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AFC Schedules and Status

Tom BradshawJohn CobbWing LauMatt Hills

MICE MICO Meeting12th October 2011

Elwyn BaynhamMike CourtholdVictoria Bayliss

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Talk will cover

• Status of the project• Work and spend:

– Schedule of work and spend this Financial Year

– Schedule and spend estimates for next FY

– Forward look and spend requirements to completion

Introduction

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Status of the project

Winding of AFC 1 and 2 are complete and look to be of very good quality – shown here with outer insulation prior to welding of bobbin outer (right)

•Most components are in hand and assembly is proceeding•Welding of covers on bobbin nearly complete

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Recent Progress and Status

Parts look to be of good quality

Current lead assemblies

Suspension System

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Critical areas

Schedule analysed at meetings to highlight critical path items – this has worked well – used this to get engineering support in the right areas

Critical path at the moment is the Outer Vacuum Can assembly which is proving complex and time consuming. WL spending some time with them to understand this

Some risk mitigated by testing cryocoolers prior to installation – this has been very valuable

Control system needs to be ready – trying to keep on top of this issue

Power supply specifications have been difficult to interpret in the context of operation with the AFC – we are keeping on top of this

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AFC1 at RAL January 2012

Absorber integration and test +3mths elapsed

AFC2 at RAL June 2012 – worst case trying to improve on this

Absorber integration and test <3mths

Task Comments

Acceptance tests Will be completed at RAL

Field Mapping CERN personnel

Absorber integration

To fit in with hydrogen and hall scheduleR

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1/1

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2/1

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Task Comments

Module 2 monitoring

Delivery as above

Acceptance tests #2

Will be completed at RAL

Field Mapping #2 CERN personnel

Absorber integration

To fit in with hydrogen and hall schedule

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