THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 1 UCB, May 2, 2005 THEMIS Instrument Suite Thermal Vac Test Rick Sterling University of California, Berkeley

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 2 UCB, May 2, 2005 Thermal Vac Test Summary Six cycles Operating cold plateau: -40C Operating hot plateau: +55C Doing P1 Suite alone; subsequent suites in pairs: P2, P3 then P4,P5.

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 3 UCB, May 2, 2005 Instrument Suite on Platform

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 4 UCB, May 2, 2005 UCB/SSL Room 20 TVAC Tank Vacuum Tank formerly used for Calibration (EUVE, ORFEUS, CHIPS) Thermal System added for THEMIS TVAC

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 5 UCB, May 2, 2005 Tank –Inside Class 100,000 Clean Room –8’ Diameter X 15’ Deep –2 THEMIS Instruments Suites Fit Inside Vacuum System –Scroll Pump Rough Pump –Cryo High Vacuum Pump –Pumps Recently Refurbished –Base Pressure: Torr TQCM –Faraday Labs Instrument and Controller Installed – Hz/Hr Baseline (Empty Tank, Thermal system at 60 C) Thermal System –Thermally controlled Baseplate and Box Shroud Liquid Nitrogen Cooling Lines Power Resistor Heating Elements –Computer Control Watlow Anafaze MLS300 Controller 16 Channels Data Capture AnaWin2 Software for thermal profiles –Separate Overtemp Alarm with Shut-Down Control Temperature Range –-130 C to +95 C Status –Tank Ready for THEMIS Suite Testing Room 20 Tank Specifications

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 6 UCB, May 2, 2005 B20 CLEAN ROOM READY FOR INSTRUMENT SUITE

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 7 UCB, May 2, 2005 Carrier for Themis Instrument Suites

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 8 UCB, May 2, 2005 CHAMBER FEEDTHROUGHS

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 9 UCB, May 2, 2005 Clean Room Features 100K Class Nitrogen gas purging Continuous oxygen monitoring Temperature and Humidity Monitoring ESD Compliance Certified Crane/hoist Controlled Access Staff Training

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 10 UCB, May 2, 2005 F1 Suite TVAC will use F2 AXBs since F1 AXBs need to be delivered to Swales before the F1 Suite TVAC test date.

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 11 UCB, May 2, 2005 CPT LPT FGM 1 st Motion T1 T1 = T T2 TT SCM 1 st Motion T2 =

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 12 UCB, May 2, 2005 OVERVIEW OF HARNESSING THROUGH TV CHAMBER

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 13 UCB, May 2, 2005 GSE FOR INSTRUMENT SUITE T-V Harnesses (power and data) Special harnesses for EFI Boom motor simulators Power supplies NIOS board for interface RS422 to ethernet GSE computer displaying all relevant data and housekeeping

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 14 UCB, May 2, 2005 INSTRUMENT AND FACILITY MONITORING ON 24-7 BASIS SUPPLEMENTED BY REMOTE INSTRUMENT MONITORING ASSISTANCE / SUPPORT AVAILABLE AS NEEDED STAFFING

THEMIS Instrument Suite PERSuite T-V- 15 UCB, May 2, 2005 DOCUMENTATION Instrument Suite Thermal Vacuum Procedure Includes: Pre-test checks and verifications Physical setup and suite installation Step by step operations Vacuum requirements Thermal requirements CPT, LPT, special procedures Responsibilities