T
ube
Productio
n
F
aciliti
e
s
T
ube
Productio
n
F
aciliti
e
s
Room
ent rance
Not Used
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AT
LAS UM Site Review June 1, 200
0
Temp Storage
400 tube storage
Wiring Table
Leak & EMMI
& Resistance
Movable Rack
Truck Bay
Raw tubes
Rm 2208
R m 2214
800 tube storage
Dark Current
Endplug
Cleaning
Rm 2214
Michigan
Wiring
Table
Tube assembly facility ready;
debugged by making 400 module 0
tubes.
Computer?control/automatic dat
a logging for most operations.
Two wiring platforms (one mova
ble).
Ele ctromagnetic endplug swagin
g.
Automated wiring tensioning wi
th linear actuator.
Tube assembly time: 2 people f
or 8 minutes
UM?developed production DB wit
h web interface.
Michigan Wiring Room Michigan W
iring Room
Edward Diehl
AT
LAS UM Site Review June 1, 200
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Wiring Program
Dust meter
Temperature cont rolled to 19.5
– 0.5 û C.
Controlled access ? entry thro
ugh side room where clean room
garb is donned.
Overpressure of 1% is maintain
ed.
Clean room class 100,000?200,0
00. We have a dust meter to mo
nitor class.
Class is difficul
t to change ? room is tied to b
uilding air supply and out of o
ur
contr ol. Adding filters to
room ducts woul d disrupt air fl
ow.
Wiring Room Specifications Wiri
ng Room Specifications
Edward Diehl
AT
LAS UM Site Review June 1, 200
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Movable Platform Movable Platfo
rm
Vacuum
Chuck
EM
Swager
Coil
Pressure
backed
Endplug
holder
Pn eumatic
Controls
Wire
Spoo l
Wire
Clamp
Wir e
Crimper
Linear
Ra il
F ixed & moving platforms alig
ned to < 1 00 m m.
Vacuum chuck linear bored wit
h end plug
holder aligned t
o < 10m m.
Platform position accurate to
< 25 m m.
Instructions
Edward Diehl
AT
LAS UM Site Review June 1, 200
0
Alignment
check
Fixed Platform Fixed Platform
Vacuum
Chuck
EM
Swager
Coil
Pressure
backed
endplug
holder
Pn eumatic
Controls
Wire
Tens ioner
Wire
Crimper
W ire
tension
meter
Wir e tension meter calibrated
daily.
Tension set via computer with
feedback from tension meter.
Precision – 1 g.
Edward Diehl
AT
LAS UM Site Review June 1, 200
0
EM Swager/Wire Puller EM Swager
/Wire Puller
Electromagnetic
Swager
Control B
ox
Vacuum Sucker
Wire holder
Edward Diehl
AT
LAS UM Site Review June 1, 200
0
Us ed "bubbly" Protvino endplug
s. Added chamfers of either
0.
4 or 0.7 chamfer.
Endplugs surve
yed with micrometer & go/nogo g
auges: 12
failed.
E ndplug with t
wister surveyed with opti cal me
thod (image
twister hole on CCD
): none fail.
Diameter
survey
Twister
s urvey
Diameter
survey
Tw ister
survey
Pre?Production endplug tests Pr
e?Production endplug tests
Edward Diehl
AT
LAS UM Site Review June 1, 200
0
Edward Diehl
AT
LAS UM Site Review June 1, 200
0
Run wiring program on computer
. Program records various
para
mete rs: wire spool, operator na
mes, humidi ty and swaging HV
fo
r DB file.
Scan tube bar code; computer m
oves wiring stage to proper tub
e
length .
Put tube in vacuum chucks. In
sert endplugs in holders.
Pull wire through tube with va
cuum; thread wire into endplugs
.
Insert endplugs into tube. Cri
mp one wire at one end.
Swage endplugs to tube with E M
coil.
Pretension wire; set wire tens
ion, crimp other end of wire.
Place in adjacent v?channel an
d measure tube length and wire
tension.
Write DB file entry for tube.
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