• Procurement well under way, many pieces available already or expected soon
  • Vacuum acceptance tests: first QP tested (outgasses a lot since it is the standard design), bender was tested and accepted, zqna's were already tested before being stored 
  • Vacuum layout is 100% defined, to solve helium propagation probelem, two extra irises were added to the design, booster turbo pumps added to last two turbo pumps for better compression ratio
  • Installation planned for end of 2025, pending on availablity for all beamline equipments; 
  • Request for collecting vacuum signals required by users (PLCs, etc)
  • Still need to define where to place primary pumps