
AFC Schedules and Status MICE MICO Meeting 12th October 2011 Tom Bradshaw John Cobb Wing Lau Matt Hills Elwyn Baynham Mike Courthold Victoria Bayliss
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
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)
Suspension System Recent Progress and Status Parts look to be of good quality Current lead assemblies
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
Schedules RAL tasks 2011/12 RAL tasks 2012/13