Subject: Raith Status Update
From: "arvind sundaramurthy" <arvisun@stanford.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:05:47 -0700
Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:05:47 -0700
The Raith went down yesterday evening. The user was not able to unload the stage. I
cleared all the software issues today with assistance from the Raith folks. I did a
hardware reset of the airlock controller and the stage controller.
It turns out that the small turbo pump that evacuates the loading chamber during the
load/unload procedure does not work anymore. The Raith system is sending a signal to
the pump to start but nothing happens after that. We may need to replace the pump.
The Raith personnel have promised to send someone to look into it and replace the pump
if necessary on Monday. I guess we have to wait until then.
The Raith would be down over the weekend and I will update its status on Monday.
arvind
The Raith went down yesterday evening. The user was
not able to unload the stage. I cleared all the software issues today
with assistance from the Raith folks. I did a hardware reset of the
airlock controller and the stage controller.
It turns out that the small turbo pump that
evacuates the loading chamber during the load/unload procedure does not work
anymore. The Raith system is sending a signal to the pump to start but nothing
happens after that. We may need to replace the pump.
The Raith personnel have promised to send someone
to look into it and replace the pump if necessary on Monday. I guess we have to
wait until then.
The Raith would be down over the weekend and I will
update its status on Monday.
arvind