Minutes of feedthrough meeting of 3 July, 2001.
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Present: PB, Pof, GV, AD, ASD, FH, ML, RKK, MGF

*) Milestones

	- 11/12 boxes of Vacuum cables arrived from
	  FCI on Friday 29 June.  The 12th box arrived
	  today (Tuesday 3 July); 232 cables in all, thus
	  completing the FCI order.

	- The first HEC feedthrough was welded shut
	  last week; this is ft09.  Cold tests will
	  be performed this week.  The first Special
	  feedthrough has been pigtail cabled, and
	  will be completed once the next set of pincarriers
	  are welded into flanges, sheduled for Thursday
	  5 July.

	- 24 more pincarriers (12 of each kind) have been 
	  shipped from Glasseal on Friday 29 June.
	  Tom Muller informed me that Glasseal is now
	  producing 24 pincarriers per week.

*) Simon from King's Brothers visited the lab to answer some
   questions about shipping -

	- We should stick to shipping lots of four at
	  a time, by air freight

	- We should use foam between the four feedthrough
	  crates (held rigidly together by plywood at each
	  end) and the outer plywood shell.

	- Rough handling and tip indicators (visible on outside)
	  should be used, along with plenty of "Fragile" labels.

	- The shippers should be able to pick up our packages
	  with only ~48 hours notice.

	- We will investigate the possibility of using UVIC
	  insurance.

   Note the Chris Oram has pointed out since Simon's visit that
   there is no direct air freight to Geneva.  The likely routing
   would be Vancouver to Frankfurt by air, then Frankfurt to
   Geneva by truck.

*) Aboud would like Victoria to pay for the orbital welder
   rather than the orbital cutter as originally planned.
   This should not be a problem, but it must be made clear
   that Victoria is not responsible for the choice, purchase,
   or upkeep of the orbital welder to be purchased.

*) A few pictures should be taken next time a HEC feedthrough 
   has been vacuum cabled and subjected to the 90 degree rotation,
   paying specific attention to how the LV vacuum cables behave
   when rotated.

*) Leif Shaver of Arizona has requested a temporary loan of
   one of our pincarriers for some tests.  We have zero
   glasseal pincarriers that could be loaned out, but we
   do have four PCT pincarriers that are not currently in
   use.  Also, the pincarrier used in the TIS burst vessel
   (still at CERN and mounted on a flange) may still be of 
   use.  Leif will check with BNL also for the loan (where 
   he'll probably have better luck...).  If BNL has none to 
   loan, Margret will make sure that Leif gets one of our PCT 
   pincarriers or the TIS pincarrier.

Agenda for next week: (PB to chair)
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- Milestones
- Vacuum cable test progress
- Plans for the week
- Shipping crates for HEC feedthroughs
- AOB