sPHENIX discussion of the superconducting solenoid

[fabbric <pasquale.fabbricatore AT ge.infn.it>]

Hi all.
In facts the valve box should have included transportation blocks
for supporting the inside components including  the current leads.
The blocks were removed at arrival at SLAC.

The current leads go through  two small vessels (one per lead)
containing LHe and then move into  into the vacuum vessel. This is a 
delicate coupling
vacuum sealed with stycast. It could be important these parts are well fixed
during transportation.

Now I am at home. Tomorrow morning I will look for some further information
about these blocks. In the meantime you can have a look inside the valve box
in a photo taken during the construction

Best regards
Pasquale

Il 29/07/2014 19:50, Kovach, Paul E ha scritto:
> Wes,
> I assume that your concern about the current leads means that you guys didn't 
> add any supports when you disassembled the magnet. If this is true then I 
> guess I'll  have to scramble to come up with something before we can crate 
> the valve box for shipment. I modeled most of the valve box from the original 
> drawings, but I know that there is a bunch of stuff that doesn't show on the 
> drawings. If I have to design some supports I'll need some descent photos of 
> the bottom of the valve box if they are to have any chance of fitting. This 
> long-distance engineering sucks. Any information that you guys can provide 
> would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
>
> Paul Kovach
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craddock, Wesley W. [mailto:wwc AT slac.stanford.edu]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 5:51 PM
> To: Haggerty, John; fabbric; Racine, Mike; Anerella, Michael D
> Cc: Kovach, Paul E; Wanderer, Peter; sphenix-magnet-l AT lists.bnl.gov; O'Brien, 
> Edward; Fouts, Ken; Wisniewski, William J.
> Subject: RE: Readiness to ship BaBar magnet
>
> John,
> I will attend your meeting this coming Wednesday.  Just a few thoughts and 
> questions.
>
> 1) Will you be presenting shipping loads by truck as compared to the original 
> C5 delivery?  If they are similar, I would suggest an analysis.
>
> 2)  What about your thermal shield axial restraint.  It looks better than, the foam 
> blocks that Mike Racine and I installed for moving the solenoid to End Station A.  
> However, the ends look "pointy".  What is the impact of point loads on the 
> shield.  I think you should do an analysis to verify that it is OK.  Although the 
> shield is thin, it still has some substantial weight.
>
> 3) As I mentioned before, I am concerned about the valve control box, 
> particularly the heavy current leads.
>
> Talk to you on Weds.
>
> Wes
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Haggerty [mailto:haggerty AT bnl.gov]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:47 AM
> To: fabbric; Craddock, Wesley W.; Racine, Mike; Anerella, Michael D
> Cc: Kovach, Paul E; Wanderer, Peter; sphenix-magnet-l AT lists.bnl.gov; O'Brien, 
> Edward
> Subject: Re: Readiness to ship BaBar magnet
>
> Pasquale, Wesley, and Mike,
>
> I have attached some slides from Paul Kovach about the work they've done in 
> the Superconducting Magnet Division about shipping the BaBar solenoid to BNL 
> which we plan to review this Wednesday, July 30.  Because you three have so 
> much experience and history with the solenoid, I would like your input on 
> whether the magnet is ready to ship here, and whether there are any 
> additional precautions we should take before we set a ship date.  I would ask 
> you to plan to summarize your findings, comments, and recommendations either 
> collectively or individually in email(s) to me afterward so we could consider 
> whether we should take any additional precautions.
>
> BNL is now paying for BlueJeans videoconferencing, which you should be able 
> to connect to without any special hardware or software (although you will 
> need a decent network connection).  If there are problems with the 
> connection, call or message me on skype (johnstonyb) and we'll move to that.  
> The meeting is
>
> 11am EDT
> 8am PDT
> 5pm CEST
>
> and I have the start a little bit earlier in case of connection problems; I 
> think the meeting will be about an hour or perhaps a little more.
>
> > BaBar Magnet Shipping Plan
> > Wednesday July 30, 2014 * 10:45 a.m. EDT / 2 hrs, 45 minutes
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> See or hear you on Wednesday.
>
> On 7/18/14, 1:18 AM, fabbric wrote:
> > John,
> > July 30th at 17:00 is fine with me.
> > I suppose we will use skype.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Pasquale
> >
> > Il 17/07/2014 20:59, John Haggerty ha scritto:
> > > Pasquale,
> > >
> > > I think I've touched base with everyone who should hear about this;
> > > Mike Anerella unfortunately is out the week of July 28, but Paul
> > > Kovach can do the presentation.
> > >
> > > Paul, if you can put some slides together by next Friday, July 25,
> > > that will let them think about it in advance.
> > >
> > > I suggest we try for sometime on Wednesday, July 30, and if something
> > > comes up, we can shift a day later.
> > >
> > > The time... difficult to accomodate all nine time zones; the best I
> > > can see would be 8am at SLAC, 11am at BNL, and 5pm in Italy. Would
> > > that work?
> > >
> > > On 7/16/14, 2:36 AM, fabbric wrote:
> > > > John,
> > > > the week of July 28 is fine to me.
> > > > In the other two weeks I will be in vacation.
> > > > However if you have material (slides, reports, ..), which can be
> > > > circulated I can read and comment in any case.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >
> > > > Pasquale
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > l 15/07/2014 16:12, John Haggerty ha scritto:
> > > > > Pasquale, Wesley, and Mike,
> > > > >
> > > > > I hope you're having a good summer--I'd like to see if we can
> > > > > interrupt it for a couple of hours for you to look at what my
> > > > > colleagues in the Magnet Division and I are envisioning for
> > > > > shipping the BaBar solenoid to Brookhaven.  We are hoping we can
> > > > > complete our arrangements in this fiscal year (i.e., to ship at
> > > > > least the solenoid itself before October 1), and I think we're on
> > > > > track for that, but I think we should take a step back and discuss
> > > > > our plans to make sure they make sense to you.  A recent science
> > > > > review of the project was quite positive, and we think we can
> > > > > proceed with the next steps in shipping and testing the magnet.
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course, finding a time in mid-summer to do that is always
> > > > > problematical.  We may have to resort to a doodle poll, but as a
> > > > > start, is there any time in the weeks of July 28, August 4, or
> > > > > August
> > > > > 11 that you could reserve around 2 hours for an engineering
> > > > > evaluation of our plans?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks very much in advance for your past, and hopefully future,
> > > > > willingness to help us with this.
>
> --
> John Haggerty
> email: haggerty AT bnl.gov
> cell: 631 741 3358


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