1. AFC Schedules and Status MICE MICO Meeting 12th October 2011 Tom Bradshaw John Cobb Wing Lau Matt Hills Elwyn Baynham Mike Courthold Victoria Bayliss

2. Introduction 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

3. Status of the project • Most components are in hand and assembly is proceeding • Welding of covers on bobbin nearly complete 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)

4. Suspension System Recent Progress and Status Parts look to be of good quality Current lead assemblies

5. 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

6. Schedules RAL tasks 2011/12 RAL tasks 2012/13

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