Subject: FW: TAKENAKA
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:34:14 -0600
From: "Rood, Omar" <Omar.Rood@mts.com>
To: "Larson, Rod" <Rod.Larson@mts.com>

Rod,
I need you to look at my answers to items 3,5 and 6 in Fuku's e-mail.
Thanks
Omar

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rood, Omar
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 9:31 AM
> To:   Imafuku, Nobuhiro; Larson, Rod; Ito, Masayuki
> Cc:   Petersen, Don; Smith, Jim; Otsuka, Yutaka
> Subject:      RE: TAKENAKA
>
> Hello Fuku,
>
> I tried call yur house and also your mobile at 10 pm your time, no
> answer?
>
> 1.  A.  Sorry about the big trouble with the hoses.
>      B.  I will have Don Petersen order and ship new hoses but we can
> not get the hoses to Takenaka in time for their first tests, it would
> take almost 1 month to get new hoses made and shipped to Takenaka.
>       C.I think you can make the existing hoses work if you have 2
> each 2 inch return hoses to extend the return hose lengths.  Is that
> correct?
>  Dohnen has many 2 inch hoses with connectors.  Ito-san will know if
> Dr. Horikiri would let us use 2 of his hoses for one month.
>
> 2.  The delta p cells (with parts) left here 6 January for 2 day
> shipment to you at MTS-J.  They arrived DHL Japan facility Tuesday,
> Jan 11, but were sent to the wrong facility, as of 06:27 11 January,
> they were sent to the correct facility.  Airway bill number is
> 9105938343.  My guess is you will have the parts tomorrow.
>
> 3.  A.  Rod is working on getting the structural software.  You do
> know that the standard software had a problem.  I have heard that the
> software problem has been corrected, but I do not know if the new
> software is available for shipment yet.
>     B.  There is no remote control Pod (?, I think you mean remote
> control station?)  in the BOM.     These are expensive, many, in fact
> most, structural shipments do not have those, why is it now included
> in the Takenaka job?
>
> 4.  N/A
>
> 5.  I will ask Rod to answer.  I understood that the controller had no
> problem when here at MTS.  I would be surprised if we had to replace
> the backplane.
>
> 6.  Rod says no ground is usually not a problem.  I did have a problem
> in Dalian, it turned out the console wiring ground was not good so
> there was a voltage difference of 50 volts beween the console ground
> and the actuator.  Personally, I prefer to always have an actuator
> ground.  It is cheapest if you just buy wire and connecting lugs in
> Japan and install the grounds.
>
> Regards
> Omar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Imafuku, Nobuhiro
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 5:12 AM
> To:   Rood, Omar; Larson, Rod
> Subject:      TAKENAKA
>
>     Hello, OMAR and ROD san.
>
> 1.    We have a big trouble on 100 ton actuator hoses. Drawing shows
> pressure port is another HSM side and return port is HSM side. But,
> actually, pressure port is HSM side and return port is HSM side (Servo
> valve block is under actuator position). Temporally, I use two HSM to
> connect hoses (two pressure & return hoses and one pilot pressure &
> return hose). But, it is impossible to connect all four hoses (- 32
> pressure & return hoses). Please check hose connection drawing and
> reply your comment by return.
> 2.    When did you send delta P cell and rest of all parts ? I check
> this morning but we still do not have any invoice for this shipment.
> 3.    When will you send TestStar IIs software and remote control POD
> ?
> 4.    50 ton actuator installation is no trouble and system works
> fine. We are waiting delta P cell to tune system now.
> 5.    100 ton actuator control system has a little problem.
> Communication line is sometimes lost and we get error message when we
> execute 469DU software. YUTAKA tells me it is something wrong at
> TestStar IIs controller backplane. Probably we will have to replace
> backplane in worst case.
> 6.    We do NOT have any ground cable for both actuators. Is this OK
> for system ?
>
> REGARDS    FUKU
>
