Lines 8-13 were replaced by lines 8-10 |
- It might be necessary to open the needle valve more than |
- usual in order to fill the pumping volume with some |
- amount of liquid helium. Be aware, if the amount of |
- liquid is too high, it might take hours to get a stable |
- flow. |
- * Open the 3 valves in the pumping line and the 2 valves in |
+ Open the needle valve to get a pressure at the 65 m3 |
+ pump of about 20 mbar. |
+ * Open the valves in the pumping line and in |
Line 19 was replaced by line 16 |
- * Open valve 9 (while pressing on the valve button, press |
+ * Open valve 9 (while pressing on the valve button, press |
Line 22 was replaced by line 19 |
- dump. It should read something around 660 mbar. |
+ dump. It should read something around 660(DIL1) or 400(DIL2) mbar. |
Lines 35-38 were replaced by lines 32-38 |
- * 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 |
+ * 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 |