At line 2 added 9 lines. |
+ It is highly recommended to use the automatic condensing scripts in SEA. |
+ Click on "sorbpump", when "readyforpump", make sure that the IVC is connected |
+ to a running turbo pump, and the valve and the IVC space is open. |
+ |
+ The automatic script is doing a sligthly different condensing procedure than |
+ described below. |
+ |
+ * If not yet done, the IVC has to be pumped. Do not do that before the sorb T |
+ is at 4K. |
Lines 6-25 were replaced by lines 15-19 |
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- * On the Variox or Magnet VTI, open the needle valve more than |
- usual in order to fill the pumping volume with some |
- amount of liquid helium. Put a "flow" of 20 mbar until the |
- 1 K pot temperature is stable below 3 K. Then close |
- the needle valve until a "flow" of about 10 mbar is reached |
- (this takes some time, as the pressure decreases only slowly). |
- Then regulate the valve at about 8 mbar. This value must not |
- be obeyed exactly. In principle, the best needle valve setting |
- is reached, when the 1 K pot temperature (not the VTI temperature!) |
- is minimal. Hours might be spend to optimize the |
- needle valve opening, a better idea is take somthing between 8 and |
- 10 mbar as a good starting point, and optimize later, if necessary. |
- It should be possible to achieve a 1 K pot temperature of |
- about 2 K with the Variox and about 2.5 K with the MA09. |
- However, when condensing the mixture, the 1 K pot temperature |
- might increase to 3 to 4 K for a short time, when pushing the |
- mixture quickly. |
- |
- * Open the 3 valves in the pumping line and the 2 valves in |
+ * Cool the VTI ("1 K pot" thermometer) to a temperature below 3 K. With the |
+ Variox 2 K may be reached, with MA09 about 2.5 K. |
+ Open the needle valve to get a pressure at the 65 m3 |
+ pump of about 12 mbar. |
+ * Open the valves in the pumping line and in |
Line 27 was replaced by line 21 |
- * Open the green valve marked "out" below the dump. The dump is the |
+ * Open the green valves marked "out" and "in" on the dump. The dump is the |
Lines 30-34 were replaced by lines 24-30 |
- RAISE). |
- * Open valve 9 (while pressing on the valve button, press |
- RAISE). |
- * The reading on G2 is proportional to the amout of mixture in the |
- dump. It should read something around 660 mbar. |
+ RAISE). |
+ * Make sure that the heater on the mixing chamber is off and that |
+ the setpoint is zero. Switch off the still heater also. |
+ * Open valve 9 (while pressing on the valve button, press |
+ RAISE). |
+ * The reading on G2 is proportional to the amount of mixture in the |
+ dump. It should read something around 660(DIL1) or 400(DIL2) mbar. |
Lines 37-47 were replaced by lines 33-48 |
- * Open a little valve 12A (4.0 % to start). |
- * While the pressure reading on G1 should always be below about 400 mbar, |
- Valve 12A can bae opened gradually, and opened completely, when the |
- reading on G2 drops below 350 mbar. |
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- * After some time (about 30 min when using the Variox) the pressure on |
- G1 falls below 150 mbar, and it is time to pump out the dump: close |
- valve 9, and open valve 14 for a short time (close it when P1 raises |
- above 50 mbar). As soon as the pressure on P1 drops down, you might open |
- and close valve 14 again, but make sure that the pressure on G1 does |
- not increase above 350 mbar. |
+ * Open valve 13A |
+ * Open V12A a little (4 %) to allow the mixture pass the trap slowly. |
+ * When the pressure reading on G1 stabilizes or decreases, open valve 12A |
+ completely. |
+ * During condensation, the 1 K pot temperature might raise to more than 3 K, |
+ especially when the pressure on G1 is high. Adjusting the needle valve |
+ is only necessary, when this temperature get too high and prevents |
+ the condensation to progress. |
+ * After some time (depends on the temperature of the mix. chamber) |
+ the mixing chamber should reach about 1 K, and then |
+ the pressure on G1 stabilizes at a low value. |
+ Now you may start to pump out the dump: close valve 9, |
+ and open valve 14 for a short time |
+ (close it when P1 raises above 50 mbar). |
+ As soon as the pressure on P1 drops down, you might open |
+ and close valve 14 again. Do that several times. |
Line 49 was replaced by line 50 |
- raise above 50 mbar. Leave the valve open until the P1 drops below 0.1. |
+ raise above 50 mbar. Leave the valve open until P1 drops below 1. |
Removed line 55 |
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Lines 57-58 were replaced by lines 57-58 |
- the flow on the condenser line might falls below 100 (black display below |
- the valve panel). |
+ the flow on the condenser line might fall below 100 (black display below |
+ the valve panel, on DIL1 only). |
At line 60 added 2 lines. |
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+ [DIL1/igh.png] |