US CRP Factory weekly check-in

Wednesday 20 Nov 2024, 11:30 → 12:00 US/Central

Fatma Boran (Cern), James Wilhelmi (Yale University), Jon Urheim (Indiana University), Karsten Heeger (Yale University), Mark Messier (Indiana University), Matthew Worcester, Tanaz Mohayai (Indiana University)

Zoom:

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Attending:  Karsten, Steve K., Chris M., Jon U., James W.

Regrets: Fatma (NP02 work),  Tanaz (at CPAD)

We heard updates from Chris and James about developments at CERN regarding anodes from the vendors.  The sample from the new company from China arrived late last week.  Schedule for "refurbishment" of CRP 6 to become CRP 8, now calls for replacement of just one of the CRU's with an assembly using new anodes.  This work will likely take place in January;  The CERN winter shutdown ends on Jan 6.  In the meantime, we will get preliminary information on the performance of the Bottom CRP's in NP04 before the shutdown once the cathode is submerged.  As far as preparations for NP02 filling, the word from Fatma and Dominique is that final checks and preparations are being done this week (for this reason Fatma was not able to attend this meeting).

We talked about organizational topics:

• Jon said that the request for an email list has been submitted.  the list name will be dune-fd-uscrp; Jon will let people know once that is set up.
• Karsten suggested we post materials (i.e., slides) to the indico pages for each meeting so we have a record of what was discussed, and that after each meeting we post minutes/action items (hence this set of minutes).

James mentioned having slides pertaining to schedule -- some of the discussion overlapped the initial discussion about the timeline at CERN, so we decided that he would just post these slides (which he has done).

James also mentioned having requested quotes for the table surfaces needed at the various workstations.

Jon asked Steve if he could help move things along for the IU subcontract for the setup phase.

Action items:

1. Jon will check on the status of the crane refurbishment at MESH, and report at the next meeting.
2. Karsten, James, and Chris will report on what they've learned regarding ESD protection and related flooring preparation, as well as cleanliness specifications.
3. Karsten, James, and Chris will also assess and report on the current understanding of what the deliverables are for the US factory PRRs.

We decided that we will meet again next week (Wed Nov 27) to keep momentum going forward.

minutes: JU

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Speakers: Christopher Macias (Yale University), Fatma Boran (Cern), James Wilhelmi (Yale University), Jon Urheim (Indiana University), Karsten Heeger (Yale University), Mark Messier (Indiana University), Matthew Worcester, Steve Kettell (BNL), Tanaz Mohayai (Indiana University)

20241113_CRP_Assembly timeline.pdf