 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomSmaract Controllers settingScheme of cabling of the SmarAct motors
controllers for acting on Frep and CEP.
 Origami_OneFive_33MHz_laser_SmarAct_controllers_cabling.pdf 
  2   Tue Oct 1 12:24:11 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissueutilitiesOptical roomChiller of the new laser amplifier Today, the chiller worked at 17°C during
3 hours without error, no freezing nor flow
sensor error.
  
  1   Mon Sep 30 16:32:31 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissueutilitiesOptical roomChiller of the new laser amplifier We observed 2 issues for the chiller of
the new CELIA laser amplifier:


setting the water temperature
  
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