Summary of NCSX System Integration Team (SIT) Meeting of Monday, November 21, 2005

1.    Management

• Hazard Awareness Training was attended by 9 ORNL/UT participants on Nov. 16.  Others interested in taking the course should contact Hutch.
• FY-06 funding update for NCSX. We expect $17.27M,  $15.57M to PPPL, $1.70M to ORNL. Of these totals, 3% may be held back by site offices or lab against a possible recission.
• Next Lehman Review will be May 9-10.
• The project is on the Office of Science watch list, so that they can monitor progress in MCWF deliveries and MC winding.  Pitonak or Makiel will brief SC on Dec. 14, and may contact us for input. Wayne
• October cost-performance report was reviewed.  Apparent variances in 1403, Modular Coil Final Design, and 1416, Modular Coil Type A&B Final Design may be partly due to mis-charging of work, including coil interface hardware design and MCWF Title III design, to these jobs.  Action: Brad determine how real the 1403 and 1416 variances are.
  

2.    Risks

• MC parts availability. (Larry)
  
  • Chill plates: drawings were issued last week. A requisition was approved and an RFP for 6 full sets is expected to be issued this week.
  • Cladding: an order has been placed. Delivery is expected to meet schedule needs, but price exceeds amount budgeted by a factor of ~2.
  • Tracking of needed drawings and parts orders.  Larry will review the BoM generated by Dave Williamson for completeness of the drawings and iterate with Dave as necessary.  Action: Larry.
    
• MC design cost & schedule risks. MCWF Title III may have significantly impacted the work during the past month. However, Type A cladding drawings are 75% complete.  Williamson commented in an afternoon meeting that there have been improvements in the process for generating cladding and chill plate drawings. Rushinski of PPPL will be re-assigned to Type A&B cladding & chill plate work to speed up drawing production.
• VV design & procurement risks: Requisition issued for cryostat interface flange (“horse collar”).  Assembly drawings for H&C manifolds and heater tapes are still being developed. These are needed for procurement.
• H&C tubes: a readily available catalog item will be used, so procurement lead time is no longer considered to be a risk. A prototype has been ordered for attachment heat transfer tests to resolve the performance  issues.
• Procurement process. Typically taking 90 days from requisition to delivery for parts procurements. We are not sure how the approval requirements are decided. Action: Ron look into it.
• Tracking of needed drawings and parts orders for VV.  The “-049” drawing, under development, identifies most of the parts needed for Station 1. The “-004” drawing shows the heater tapes. Currently these play the role of a BoM.
• MC quality conformance issues. (Wayne)
  
  • Cladding conformance issues: Procedure being modified to include an dimensional acceptance criteria and QC inspection. Metrology scan will be performed on the completed cladding surface instead of on the ground wrap.  Training in cladding installation is being conducted to ensure uniformity of key process  steps, e.g. bending, glue application.
  • Twisted Racetrack Coil:  Art Brooks is responsible for getting the sectioned coil measured and documented. Kevin Freudenberg completed analysis comparing temperature response to analytical results.  Strain gauge data is still being studied; masurements and predictions have not been reconciled. Action: Brad.
    
• A meeting will be scheduled with Wayne and Ron next week to finalize FY06 work schedule. Hutch
  

3.  Next SIT Meeting: Dec. 5

Summary by:
Hutch Neilson