booster l12/noker-l13/absorber update

BoosterL12/Noker-L13/Absorber Update

PIP Update TalkAugust 15, 2012Salah Chaurize

Current StatusL12 Noker Systems

• Tunnel Prep work 85% Complete• Two of three Noker kicker magnets have been rotated using

new magnet angle brackets and end plates. Third magnet will be rotated this week.

• Maintenance work in progress on kicker load resistors.• Charging resistor module need component fabrication.• L12 Noker power supply systems controls migration

completed and tested.• Working on timing/trigger module installation for Noker

Thyratron firing.• New Thyratron cabinet construction in progress.

Before After

Noker and MKS04 Racks

East Gallery Thyratron Cabinets

Load Resistors AndCharging Resistor Box

Rotated Magnet support plates.

Current StatusL13 Absorber Systems

• Tunnel prep work 90% Complete• Floor and wall marking to be laid out to show foot print of K

and L Blocks and wall shielding support section locations. • Small concrete blocks have been painted by AD Techs. • Machined Beam tube and liner components in hand at Meson

Assembly Building. Preassemble of components in progress. • V. Sidorov is refining design details for aisle side beam kick

configuration. • V. Sidorov is overseeing preassembly efforts by PPD Techs. So

far parts are going together as planned. Liner parts are heavy precision milled components.

Vacuum Liner

Vacuum Liner

Moving block support plates.

Moving block assembly parts

Preassembly process at MAB

Preassembly process at MAB

Preassembly process at MAB

Preassembly process at MAB

Booster Long 13

Illustration of Wall shielding and blocks in tunnel