Procedure to purge the helium line
If the helium lamp is not used for long time, or the chamber was opened, or there was a bake-out, we need to purge the helium line.
In order to do that we can use the primary/fore pump of the buffer. Here are the steps.
- Close all the pumping lines, SPIN, MONO, PREP, and two for the cryo pump
- Stop the turbo by pressing stop in the PCU pump controller
- Wait for turbo speed to slow down below 200 hz
- Start the pump
- Pump out the helium line by opening the valve
- Close the valve, and fill line with helium, and pump helium out
Repeat the process a few times.