Reports until 16:38, Friday 26 June 2026
H1 SEI
jim.warner@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:38, Friday 26 June 2026 (90782)
BSC2 HEPI actuators reattached.

After getting IAS sign off from Keita, Betsy and Jason yesterday, Mitch and I went to BSC2 to start reattaching the actuators. We finished that this afternoon, according to dial indicators on the chamber we haven't moved from the locked position, but stops are still engaged. Actuators are valved in,  and I have set the alignment targets for HEPI to the current value. IPS readouts should be meaningful again for trends, just remember that they have been disconnected basically since the cartridge was pulled from the chamber, so doing alignment comparisons between before that time and now are pretty pointless. On Monday, I plan to unlock, look at lock/unlock offsets, then use the loops to servo to this locked position. If locked to unlocked shift is large, it may mean we will want to do another round of spring adjustments, but I should be able to do those from above, using the IPSs.