Engineering Services Section

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The PCD Engineering Services Section (ESS) is comprised of three groups, Power Systems Coordination and Design, Fabrication Shop and Cable Shop. The section provides the support necessary to design, fabricate, install and document SLAC power systems, control systems and research projects.

The Coordination and Design group works closely with the Engineering staff to design everything from chassis and printed circuit boards to racks and welded structures. The design team creates documents for mechanical and electronic systems that comply with SLAC and industry design standards. Coordination of the work begins with board design and chassis fabrication to ensure the equipment is safe and maintainable as well as aesthetically pleasing. The installation effort consists of coding cables in the SLAC CAPTAR cable database, creating rack profiles, ordering connectors and cables, designing cable assemblies and creating job orders to assemble the system. Every stage of the installation is monitored for standards compliance and assistance is provided for the engineering testing phase, when required. University Technical Representative (UTR) for rack and power system installation and Electrical Equipment Inspection Program (EEIP) support are available.

The Fabrication Shop provides support for high quality prototype printed circuit board, chassis fabrication and chassis modification. Full turnkey support is provided from part acquisition through assembly and inspection. Fill out one Job Order and the staff will order the parts from the material lists and submit the requests for parts fabrication from the drawings. When the parts arrive the boards and chassis will be assembled quickly. For small number chassis builds, panel labels that meet stringent EEIP requirements can be created from a drawing or sketch. Older chassis receive a thorough steam cleaning and wiring is brought up to current SLAC standards. Quality Inspection and EEIP verification are available upon request.

The Cable Shop provides installation and repair support for the miles of cables and cabling systems installed on SLAC, build rack systems and create cable assemblies. With a Job Order the group can install cables as delicate as fiber optic or timed cable runs to cables hefty as 700 kcmil or water cooled bus, complete with terminations and tags. The group installs cable trays, wireways, electrical metallic tubing (emt), rigid metal conduit (rmc) and liquidtight flexible Metal Conduit (lfmc). Capabilities extend from small crimp and "idc" connections to 700 kcmil solder lugs and AMPACT connectors. Rack assembly or upgrades are provided with attention to safety and standards compliance and all metal parts bonded and grounded. All cable assemblies receive computer testing with conformance printout before delivery to save time during system checkout.