APS Presenter and Contact: Steve Labuda (sfl@aps.anl.gov)

 How we do Maintenance at the Advanced Photon Source

 Steve Labuda
 Operations Group
 Accelerator Systems Division
 Advanced Photon Source
 Argonne National Laboratory
 9700 South Cass Avenue
 Argonne, IL 60439


 Abstract

 The Advanced Photon Source is a third generation X-ray source made up
 of four accelerators: a linac, an accumulation ring (PAR), a booster
 synchrotron and the Storage Ring. The operations group plays an active
 role in organizing and implementing accelerator maintenance plans. We
 will discuss: 

 o     Planning the maintenance to be done during scheduled
       multi-week maintenance periods
 
 o     The oversight of maintenance activities
       during the course of a run
 
 o     The logistics of fixing components that are preventing operation.
 
 
 We will discuss some of the tools that are used in organizing these
 activities, namely, the intranet based Work Request program, and the
 Fault Reporting Program.
 
 The operations group also gathers and reports on all operational
 statistics which are then used to direct maintenance activities.