VIS Meeting on 2016/1/15

2015/1/15 13:30 -

Kamioka TV conference room + SeeVogh

Participants:Shoda, Takahashi, Joris, Okutomi, Fujii, Aso, Ohishi, Akutsu, Mark, Ishizaki, Fabian, Hirata, Raffaele

bKAGRA preparation

• Three big categories of the tasks

  • Type-A: Takahashi-> Make a task list

  • Type-B (BS and SRC) : Mark-> Make a task list

  • Type-Bp modification: Continue discussion (Aso, Raffaele)

• Any possibility of increasing the man power ?
  • Start from task lists and count number of people necessary people

• Allocate budget to each task leader ? -> Yes

Schedule

• Schedule status (Aso)

PR3

• Test Hanging Status (Takahashi)
  • Finished
• PR3 Installation Status (Takahashi)
  • Dismounted the spare mirror.
  • Dismouted the top plate with traverser.
  • Dismouted the BF plate
  • Will repair the traverser in the next week

  • Found some dusts on the PR3. Waiting for Hirose-san's comment.

• #The frame for the clean bag is bent. We cannot remove the nut. Probably we need to cut the rod once we take the suspension out of the chamber. Need to prepare a replacement rod (Aso)

Plan for the next week

• Mon: Sekiguchi PhD defense
• Tue: Fix the traverser

• Wed:Hang actual PR3

• Thu:Alignment of the mirror, Hang the RM

• Fri: (Align the RM)

PR2

• PR2 status (Mark, Fabian)
  • Cleared the table.
  • IM is left on the hanging frame
• IOO wants the optical bench back (Aso)
  • Take out the optical table in the next next week.

• #OpLev interference check (Akutsu)

Plan for the next week

• Mon:
• Tue:
• Wed:
• Thu:
• Fri:

iKAGRA ETM suspension

• Disassembly (and cleaning) of the suspensions (Ohishi)
• Procurement of missing parts (Tatsumi)
  • Coil bobin diameter change: the company agreed to change the diameter

  • Connectors for the coils: will use D-SUB. Takahashi designed a plate for D-SUB. Will order to the company (Takahashi)

• PRM transportation (Tatsumi)
  • LISM mirror availability: waiting for Uchiyama-san's answer

• Dummy mirror: need to check the status (Takahashi on Monday)

• Coil winding (Takahashi)

  • Ask Ando-san for the possibility of getting help from students (Aso)

Plan for the next week

• Disassemble the second suspension.
• Wash and ship the first suspension to Kamioka
• Start assembly in Kamioka for the first suspension.

Travel Plans

• Travel (Week of 1/18)

  • Takahashi:Tue-Fri

  • Shoda:Tue-Fri

  • Mark:
  • Fabian:

  • Okutomi:Tue-Fri

  • Fujii:Tue-Fri

  • Ishizaki:
  • Hirata:

  • Ohishi:Mon-Tue in Mitaka

• Travel (Week of 1/25)

  • Takahashi:Mon-Fri

  • Shoda:Mon-Fri

  • Mark:?
  • Fabian:?

  • Okutomi:Mon-Fri

  • Fujii:Mon-Fri

  • Ishizaki:
  • Hirata:
  • Ohishi:
• Joris: 1/11-1/29
• 1/18 Sekiguchi-kun's PhD defense

Other Mechanical Issues

• BF Optimal Weight (Takahashi)

  • Inscription of the number on the BF #1 and BS BF should be done. -> To be done at a later time with the help of Saito-san (ATC). Arrange with Saito-san (Takahashi)

  • Balast mass design: Will ask for quotation to companies now (Hirata) -> Placed an order: Delivery 1/29

• Traverser actuation check (Shoda)
• Traverser stop mechanism
  • Already installed.
• #PR CAD model and assembly drawings (Hirata)
  • Aso calculated the rotation angle
    • PR3: 0.786deg counter clockwise from the line connecting the centers of the PR3 and BS chambers.
    • Will make a report soon.
• #Clean work procedure
  • Order clean wipes (Aso)
  • KAGRA should have a special meeting for clean requirements: Will propose another meeting. (Aso)
• PR2 wire breaker problem (Mark, Tatsumi)
  • Prism removal status (Mark)

    • Hirose-san's test report

  • #SUS wire breaker order status (Takahashi) -> Expected delivery date is 1/22. Waiting for more concrete answer from the company.

  • For BS prisms, should we ask the company which made LIGO prisms ?

    • Contact the company LIGO used for the possibility of buying sapphire prisms (Mark)

  • Can we make SR wire breakers bigger ? Hirata-san's report.

    • Making it 3mm taller, then the wire will touch the RM

    • Ask Fuskushima-san about the possibility of widening the slits (Takahashi)

• #Wire cleaning (Hirata)

  • Hirata will order 20m more wires. -> Delivered. Will wipe in the next week. -> Finished. Will send to Kamioka soon.

  • Will wash Tungsten wire delivery status -> Delivered. Will wipe in the next week -> Finished. Will send to Kamioka soon.

• #Production of additional PR winches (Akutsu)

  • Shipping status (Takahashi, Hirata) -> Wrapped. Will be shipped with IP in the next week.

• #OSEM assembly status (Akutsu)
• RM production (Takahashi)
  • Which RMs are really clean ?

  • Ask Fukushima-san if machining the slit part is possible or not (Takahashi)

• List of what should be changed for PR3 hanging
  • People should share ideas whenever they come up with missing thigns.
  • Shoda made a spread sheet for keep tracking the ideas

    • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZaLObWjDSEOTrr85Hz0ApXxEUChK3xJ_chk0f7r5nY/edit?usp=sharing

    • All the items are now done or being taken care of
• Missing items(to be purchased soon)

  • #Picomotor drivers (Takahashi) -> Delivered

  • #Signal generators for LVDTs (Aso) -> Ordered. Will be delivered very soon.

  • #Serial-Ethernet converter: 7 more (Shoda) -> Ishizaki-san ordered them. Delivery 1/14.

  • #Traverser motor driver (Shoda) -> Will discuss Uraguchi-san. Need a box for stepping motor driver. -> These are for PR2. Will be ordered sometime.

  • #Turn backles (bigger and eye). Smaller shackles. (Aso) -> Ishizaki-san ordered. Delivery may be 1/18

Electronics

• What are necessary in the next few weeks ?

  • Check what are necessary for ETMs: Ask Uchiyama-san for gathering information (Aso).

• Electronics diagram and review

  • A diagram from Shoda

  • Mark will make overview diagrams of VIS electronics by the end of Jan.

  • Review of PR3 electronics early February

• LVDT Distributor problem
  • Connector for the coil driver input is D9 whereas the output from the HP coil driver is D15.
  • Discussed at the AEL meeting on 1/12
    • As a temporary measure, we will make a conversion cable from D15 to D9 (Shoda)
    • For the long term measure, AEL is considering to order such cables to a company with a proper care of pin 5.
• #Digital System (Okutomi, Fujii)
• #Cable status (Takahashi)

  • Need to send more PTFE cable to finish the remaining two -> Will do it in the next week

  • Need to send the cables used for the test hanging once it is finished. -> Will send them once the test hanging is disassembled.

• Cable check
  • Liu-kun Zhao-kun finished checking all the cables. They found another broken cable.

  • Will send the broken cables together with the other cable related items (Takahashi).

#BS and SR

• BS Assembly Frame Design (Aso, Hirata)
• BS flag design (Mark, Fabian)
• BS gluing jigs (Tatsumi)
• Not enough crane height problem (Hirata, Saito)
• IP base clamp (Fabian)
• Bread board spring (Takahashi)
  • Need a review: Show the design at the next F2F VIS meeting (Takahashi)
• BS clean bag (Aso)

Type A

• Fishing rod production status (Takahashi)

  • We may not be able to buy blades in this FY. -> WIll check with the company (Takahashi)

  • Stepping motors and other components can be purchased within this FY. Order by Monday (Takahashi)
• Type-A Filters Optimal Load Measurements

  • Takahashi will make a plan for the optimal load check and ask ATC.-> Check two filters per month from April 2016. -> Will be presented to the ATC steering committee.

  • #How to manufacture the long maraging wires ?
    • One prototype was machined by Ojima

    • Aoshima can do the heat treatment for the long rod. Will ask them soon (Takahashi) -> Still waiting for a quotation.

    • How to test it ?
      • We can use the prototype assembly frame in TAMA.

#Type-Bp modification

Other

• #Installation procedure document
  • Many people need to contribute to the document. However, we need one person responsible for the consistency of the document.
  • BS installation document: Mark will be the editor.
• Watch dog system (Tanaka)
  • Presentation at the next AEL meeting
• #GAS blade inspection by Virgo (Takahashi)
  • Shipped the blades. Will get results in 1-2 months.
• Safety

  • Possible laser hazard with the IMMT installation work -> Coordinate with the IOO people on Thursday.

Next meeting

2015/1/22 (Fri) 13:30 -