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Straw Tubes and Hall D

Zebulun Krahn
Carnegie Mellon University

Advisor: Curtis Meyer


Technician: Gary Wilkin
GlueX Collaboration Meeting
December 11-13, 2003
Outline of the Talk

• Work Done to Date

 Gas simulations, endplate production, etc

• Current Work

 Straws, feed-through system, glue tests, stringing

• Future Plans

 Electronics, DAQ, prototype testing…


Built Gas Mixing System

Matches JLAB equipment

Can mix up to three gases

Completed June ‘02


Garfield Gas Simulations

Lorentz Angle vs. Drift Time


Note 62 -Completed Nov. ‘02
Studies of BNL Chamber

Studied performance of chamber with cosmics and Ru106


•Studied coincidence
between tubes
•Studied position
dependence
•Dissection to analyze
construction methods

Completed Dec. ’02


Note 54
Note: Very Leaky!
Prototype Endplates
¼ endplates machined
+ checked at JLAB

Straight and Stereo layers

2-3 man months set-up and machining

Completed June ‘03 Note 61

Final Accomplishment: Successfully closed out a JLAB R+D account


Current Work

Goal: Build a prototype full scale ¼ chamber at CMU

Since May of ‘03


Issues with Straw Tubes
Straw Tube vendors
• Vendors differ widely in price and service

• On preliminary order, as many as ¾ of the tubes, not usable

• Shipping of Tubes

How do you cut a 4 mil walled


straw tube?

12,000RPM with a 10 mil blade


Issues with Straw Tube Chambers

They leak!

• Look for design that allows for gas-tight system

• Determine methods of containing leaks that do exist

• System design and product testing

 Epoxy testing
Epoxy Testing Pressure Gauges

Two important criteria:

• Gas-tight seal
• Electrical conductivity
Used a known non-conductive epoxy
as baseline: 3M Scotch-Weld 2216

Two candidates, to date might use


both Resin-Tech TIGA 920-H
Tra-Con 2907
Held 2.5 PSI for several weeks
Fill Valve
Feed-Through System
Two main components:

• Donuts

 Inserted in end of straw tube


Tube

Hole and V-notch allow injection


of epoxy
Feed-Through System II

• Feed-Through

 Inserted through
endplate and
captures donut

 Chamfer allows
space for glue
Gas Flow System
Towards Gas-Tight goal
• Learned a lot from BNL chamber – minimize leaks
• Plenum Design
Gas Seal

 Plexiglas
plenum covers

 Stand-offs

 Electronics? Gas Seal


Stringing Method
Axle system for stringing

• Whole chamber rotates on axis


 Hook + Swivel

 Ball Joint + Base Plate

• Tension cables prevent bowing

Note: We are building


stringing apparatus for actual
full size chamber!
Sliding Collars

Allow for capture of inner radius of endplates

Lower collar bolted to


axle for strength

Upper collar allowed to


slide capture, set screwed in
Hook + Swivel Joint

Steel plug inserted into aluminum axle

• Allows for use of crane/winch

 Mobility

• Allows for rotation of chamber

This steel plug will also be the anchor point for tension cable/rods
Ball Joint + Base Plate

Steel Plug inserted into aluminum axle

• Captures the bottom of axle

• Allows for rotation


and more!
 Stereo layers

Base Plate will bolt to floor


The Axle

Specifications:
Limiting factor: ability to
• Length :10 feet machine the axle
• Radius: 5.5 inch OD

• Wall Thickness: ½ inch


• Weight: 93 lbs
• Maximal Deflection for
600lb chamber: 1.6 mm
Future Work

1. Actual Manufacture of required pieces


•Donuts, Feed-Throughs, sliding collars, ~50 tube prototype

2. Electronics:
• PC-Boards and Pre-Amps

3. Setting up DAQ

4. Upon completion of prototype, testing will be needed


Conclusion

• Work Done to Date

 Gas simulations, endplate production, etc

• Current Work

 Straws, feed-through system, glue tests, stringing

• Future Plans

 Electronics, DAQ, prototype testing…

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