MICE Phone Meeting 26 October Status report of Waveguides for Station5 Hideyuki Sakamoto Contents Review of production process Present status Plans

MICE Phone Meeting 26 October Review of production process 1.Cut 2.Assembly with testing cookie 1.All connectors are set in fiber bundle ( including internal&external ) 2.Mapping is completed at this step. 3.Polish 4.1 st transmission test 5.Cutting testing cookie away 6.Glueing and making internal.& external. separately. 7.Polish 8.2 nd transmission test 9.Shipping to FNAL toward final polishing. -> Imperial College.

MICE Phone Meeting 26 October Status at step 2 … D0 connector Testing cookie Elastic bands Station connector External region Internal region Table

MICE Phone Meeting 26 October Present Status ~ From discussions with Goto san (G-tech Ltd.) ~ Q. “ How is status of cutting fibers? ” A. “ In the middle of cutting. We are waiting for remaining connectors ” Q. “ How long does it take to finish making the modules(5 in total)? ” A. “ About 1 week for the first module, and another 2 weeks to complete. Q. “ How is the production process planed? ” A. “ I think it will work. It should be checked after making first module. ”

MICE Phone Meeting 26 October Plans Station connector (MICE connector) from Geoff will arrive at G-Tech: 31 October (Tuesday) All connectors will arrive at G-Tech: Beginning of November? Assembly with testing cookie: Transmission test: –Now, takatomi is confirming final result of the way of the test. Place to be tested is now G-Tech or Osaka Univ.? First module will complete : Middle of November? Production assessment test : –Checking the stress on fibers by eye or by hand & damage (crack) from the result Of transmission test. Completing the remaining modules ( 4 modules ) : End of November? ~1 week ~2 weeks