Shutdown Update

Juscelino Leão

• Maintenance

• Acquisitions/Procurements

• Safety

• Development

• Safety

 Work Done

 Work To Be Done 

S.E. / Laboratories
S. E.:

 12T Dry Cryomagnet

 Gas Loading Systems

 High Pressure Systems

 2 GPa Clamp Pressure Cells

 Vanadium Powder Cans (Assisted Tanya Dax)

 CCR He Lines Repair (Assisted Tanya Dax)

 Cryogenics Hands-on Training

 Beam Line Equip. SOPs, User/Technical Manuals

 Syringe Pump

 Gas-loading

 High Pressure

 Furnaces

Projects Description

Laboratory:

 Recirculating Baths Inventory and Maintenance

 FTIR Maintenance

 Glove Boxes

 UV/Vis

 Laboratory Vacuum Ovens (Assisted Donna Kaltyre)

 SOP, User/Technical Manuals

 Lab Furnaces

 Torch

 Spin Coater

Acquisitions/Procurements

Maintenance

Maintenance

Acquisitions/Procurements

Acquisitions/Procurements

Maintenance

Safety

Safety

Maintenance

Maintenance

Maintenance AND Acquisitions/Procurements

Maintenance

Acquisitions/Procurements

Safety
12 T Dry Cryomagnet

• Integrated 50 mK Dilution Refrigerator and GHS

• +/- 12 T symmetric vertical field

• 35mm split

• +/- 4-degree beam divergence

• Dark Angle: 40 degrees

• Dil Fridge 60+ microWatt minimum cooling power @100 mK
12 T Dry Cryomagnet

• Integrated 50 mK Dilution Refrigerator and GHS

• +/- 12 T symmetric vertical field

• 35mm split

• +/- 4-degree beam divergence

• Dark Angle: 40 degrees

• Dil Fridge 60+ microWatt minimum cooling power @100 mK
First look inside!

Many Thanks to: • Collin Broholm • Don Collie • Tanya Dax • Sergiy Gladchenko • Yamali Hernandez • Paul Liposky • Yiming Qiu • Alan Ye

To name a few...

Gas Loading Systems

 Maintenance and Recalibration

 Manual Gas Loading Cart 2, 35bar

 Automated Gas Loading Cart 3, 200bar

 Inventory of sample can lid interfaces

 20 BLCCR Rings

 10 TLCCR lids

 2 HT TLCCR Sticks

 2 LT TLCCR Sticks

 TO BE DONE:

 Manual Gas Loading Cart 1, 200bar

Many Thanks to: 

• Donna Kaltyre

• Doug Johnson

• Sean Mullendore
High Pressure Systems

 Maintenance

 Pressure Rig #1

 Empty and decon pressure cells

 Training: Full pressure experiment

 Updated manual

 Updated Safety paperwork

 TO BE DONE:

 Maintenance Pressure Rig #2

 Maintenance pressure sticks

 Inventory pressure cells and ancillary equipment

Many Thanks to: 

• Sergiy Gladchenko

• Doug Johnson

• Sean Mullendore
2 GPa Clamp Pressure Cells

 Prototype and Testing – 1 Assembly

 Procurement and Acquisition – 6 Assemblies
Syringe Pump System

Formally dual syringes

Currently being set-up as a three syringes system

 Maintenance

 12 SANS Block Pressure Cells

 4 SANS FLOW Block Pressure Cells

 10 1kbar Pressure Cells

 TO BE DONE:

 Finish setting-up upgrade to three pump system

 Develop software upgrade

 Test HT seals for block cells

Many Thanks to: 

• Doug Johnson

• Donna Kaltyre

• Sean Mullendore

• Colin Wrenn

• Alan Ye
LIPSS/MUZAC System

Many Thanks to: 

• Cedric Gagnon

• Doug Johnson

• Susana Teixeira

• Colin Wrenn

• Alan Ye

 Maintenance

 Replaced power supply

 Acquired extra power supply

 Training: Full pressure experiment

 Updated manual

 Updated Safety paperwork

 TO BE DONE:

 Separate LIPSS control

 Engineer new cells

 Upgrade cell holder

 Procure recirculating bath to replace LH45
Cryogenics Training Video

Many Thanks to: 

• Don Lopez

• Alan Munter

https://nistgov.sharepoint.com//SE_Collaborate/SharedDocuments/Safety/Cryogen-Training-Version1.m4v

 Maintenance

 Created on-line 

video

 Begun training 

new researchers

 TO BE DONE:

 Create updated 

version 

incorporating 

staff suggestions
Beam Line/ Lab Equip. SOPs, User/Technical Manuals

Equipment SOP User Manual Technical Manual STATUS

Syringe Pump    Submitted

Gas-loading    09/2021

High Pressure    11/2021

H2 Pressure  12/2020‡

Furnaces    09/2021

Torch    Submitted

Spin Coater    Submitted

2GPa Clamp Cell    Approved

Cryogenics Training    Approved
Recirculating Baths Inventory and Maintenance

 Maintenance

 24 Inspected under contract

 4 Need repair

 TO BE DONE:

 Procure replacement for LH45 (SANS)

 Send for repair

Many Thanks to: 

• Cedric Gagnon

• Donna Kaltyre
Peltier holder with heat exchanger recirculatory block detached for diagnostics

The severed wires cause a faulty alarm in the Peltier cell holder control box.

UV - Vis

 Maintenance

 Repair broken sample block

 Replaced heat exchanger

 Service call for alignment

 Acquisitions

 Adjustable Microcell Holder

 Square Vial Holder

 Combination Holder

Many Thanks to: 

• Donna Kaltyre

Recommended Accessories for the Evolution 201 Single Cell Peltier
Future Work Estimated Timeline

S. E.:

 12T Dry Cryomagnet

 Maintenance and Inventory High Pressure Systems and Ancillaries

 Upgrade Syringe Pump Cart

 Test Temp Gradient in HT BCCR (Tanya dax)

 Test BeCu Pressure Cells

 Empty and Inventory Irradiated Powder Cans (S.E Group)

 Upgrade Software for Three Syringe Pump

 Test HT SANS Block Pressure Cells

 Upgrade LIPSS Control and new cells

Laboratories:

 Recirculating Baths repairs

 New Recirculating Baths Procurement

 Installation and Implementation of Glove Boxes Remote Manifold

 FTIR operation

 Training, and assistance for post-docs

On-going to 3rd quarter of 2022

November 2021

December 2021

November 2021

March 2022

December 2021

March 2022

December 2021

TBD

December 2021

As funds become available

January 2021

November 2021

On-going

Projects Description

Acquisitions/Procurements

Maintenance

Maintenance

Maintenance

R&D

Maintenance

Maintenance/ R&D

R&D

Maintenance/ R&D

Maintenance

Acquisitions/Procurements

R&D

Maintenance

Safety
Questions and/or

Suggestions for R&D for 2023

Thank you!