Reports until 20:32, Saturday 07 December 2013
H1 SUS
betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - posted 20:32, Saturday 07 December 2013 (8875)
ETMy SUS progress - staging finally finished so SUS can work now

On Friday:

- Apollo finished staging the cleanrooms/garb/work tables/sticky mats, etc.

- Apollo did thorough cleaning of the cleanrooms/receivings/VEA.

- Travis and I staged the EQ needed to remove the lower structure (Ergo arm/pump/monitor box, scissor lift with 5-axis table, stool, tools, LSAT)

- We transported the new PUM, the new Test Mass, and an empty cake tin to Ex.

- Travis started staging the welding EQ - ran into a snag with missing chiller hose fittings (!)

- I started prepping the lower structure for removal (dropped the x-braces, vib absorbers, wedges, and most of the bolts holding the sleeve up).  There was a reason the procedures always called for SUS work to take place prior to TMS install.  Removing the LS with the TMS in place is a challenge.

 

It will take Angus, Travis, me, and Jeff or Andres all of Monday to get to the point where we are swapping in the new optics on Tuesday morning.  Slow as she goes.