At line 2 added 2 lines. |
+ For some general remarks on cryogenic handling at the Neutron guide hall [see|http://lns00.psi.ch/sinqwiki/Wiki.jsp?page=CryogenicHandling]. |
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At line 3 added 1 line. |
+ This is normally done by a sample environment technician |
Line 18 was replaced by line 21 |
- * Increase the temperature of the heat exchanger to 100 K. |
+ * Increase the temperature of the heat exchanger to 100 K. (The better part of air will not condense at this temperature) |
Line 22 was replaced by lines 25-27 |
- * Pump down and flush again with He gas, then pump down to a pressure between 10 and 50 mbar. |
+ * Pump down and flush again with He gas. To remove all contaminants you should repeat this procedure an infinite number of times (at least 2x). |
+ * If you cannot reach 0 mbar (or -1 bar) on the mechanical gauges you might be faced with a leak into the sample chamber or with an offset on the gauge. |
+ * Pump down to a pressure between 10 and 50 mbar. |
Line 30 was replaced by line 35 |
- In SEA, this could be done by switching the needla valce control to automatic |
+ In SEA, this could be done by switching the needle valve control to automatic |
Line 37 was replaced by line 42 |
- for "flow set" should be optimized if not known form an earlier run. |
+ for "flow set" should be optimized if not known from an earlier run. |
At line 42 added 1 line. |
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Lines 44-45 were replaced by lines 50-51 |
- without He pump. As this is not recommended, it mentioned only for information, |
- and that it has to be made sure that the warm valve has to be closed always. |
+ without He pump. As this is not recommended, it is mentioned only for information. |
+ Make sure that the warm valve is always closed except for preparation. |
At line 54 added 15 lines. |
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+ !He Flow Schematics |
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+ [OrangeCryostatCooldownProcedure/NeedleValveControl.png] |
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+ !Automatic Cryostat Control and Monitoring |
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+ All our cryostats are monitored and controlled with [SEA|http://lns00.psi.ch/sinqwiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Sea].\\ |
+ All instruments are equipped with a temperature controller (Lakeshore 340) for the temperature control \\ |
+ and a cryostat control unit (CCU) for the control of pressures, levels and valves.\\ |
+ The CCU will only work with a correctly configured SEA instance. It can read the pressure in the Helium gas pumping line and set the needle valve accordingly.\\ |
+ It reads the analog output of AMI Helium level meters and serves as a level indicator for our 2 point liquid Nitrogen level meter.\\ |
+ The Unit is used to energize the electromagnetic valves involved in the automatic Nitrogen/Helium refill. |
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+ [CCU|CCU.png] |