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kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:56, Wednesday 21 August 2013 (7508)
Leaking joint on GV6 - update
Today I bagged GV6's gate annulus joint whose leak had been improved with the application of VacSeal around the flange seam a few weeks ago.  I partially evacuated the bagged joint using an aux. pump cart and observed a pressure response in PT124B, i.e. there is still a leak -> I removed the bag and applied VacSeal around the flange bolts as the thru holes that they route through provide a leak path -> We have not, as yet, applied VacSeal on the welded butt-joint which is in close proximity