BE-BI camera projects

HS, SB, EBMarch 2015

outline

• New digital cameras• New rad-hard cameras (vidicon replacement)

New digital cameras(1/2)

• BE-BI has some 100 cameras installed, which need regular replacement. So far products have been bought from the consumer market.

• Problem: Short lifetime of products…every new procurement needs a new integration into the controls infrastructure

• Proposal: Design our own camera based on long term available camera chips, define interface to control system, have cameras designed and produced by collaboration partner/industry.

• Specifications in separate file

New digital cameras(2/2)

• So far done: Contact with KT group and FI departmentoutcome: Follow procedure for industrial procurement, i.e. market survey, tendering, FC….

• Proposal: Suggest development part to a partner institute, which shares the same worry…..do the development in collaboration up to a prototype (year 2016).Then launch MS etc. for industrial production of 100 pieces

• If by April 2015 no development partner institute is found, launch MS for development and production.

Vidicon replacement (1/2)

• Replacement of the rad-hard video systems needed: Vidicon tubes are no longer produced

• CERN has still a stock for some time, but action is needed now.• So far no (European) industrial supplier found that offers a

replacement tube (at a reasonable price).• Recent contacts to a Russian provider; contact through Samara Space University.

This Russian industry partner has similar products, but the size of the tube is different (30% smaller) ,the electrical interface is different and the scanning of the beam in the tube is based on a different principle….hence a new camera design is needed.

• There is an American provider with some rest stock of vidicon tubes

Vidicon replacement (2/2)

• Suggested action list:- Stephane buys “immediately” a significant stock of remaining tubes from the US provider…for 100 kCHF(the total available budget is 300k from consolidation)

- we invite an expert from the Russian contact to CERN in order to explore the possibility of a complete outsourcing of new camera development plus long term delivery of tubes.

- we still investigate possibilities for European suppliers:meeting with Mirion Technologies next week