Minutes of feedthrough meeting of 18 February, 2002.
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Present: Pof, FH, PB, RKK, WW, ASD

*) Milestones

	- ft25 final tests were completed.

	- ft27 cold tests were done, and passed.

	- ft28 was installed into the cold test station and
	  is ready for cold tests today (18 Feb).

	- testing of pincarriers continues...

*) Four feedthroughs are ready to be shipped my mid week, and
   four more feedthroughs should be ready to be shipped within
   a few days later.  All eight should be at CERN in time for 
   pof and Fiona to receive and test them.

*) Half the bolt rings and all RF seals and O-rings will be
   shipped to CERN so that they arrive while pof and Fiona
   are there to receive them.  The other half of the bolt
   rings will be shipped at a later date. 

*) 13 7-row and 27 8-row pincarriers arrived today (18 Feb),
   bringing us to a total of 263/275 7-row and 275/275 8-row
   pincarriers.  According to the accompanying paperwork, 
   Glasseal seems to believe there are no further 7-row
   pincarriers in back order, where in fact there should be
   twelve.  However, since we only require 220 pincarriers of
   each type to build 55 feedthroughs, we have 263-220=43
   spare 7-row pincarriers.  Although we've already consumed
   some of those spares, 43 should provide an ample safety
   margin to complete the project.  We therefore will probably
   not opt to press Glasseal for the remaining twelve 7-row
   pincarriers (provided they don't try to bill us...).

*) Pof has arranged for Bob Hackenburg to send us a sample of
   the RJ11/RTD connection that BNL has farmed out to an 
   outside specialty shop.  Hopefully we can learn how to 
   connect our RJ11's without having to resort to an out
   outside company. 

*) Latest news from Roy at CERN (dated 18 Feb):

     I heard from Aboud this morning that a leak was detected
     in the Cryostat when it was undergoing the cold test.
     This was "news" from Friday afternoon.  By tomorrow, it
     will have been warmed up, and then starts the tedious
     task of finding out what is actually leaking on the cold
     vessel. Seals? Bellows?.... a crack in the structure? So
     Paul, I guess you have more time than you need for F/T
     production!!

     Apparently, two options are being discussed: Accepting
     the Cryostat and doing any repair at CERN, BUT, we all
     know how long the Barrel leak is taking!!!! OR, leaving
     it at SIMIC until it is perfect. Any way you look at it,
     we have another delay.

     Cheers,   Roy

Agenda for next week
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- Milestones
- Manpower coverage while Pof and Fiona are at CERN
- Plans for the week
- AOB