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gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:06, Monday 15 December 2025 - last comment - 20:03, Monday 15 December 2025(88528)
HAM1 is Vented and Doors are Off

(Jordan, Travis, Randy, Jim, Tyler, Gerardo)

Volume for HAM1 was vented this morning, no issues encountered during the process.  HAM1 ion pump was isolated before the vent.

Annulus system for both HAM1 and HAM2 was vented with nitrogen gas, both ion pumps were turned off before the annulus system was vented.

Bolts were removed for both doors, we left 4 bolts on each door and then broke for lunch.

After lunch both doors were removed, -Y door had a stubborn O-ring, but we managed to place it back into its dove tail groove, good O-ring.  Similar issue for the +Y door, inner O-ring was stuck to the door and it just did not want to stay put, we used the O-ring protectors to persueade it to stay in the groove.

Jim locked the table, then with his help the septum viewport protectors were installed.

Jim and Mitch have the chamber now.

 

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travis.sadecki@LIGO.ORG - 20:03, Monday 15 December 2025 (88535)

Relevant particle counts and dew point prior to venting. 

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