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H2 SUS
betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - posted 22:57, Thursday 22 September 2011 - last comment - 07:36, Tuesday 27 September 2011(1449)
LASTI PUM S4 Prism Glued
Gerardo and I glued the first sapphire prism to the LASTI PUM mass which is intended to be used in an H2 one-arm QUAD in the near future.  (Note, the ears were bonded to this mass at the on 8/31/11.)  All went well, and heat lamp curing is proceeding until tomorrow.  After 2 hours of heat-lamp heating, we used the FLIR thermo camera to see if we could "see" what temp the glass/glue joint was at.  This was difficult to see as there is a lot of fixturing around the bond to hold the prism in place during the first 12 hours of curing, but it seemed that the glass on the flat was running around 33 deg C, with the PEEK prism holder running at ~38 deg C.  Ideal EP30 curing temp is a minimum of 40 deg C.  We adjusted the lamp and hope it continues to rise in temp.
Prism s/n 11 was glued to flat s4 (see picture).
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betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - 07:36, Tuesday 27 September 2011 (1470)
Actually, s/n 12 was used, not 11.