Reports until 17:19, Monday 29 June 2015
LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:19, Monday 29 June 2015 (19367)
HAM6 doors etc.
Gerardo, Bubba, Kyle 

Installed HAM6 East and South Doors 

***Noticed many scratches on HAM6 East Door chamber flange - yes, where the door O-rings contact -> This is due to the fact that spring clamps have been used to secure the soft-covers to prevent the purge-air from blowing them off as is the norm but, unlike the normal case, for this flange, the O-rings are located in grooves on the door instead of the chamber.  As such, the O-ring protectors are on the door and not the chamber.  So, the spring clamps clamp against the machined sealing surface of the chamber flange and only the C3 fabric acts as a barrier between the steel clamps and the steel flange and scratching is inevitable.  Let us not do this again!  In the future, O-ring protectors should be installed on the chamber flange in addition to the door flange for this special case.  


Kyle, Gerardo 

Connected pump carts to HAM5 and HAM6 annulus pump ports -> Began pumping annuli(?) -> Will pump HAM6 tomorrow.