Feb 14 2024
From last time
- Plan A is the 16°/30° design. We are going to start the design/fabrication process to quickly get a practice part and go through all the steps.
- Alicia's GPT simulations of the injector with Max's distributions indicate all models from 15 to 18 degrees should be manageable. Higher Pierce angles (shorter focal lengths) give a large beam size in the first lens and give high transmission loss at apertures, but the latter is because everything has so far been simulated with the same lens strengths. Max and Alicia will continue this work to re-match the optics for each case to see if the whole system of gun + 1 or 2 lenses actually differs. These studies may identify a suitable Plan B geometry and tell us how much deviation from the nominal geometry can be tolerated.
- Meeting with Keith on Friday to get the ME design started.
- Presentation at the upcoming B-Team meeting (2/13/24) about the strategy followed to solve the R30-3 focusing problem. Carlos will make some brief introductory remarks; Max and Alicia will decide to divide the rest of the work as it makes sense.Presentation can be found here
Discussion
- ME design
- Keith Harding attended the meeting. He talked to Vince and both developed a plan to control the hole size as best as possible per design.
- Keith will send Vince a draft drawing with hole diameter 0.010" smaller than per design, with a 0.002" radius.
- The shop will make two samples
- One sample will get mechanically polished per our procedure using the tumbler and diamond paste
- The hole diameter will be measured in the un-polished, and polished sample and compared. This will tell us how much the hole diameter increases after polishing
- Produce final drawing
- Fabricate final design part + 1 spare
- Modeling and simulations
- Max and Carlos received the following message from Matt: "...check that your 16 degree electrode properly matches into the first solenoid set to a realistic value that puts a beam waist at the 15 degree dipole. Good news, we know what this solenoid setting is, we use it today".
- Max and Carlos received the following message from Matt: "...check that your 16 degree electrode properly matches into the first solenoid set to a realistic value that puts a beam waist at the 15 degree dipole. Good news, we know what this solenoid setting is, we use it today".
- Keith Harding attended the meeting. He talked to Vince and both developed a plan to control the hole size as best as possible per design.
Path forward, conclusions
- Wrapping up simulations and forecasting simulations after measuring final piece hole size and puck recess
- Discuss next steps in term of:
- Preparing/practicing polishing
- Machining a test piece
- Measuring holes size of test piece before and after polishing
- Implementing puck test on manufactured piece for measuring wafer plane gap