Reports until 18:21, Wednesday 23 July 2014
H1 INS
matthew.heintze@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:21, Wednesday 23 July 2014 (12958)
HAM2/3 update

(Kate G, Jeremy B, Matt H)

Quick summary alog...more detailed one to come

HAM3

After Stuart gave both suspensions a clean bill of health (so we know that as of this morning they were good)..I locked the face stops of the intermediate and bottom mass so that Jeff B could start cleaning.

 

HAM2

ALL OPTICS HAVE FIRST CONTACT ON THEM. It was a Herculean effort today......especially by Kate, but we managed to get all four optics in HAM2 first contacted from start to finish today, including outer crusts painted and peek pull tabs. We did have to remove another baffle today (the one attached to the PR3 structure that is used to prevent the wire heating), so not quite ready for SEI to begin balancing yet. I need to put all the baffles, EQ stops, etc that have removed to allow FCing to be done back. But give Jeremy and I 1.5-2 hours to put it all back together and should have it ready.

 

I dont have the photos/details on particle counts, etc but in the near future hoprfully Kate or I will have some spare time to write about.