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Target Status Report. Lara Howlett University of Sheffield. Contents. A look at the specs Reminder of Prototype plans Meetings with ISIS engineers Testbeam plans Status of electronics, readout and radiation studies Plans / Timescale. Updated Specs.
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Target Status Report Lara Howlett University of Sheffield
Contents • A look at the specs • Reminder of Prototype plans • Meetings with ISIS engineers • Testbeam plans • Status of electronics, readout and radiation studies • Plans / Timescale
Updated Specs • Frequency 1-3 Hz. Higher may be possible but we may be limited by heating • Target will dip into the beam by 5-10mm • Only the intersection of the beam in the last 1ms is useful • We wish to intersect as little beam that is not useful as possible
Updated Specs 2.05ms 4.4mm
Updated Specs 2.75ms 7.4mm
Updated specs 3.35ms 9.8mm
Overview of Prototype • The prototype is currently being built and is expected to be ready by the end of the month • The design consists of a a magnetic shuttle to which the target rod is attached • This sits inside a series of coils which are driven in 3 phase
Prototype ~8 cm
Meetings with ISIS • Several very useful meetings have taken place with engineers from ISIS • These have been very useful for beginning to look at • Safety issues • Vacuum issues • How the target mechanism will be mounted • A first set of engineering drawings have also been produced by Stephanie Yang
Outcomes • The diaphragm springs will most likely be replaced by ceramic bearings • The target will be mounted on a replacement for the current A frame to reduce vibrations transmitted to the beam pipe by the target • The possibility of replacing the inductive measurement system with an optical system is under investigation • The possibility of mounting the target using nested bellows with a gate valve which would allow the target to be completely removed from the beam in case of failure is being investigated
Status of Electronics • The electronics consists of two separate integrated circuits • Control logic • Current controller
Control Logic Position Decoder/Switching Sequencer OpticalIsolators Hex-Bridge Electronic 3 Phase Motor Switch (6 MOSFETS) Hall Switches (Position Sensors) ACTUATOR
Current Controller Active Current Control Position Decoder/Switching Sequencer PWM @ 19.5 kHz User Set Current (8-Bit Resolution) Current Transducer Hex-Bridge Electronic 3 Phase Motor Switch (6 MOSFETS)
Future Plans • To test this prototype circuitry with the actuator in order to ascertain its performance • Development of a quadrature position sensing system (to replace the hall switches) – This will allow greater control of the switching due to improved position information. • To develop an interface that will allow the electronics to be controlled via a PC
Radiation Studies • Simulations of radiation levels have continued • These now include the geometry of the target mechanism • Radiation levels in the magnet are extremely high
Radiation studies Units : Grays/year/ Unit Density
Status of Readout • Problems with the readout board were experienced which caused jumps in the counts which were read out • After long correspondance with the company who provided the board, and returning the board for tests twice the problem has been resolved • The readout system will therefore be ready to be used with the new prototype when it arrives • Sheffield will have a summer student who will be working on this in the coming months
Test Beam Plans • There are plans to have the prototype ready for a test operation by December • This would involve intersecting a few ISIS beam pulses when the machine starts up in January • Measurements from the scintillators of the Glasgow group will hopefully allow us to gain a better understanding of how far into the beam we need to go and how the beam profile changes with distance
Backup plans • In parallel with the work described two ‘backup’ plans are being investigated in the background • The use of a lever to move the actuator away from the target • The use of a cam to provide the motion
Lever • Despite the hope that a lever would provide a mechanical advantage discussions with an engineer indicate that because of the low mass of the shuttle this is not possible • However the use of a lever would give the advantage of moving the electronics and magnets away from the radiation if this is necessary • The other advantage of this arrangement is that the target mechanism is isolated from the ISIS vacuum eliminating any possible problems of contamination
Cam • The idea of a cam has also been investigated in the background so that in the instance that the em design does not produce the accelerations required a backup plan is in place. This would be used in conjunction with a lever
Plans • Upcoming milestones: • Prototype should be assembled and ready for tests to begin mid July • Prototype should be sufficiently tested to put in the beam by Christmas • Data from beam tests should be used as input for final design
Conclusions • Work towards the prototype is progressing and we expect to start tests in the coming weeks • Several successful meetings with ISIS engineers have taken place and these have been extremely useful in progressing with the design • Exactly how far we need to go into the beam has significant implications for the design, so we should pin this number down as much as we can