Feedthrough Meeting 27/06/97

present:  P. Birney, T. Hodges, R. Langstaff, M. Lefebvre,
          P. Poffenberger

- News from BNL
  Terry talked to David Rahm.
  - They have received 20 pin carriers (out of the 54 ordered)
    and one was found to leak.  The failure occured after 3 
    cold cycles, and is composed of many leaks, not just one
    pin.
    We should expect to be billed early.  BNL has no money, so
    they are keen for us to pay our 20 pin carriers early.
  - Bellows are late a few weeks.
  - Terry has been in contact with Morley O'Neill at CRPP 
    concerning the machining of the flanges.  There seems to be
    no problem in getting the material certified.
    But David Rahm realised that holes needed to manipulate the 
    flanges were not included in the drawings.  Rahm to 
    communicate directly with Morley on this issue, which will
    delay the delivery of the flanges to BNL.
  - Terry mentioned that he had performed FEA analysis of the
    temperature of the flange+pins with the heating resistors
    on.  Looks like all the pins can be kept above 15C for
    heaters slightly over room temperature.
  
- Pof on RGA based leak tester parts
  Pof presented an update of the design of the RGA leak tester.
  Costing of all parts is well advanced.  
  Pof to produce in an email
    - a list of parts (with cost) that should be ordered now
      to get started (RGA and one leak tester);
    - a list of the remaining parts that can be ordered as soon
      as I get a green light from the MOU (we have practically
      committed all the $103k that we have been alocated before
      the MOU is signed: Bob Orr expects this to go ahead before
      July 18th). 
    - a quote plus info for the Leybold dry leak tester.

- Paul on testing ideas
  Paul presented (great) ideas on the various testing setups that 
  we will need.  Michel will make sure Paul's sketches are 
  distributed next week to get people thinking.

- Schedule discussions
  Michel sought inputs on scheduling issue for the project.
  Very useful comments were made by Roy, as well as all the others!
  Michel will do his best to include these ideas in a first rough 
  draft of a project planning.
  In particular,
      by late October, all drawings in hand and understood;
      before Xmax, produce various parts in house 
      before Xmas, contacting companies for 
         the manufacturing of the flanges
         the manufacturing of the funnel
         welding
      February 98, tendering for these parts
  Michel to contact Paul next week to come up with a plan for the
  test setups (they need to be operational by July 1st 1998).

Note added:

  Terry and Michel met with George Smith and George Stenning of
Purchasing Services.  They now know who we are and what we are
up to.  It was an enjoyable an very useful meeting.  Things will
be setup with regards to tax exemption for re-export.  
We can go ahead with the pigtail order to Orsay, Michel to request
a quote from Orsay [done] and the rest is straightforward.
Smith to find out about the exact rules for tax exemption (C. Oram
did mention to us that some items USED to produce parts for export
could fall into this category).  It was mentioned that they may
wish to contact S. reeves at TRIUMF for info.