Mainz 2017 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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MS: Fachverband Massenspektrometrie

MS 7: Poster

MS 7.11: Poster

Mittwoch, 8. März 2017, 17:00–19:00, P OG1

Control and automation of the AMS setup at the Cologne FN Tandem Accelerator — •Gereon Hackenberg, Alfred Dewald, Claus Feuerstein, Markus Schiffer, Richard Altenkirch, Claus Müller-Gatermann, and Susan Herb — Universität zu Köln, Institut für Kernphysik, Deutschland

For the new AMS setup at the Cologne FN Tandem Accelerator we designed a control and automation system, which allows a straightforward and easy operation of the currently more than 30 components. This includes the whole control of the ion source and many other components. All components are controlled by programmable logic controllers (PLC; Siemens SPS) and a few microcontrollers, which are driven by a LabVIEW program. The software can be operated via a graphical user interface or a linked control board mapping nearly all components. Additional features of the software enable to trace some indicators (e.g. beam current at cup) with respect to specific control elements. Correlations of parameters are also supported between control elements for automating them. They can be linked to other control elements using arbitrary functions, e.g. a lens can be operated in a linear dependency of an electrostatic analyzer. The control system supports batch-mode operation, which is commonly used in AMS measurements. This includes the automated handling of samples and data processing for online evaluation of measured signals.