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Hi Prashanth,
normally Thursdays at 2pm would be fine, but 10/17 is the Directors all 
hand meeting.
We also need to make sure Tim and Tonko can attend.

Flemming



On 2024-10-14 15:10, Shanmuganathan, Prashanth wrote:
> Hi Flemming,
> I bought up this in one of our ops meetings. From the meeting my
> understanding was this amount of time is sufficient. But, its better
> if we talk about this again. Shall we discuss this during the second
> part of the ops meeting coming Thursday at 2 pm?
> Thanks,
> Prashanth
>
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>
> From: videbaek <videbaek AT bnl.gov>
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2024 2:37:45 PM
> To: Shanmuganathan, Prashanth <Prashanth AT bnl.gov>; Tonko Ljubicic
> <tonko.ljubicic AT gmail.com>; Camarda, Timothy <tcamarda AT bnl.gov>; J.H.
> Lee <jhlee AT rcf.rhic.bnl.gov>
> Cc: Star-tpc L <Star-tpc-l AT lists.bnl.gov>; Ruan, Lijuan <ruan AT bnl.gov>
> Subject: Re: [[Star-ops-l] ] Shutdown Operations Meeting and Schedule
>
> Dear Prashanth,
> I think this amount of time for tpc maintenance needs to be discussed
> further. What you have is nominal 2 months, but with Thanksgiving and
> Christmas it is at least 2 weeks shorter. I suggest we have a meeting
> which includes Tonko, Tim, Alexi to discuss a more detailed planning.
> There was substantial damage to the electronics from the pp run that
> has
> to be addressed to have a successful Au-Au run
>
> best Flemming
>
> On 2024-10-14 14:15, Shanmuganathan, Prashanth wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >  I would like to start the shutdown operations meetings from
> Thursday,
> > October 17th at 2:00 PM, during our usual time. Please use the
> regular
> > STAR ops meeting coordinates provided below.
> >  The shutdown will officially begin at 8:00 AM on Monday, October
> > 21st. We will have Greg available for technical assistance
> throughout
> > the week of 21st, and Bob will assist with magnet water draining and
> > pole tip removal.
> >  Schedule of Operations:
> >
> >        *
> > On 21st, once the beam is dumped and the necessary pedestal runs are
> > completed, the shift crew will bring the detectors to APEX mode.
> >
> >        * The magnet will be ramped down, and Prashanth will remove
> the
> > magnet key.
> >        * Subsystem experts will safely shut down their respective
> equipment
> > for the extended shutdown.
> >
> >        *
> > After the magnet is ramped down, Greg will remove the ground straps
> > and barriers around the magnet. This task should take approximately
> > one hour.
> >        *
> > Akio will remove the BBC on Monday morning.
> >        *
> > The EPD crew will remove the EPD on Monday, with plans to finish
> > within the day. To accommodate this, we will perform tasks 2, 3, and
> 4
> > in parallel where feasible.
> >        *
> > Alexei will purge the TPC, TOF, MTD, and GMT subsystems. The shift
> > crew will remain on-site until Alexei provides clearance to dismiss.
> >        *
> > Prashanth and David will purge the sTGC gas system, aligned with the
> > TPC purge timeframe.
> >
> >        *
> > Tim will remove the sTGC ROB box from the west pole tip between
> > Monday(21st) and Wednesday(23rd). Prashanth removes sTGC HV cables.
> >        *
> > STSG and CAD MTechs will drain the magnet water and blow out the
> coils
> > on Wednesday(23rd). In the morning Jameela will coordinate with CAS
> > and water group to shutdown the magnet water.
> >        *
> > STSG and CAD MTechs will remove the east pole tip on Friday(25th)
> and
> > the west pole tip on Monday(28th).
> >        *
> > STSG and carpenters will install the east and west scaffolding on
> > Tuesday(29th).
> >
> >        * TPC/iTPC maintenance will begin on Wednesday, October 30th,
> and is
> > expected to continue until the first week of January.
> >        *
> > The shutdown is estimated to last 4 to 5 months, although this has
> not
> > been officially confirmed. If the shutdown is not significantly
> > extended, we will begin preparations for the next run in the second
> > week of January.
> >
> >  Please let me know if I have missed any items or any suggestions.
> >  Thanks,
> >  Prashanth
> >
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