TD ROC Status

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TD ROC Status

• TRD Status meeting 26.6.2006
• GSI

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News

• Dubna
• 16 more chambers sent to GSI, should arrive in
  Germany today. First transport by truck from
  Dubna.
• Oleg will come to GSI in July to test those
  chambers (HV test, leak test on some, full test
  on 1 chamber).
• 3 chambers with large leaks working on it.
• Production stopped, due to lack of materials
  last transport left GSI 5 weeks ago, not arrived
  yet.
• Bucharest
• Some panels seem to be less flat than 200um
  (lt250 um). Will compare with measurement
  protocol from production.

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News cont.

• Frankfurt
• Production bottleneck Testing (Step motor
  problems, Orbishpere problems).
• Humidity in Lab approaching 60 RH Waiting for
  dehumidifier.
• Heidelberg
• Chamber testing backlog due to Dubna/Bucharest
  chambers being tested
• 1 Bucharest chamber seems to have unconnected
  anode wire Bucharest people will repair.
• Chamber building regularly disrupted by SM
  production, CERN visits (with my technicians) and
  health problems.
• Profile production disrupted, by Cooling profile
  production no L-profiles produced in last 3
  weeks until End of July.
• Front profile production stopped by LV patchpanel
  production.

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News III

• GSI
• Unconnected anode wires discovered after
  collimation of x-ray tube was increased.
• Collecting Info from
• all labs.
• Possibly require fine
• granularity for
• chamber testing

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Production Status

• production rate since last status meeting
  increased 6 chambers/week (raw production
  rate w/o testing).
• Only tested chambers 4 chambers/week.

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Christian Lippman (1/2006) Garfield simulation
of unconnected wires
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