Takashi Matsushita Imperial College T. Matsushita 1 Station 5

T. Matsushita 2 Contents Introduction Components Schedule Assembly plans QA development status Summary

T. Matsushita 3 Introduction Fifth station The first production version of tracker stations Finalise quality assurance and quality control procedures during assembly of the fifth station QA/QC procedures will be documented to initiate station production line Milestone Finish assembly of the fifth station this September Performance check Station performance, e.g. light-yield, efficiency, uniformity and dead- channels, will be checked with source scan

T. Matsushita 4 Components Scintillating fibre Purchased and delivered to FNAL New mold to make doublet-layers is ready Doublet-layers for the 5 th station will be ready in July Carbon-fibre station Ready at Liverpool Optical connectors on station To be prepared

T. Matsushita 5 Schedule We have schedule to finish the 5 th station this September

T. Matsushita 6 Assembly - sequence Sequence used to build prototype stations 1. Cut scintillating fibres, polish one end and apply Al mirror 2. Place scintillating fibres on mould with adhesive and teflon/mylar films to make a doublet-layer 3. Ship doublet-layers from FNAL to IC 4. Visual inspection of the doublet-layers for any damage caused in transit 5. Align the doublet-layers on a vacuum chuck 6. Bundle seven fibres with rubber sleeves (QA) 7. Thread the bundle into a station connector (QA) 8. Put the vacuum chuck on an assembly jig 9. Fix a carbon-fibre station to the assembly jig 10. Glue the doublet-layers to carbon-fibre station 11. Attach doublet-layers connectors to the carbon-fibre station 12. Cut the fibres 13. Pot the fibres 14. Polish the fibres

T. Matsushita 7 Assembly - tools Tools for station assembly and QA are ready/being developed Carbon-fibre station holder Bundling Comb - QA Connectorisation bridge - QA Vacuum chuck Alignment jig Station holder on Alignment jigVacuum chuck with comb

T. Matsushita 8 Assembly - doublet-layer alignment The first step is to align a doublet-layer onto the vacuum chuck Doublet-layer aligned with respect to vacuum chuck, ~100  m over ~30cm, 0.03  rad tilt 1000  m Reference fibre

T. Matsushita 9 Assembly - fibre bundling I Starting from the centre fibre, bundles of seven fibres are placed in the groove of the comb Centre fibre will be clearly marked at FNAL Channel 214 Channel 1 Channel 107 Channel 108 View from end of chuck looking at the connector end of the fibre ribbon Chuck with numbering for planes ‘V’ & ‘W’ Mylar Centre Fibre Comb to help bundling and quality assurance procedure Once double-layer is placed on the vacuum chuck, we start fibre bundling

T. Matsushita 10 Assembly - fibre bundling II Fibre bundling with comb under development Better to trim fibres to ease counting/recording of seven fibres held in a rubber sleeve => need to trim fibres without damaging them Different colouring of top and bottom fibres could help to identify correct seven fibres during bundling => possibility to be checked Bundles of seven fibres held together with rubber sleeve, placed in grooves Groove cover to prevent tangled fibres

T. Matsushita 11 Assembly - fibre bundling III Fibre scan with LED as a QA procedure under development, in order to check correct bundling The top right picture taken with 370nm LED The movie taken with 400nm LED; attempt to check fibre sequence difficult to check; top fibre is bright and the bottom fibre is dark. Whenever the bottom layer is illuminated the top layer is illuminated. Prefere < 400nm LED; fibre degradation test with UV LED is planned Need to cover larger area with CCD to check cross-wiring between bundles in different grooves. At least three grooves to be covered.

T. Matsushita 12 Assembly - connector QA We had a problem of misalignment of the station connectors, which led to lower light yield from the 4 th station. For example, at the station connector C16, loss of light due to misalignment is estimated as ~16%. We will use QA gauge to ensure that the connectors have aligned holes. QA gauge

T. Matsushita x x Assembly - connectorisation Bundle is threaded into correct hole in a connector and placed on “bridge” QA ensures correct threading; procedure to be developed View ‘W’ 20 Way Bundles 1 – 20 To Bulkhead Connectors 1, 6, 11, 16 & 21 Station connector Viewed from the polished face. Internal light-guide connector viewed from rear or fibre entry side.

T. Matsushita 14 Assembly - final steps Put the vacuum chuck on an assembly jig Fix a carbon-fibre station to the assembly jig Glue doublet-layer to carbon-fibre station Connectors on “bridge” are attached to the correct position Cut fibres Pot fibres Cut fibres Polish fibres View of the station onto the polished face of the connector

T. Matsushita 15 Assembly - prototype

T. Matsushita 16 Summary We will build the fifth station with the improved assembly procedure which incorporates QA Components are ready/being prepared We have assembly sequence Developing QA procedures with “comb” and “bridge” Finalise QA procedures during assembly of the fifth station We will have the fifth station this autumn Station performance; light-yield, uniformity, dead-channel, will be checked with source