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Toolings (OBWBP)

Maintainer: Matthias Saimpert

🧭 Overview

The last dedicated quad assembly meeting is available here:
👉 Indico Event #1572095

This section gathers some details about the recent and on-going orders of production tools for the outer barrel wirebond protection assembly. It includes some links to follow-up the most recent orders and latest timeline projections.

🔄 In Progress

🛠️ 1st Production Tooling Order (design validation)

15 single-module tools & 2 single-cell tools

  • Machining: company, followed by Diego
    • received at CERN on July 10th
  • Stencil: company, followed by Matthias/Milou
  • Commercial parts (screws, etc): followed by Wolfgang
    • 🆕 MISUMI order will be at CERN on Aug. 1st, Milou Van Rijnbach kindly accepted to take care of the splitting and shipments
    • other parts (already at CERN) will be split and handled by Wolfgang Wagner
  • Metrology: EP-EN (CERN), followed by Diego
    • parts for 2 tools done, ETA (remaining): Aug. 6th
  • Assembly: LPNHE (France) + ?, followed by Matthias/Francesco

🛠️ 2nd Production Tooling Order (final order)

47 single-module tools & 3 single-cell tools

  • Machining: 3 companies identified, quote requests will start soon, followed by Wolfgang
    • mention some parts may change (design validation not yet complete)
    • ask separate quotes for machining + metrology and machining alone
  • Stencil: order on hold until design validation complete
  • Commercial parts (screws, etc): order on hold until design validation complete
  • Metrology: to be decided
    • EP-EN (CERN), need to ask Diego, followed by Matthias
    • Zaragoza, followed by Pablo
  • Assembly: LPNHE (France) + ?
    • actively searching for another institute, followed by Matthias/Milou

🕐 Current timeline (optimistic)

  • Design validation: early Sept 2025
  • All tools from first order distributed: October 2025
  • 2nd order of the machined parts done: October 2025
  • All parts from second order ready: March 2026
  • All parts passed metrology and are assembled: June 2026
  • All tools distributed to sites: July 2026

Aknowledgements

  • Big thanks to all the people involved and helping!
    • Will benefit from more help
    • Please contact Milou and me if you are interested
Last update: 2025-07-24