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J2476 - Cryogenic Distribution Box

Vice President Ed Bonnema Celebrates 30 Years of Employment at Meyer Tool

Welder Ed Kasper Celebrates 30 Years at Meyer Tool
On June 19, 2019, Meyer Tool & Manufacturing completed fabrication and shipped a cryogenic distribution box to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The box will be used for the Muon-to-Electron conversion (Mu2e) experiment. The box includes twenty-seven cryogenic valves, two heat exchangers, a thermal shield, and an internal nitrogen separator vessel, all contained within a 1.8 meter (72 inch) diameter ASME coded vacuum vessel.
On May 25th, Meyer Tool celebrated another of our long-term employee milestones:  Vice President of Engineering, Ed Bonnema, celebrated 30 years of employment with the company. Our strength is in our people, and Ed is a prime example.  Meyer Tool owes a great deal of thanks to Ed for his role in building the impossible!
It's rare these days to have an employee stay loyal to a company for 30 years. We take great pride in being a workplace where employees want to enjoy a fulfilling career. ​Throughout the years Ed has been an exemplary employee, embracing our "Reducing Project Risk" initiative by making the most difficult welds look easy, as well as mentoring younger welders that are just beginning their career journey.

J2642 - Stainless Steel Ice Dewar

Bring Your Kids To Work Day 2018

J2428 - Stainless Steel Welding of Niobium Cavity Outer Shell
You never know what neat project you will come across on our shop floor. Here is a video of a custom fabricated, 304 Stainless Steel Dewar being filled with liquid nitrogen. 
On April 26, Meyer Tool & Mfg. opened its' doors for the future leaders of tomorrow to show them what it's like to spend a day working at a custom machining and fabrication shop.
​Here you seen an outer Stainless Steel shell of a Niobium cavity being welded together.  The precision of this shell is critical to ensure that there is no contact between the shell and the inner Niobium surface.

J2387 - Cryogenic Distribution Can Tube Welding

J2387 - Cryogenic System Cold Shock Weld Testing 

J2394 - Aerospace Grade AWS D17.1 Class A Aluminum Welding WPS Sample Qualification
Watch as we make the final connections on Stainless Steel tubing inside of a cryogenic distribution can.  The distribution system is very complex.  A great deal of piping is compressed inside a very small space making for a challenging weld, but Meyer Tool can handle anything you can throw at us!
​Cold shocking the welds of a cryogenic distribution can.  We cold shock the welds with liquid Nitrogen in order to stress the welds.  After the cold shock test, the system will be pressurized and then vacuum tested to ensure that the welds are secure.
This video shows you an overview of the process required to create a weld coupon required to qualify a weld procedure.  Weld technique, machine settings, and weld prep are custom designed in such a way to achieve the project requirements.  A weld coupon is created  using the weld procedure and it is sent out for testing.  Testing confirms that the procedure accomplishes its intended goal.

J2326 - UHV Chamber Telescope Cryostat Vacuum Testing

J2370 - Automated ASME Code Pressure Vessel Dimensional Quality Inspection

J2448 - Post Weld Precision Machining of a Custom Vacuum Chamber
​Watch as we vacuum test an ultra high vacuum chamber cryostat.  This video shows you the setup and operation of our vacuum testing apparatus.  This is a complex UHV system that is used as part of a telescope system that will be attached to a balloon floating over the north pole that will look deep into space to collect data on the early universe.  Extremely thin walled, (0.010"), stainless steel tubing was completed to perfection to allow the chamber to reach the targeted vacuum pressure of 10^-9 torr.
​Watch as our quality engineer performs a complete dimensional inspects of an ASME code pressure vessel component in minutes using an automated Faro arm program.  The program assists with point selection.  A complete inspection report is generated along with a 3D surface model of the components.  Pass/Fail criteria are easily evaluated and quality is guaranteed.
This video shows the ports of a custom vacuum chamber being cut to height and final weld prepped for the final welding operation.  Even though our welders are experts at managing weld distortion and keeping ports true, final machining is still required due to the extremely tight parallelism, perpendicularity, and true position requirements for most of our assemblies.

J2494 - Thermal Shield Copper TIG Brazing

J2596 - Stainless Steel Vacuum Chamber Modification

J2374 - Dye Penetration Weld Testing
​This video shows the fitup, and brazing of a copper thermal shield.  Custom fixturing is made to assist with the proper alignment of the components.  Parts are first tacked in place.  Final brazing of all joints and copper tubing is then completed.
Drilling additional holes and welding in ports and adaptors on an existing Stainless Steel vessel.
It's not as easy as it looks.  Only a select group of individuals are qualified to perform dye penetration tests.  It takes skill to apply the different chemicals properly, in the correct amounts, and at the correct times in order to consistently produce accurate results. ​