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== Engineering ==
 
== Engineering ==
  
- Cathode foils: Roger got an answer from Advanced Circuits that they can't produce the cathode foils because of the big sizes. Roger is still waiting for an independent estimate from them. He submitted to the procurement answers of a second set of questions from them  
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- Cathode foils: Roger got an answer from Advanced Circuits that they can't produce the cathode foils because of the big sizes. Roger is still waiting for an independent estimate from them. He submitted to the procurement answers of a second set of questions from them regarding details of the attempts to find another source. Ross Small from the procurement states that "at this point approval of a sole source is not a sure thing" and he suggested advertising it in the FedBizOps site for 21 days. We discussed what are the pros and cons of such advertising. Pros: no longer sole source and it takes only 21 days. Cons: if some vendors decide to bid they have to prove they can do it and go through the same stages (first article production) as with allflex which will take a lot of time.
  
- A Rohacell ring was glued to test the procedure and the new templates and will be used for the first new design prototype. It will be laminated to the first article g10 ring (Bill expects it at the beginning of October, maybe earlier). Then we will laminate the PCBs (first article).
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- Some of the fixtures for the wire stringing wre made in the mash shop.
 
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David will bring the position measurement system from UVA on Friday (08/27). We will store it in 126. Eugene and Lubomir talked to Nilanga, who promised to work on the MOU with UVA.   
- There was prototyping also of the new design cathode grounding using conductive epoxy. It works except it requires a lot of epoxy which is expensive: $400 per cathode. Bill plans to try using conductive ink.
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- The two granite tables are at Blue Crab, but upside down, as they were transported in this way. Mark thinks a crane is not needed, just fork lift, to put them on the legs.  
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- David will bring the position measurement system from UVA on Friday (08/27). We will store it in 126. Eugene and Lubomir talked to Nilanga, who promised to work on the MOU with UVA.   
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== Full-scale prototype test  ==
 
== Full-scale prototype test  ==

Revision as of 18:36, 16 September 2010

September 16, 2010 FDC meeting

Tentative Agenda

  1. Production
    • Clean room update
  2. Electronics: update (Fernando)
  3. Engineering
    • Cathode foil: sole source procurement status (Roger)
    • Wire stringing: status and plans (Bill, David)
  4. Full-scale prototype
  5. Other