I was able to view the cages and the building operation. There are 32 caged being built. They do appear to be smaller in diameter (maybe 7-8 inches vs the EST cages ? inches). They all need more finishing and welding. The spiders were being made while we were there. The spiders also seems a bit small. I will post pictures later.
We did inlet maintenance on the GC today. The gold seals were both fairly dirty and the inserts were very dirty. We attempted to clean the gold seals them with some success, but we won't really know until we reconnect the columns and put the inlets back together. It would be best to order two new gold seals I believe.
There is another nitrogen generator that we will use that has much less time on the filter and had an electrician connect it to the power conditioner to keep it running when power is poor.
I met with Hama and Baba today to discuss the project and the discrepancies with the inventory survey I did yesterday.
Tomorrow, I hope to put the inlets back together on the GC and re-install the columns. Also we should be re-plumb some of the gas tubing and insert traps for the N2 and He gases. After that we should have a better idea of contamination on the GC and the condition of the columns and/or detectors.
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Lucas,
This illustrated why I prefer the tube cages as compared with the canister cages. I suspect that you will have trouble loading the PSD onto the cages given that the cages and the spiders are smaller than the standard size. This is why I prefered the tube PSD. One the tube cage does not require that complicated spider also be manufactured. Two the tube design is more forgiving with tube lenght and size compared with the spider.
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