WAO'98 Poster Abstract

   Maintenance at the AGS

 Peter F. Ingrassia
 Alternating Gradient Synchrotron Department
 Building 911A
 P.O. Box 5000
 Upton, NY 11973-5000

   The way maintenance is performed at the Alternating Gradient
   Synchrotron (AGS) has evolved during the history of the
   accelerator complex.  Not until the late 1980's did we adopt the
   "if it ain't broke don't fix it" model of doing maintenance. 
   Before the late 1980's maintenance was regularly scheduled.  The
   present corrective maintenance policy allows for maintenance
   periods that may last for hours or days.  Maintenance periods
   lasting more than a few hours are organized, in the Accelerator
   Division (AD), by the Maintenance Coordinator who reports to the
   Head of Operations, and in the Experimental Planning and Support
   (EP&S) Division, by the Group leader of the Technical Support
   Group who reports to the Head of the Experimental Area Group. 
   Failures are tracked using input from Main Control Room (MCR)
   Operators who use an in- house generated application to add
   information to a database.  Failure statistics, as well as
   accelerator performance, are reported quarterly by the Head of the
   Main Control Room Group.  Failures of duration greater than one
   hour get special attention in that MCR Operators generate a Trouble
   Report that is tracked by division level managers that include the
   Chief Electrical and Mechanical engineers.  Work planning is 
   employed by both divisions (AD and EP&S) to ensure Environmental
   Safety and Health issues are considered for each task.  The poster
   "Maintenance at the AGS" will examine these and other issues in 
   greater detail.