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Date: 25/07/03

 

 

R.V.R. Elettronica S.r.l. (BO)

VJ5000-TE  - R.F. Tube Amplifier

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THECNICAL AND MANTEINANCE MANUAL

VJ5000-TE

5KW Power Tetrode Amplifier 87.5-108 MHz

Manufactured by R.V.R. Elettronica - Italy

Summary of Contents for VJ5000-TE

Page 1: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 1 THECNICAL AND MANTEINANCE MANUAL VJ5000 TE 5KW Power Tetrode Amplifier 87 5 108 MHz Manufactured by R V R Elettronica Italy...

Page 2: ...CTRICAL DESCRIPTION 12 2 1 INTRODUCTION 12 CHAPTER 3 29 EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION 29 3 1 INTRODUCTION 29 3 2 UNPACKING 29 3 3 TUBE INSTALLATION 31 3 4 EQUIPMENT SETTING AT WORK 40 CHAPTER 4 42 TUBE MEASU...

Page 3: ...38 FIG 23 REGULATION RF MHZ 39 FIG 24 MEASURES CARD REFERENCE VIEW 44 FIG 25 MEASURES CARD REPLACING DIAGRAM N_1 45 FIG 26 MEASURES CARD REPLACING DIAGRAM N_2 46 FIG 27 POWER SUPPLIES CONNECTION FOR T...

Page 4: ...edures to short out capacitors and high voltage points before servicing Any damage to the goods must be reported to the carrier in writing on the shipment receipt Any discrepancy or damage discovered...

Page 5: ...d seal the package perfectly The customer always assumes the risks of loss i e R V R is never responsible for damage or loss untill the package reaches R V R premises For this reason we suggest you to...

Page 6: ...OTHER WARRANTY 12 24 MONTHS 12 MONTHS The last category is for hardware or accessory items whwre only calendar time is involved An Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM or an authorized Varian Distribu...

Page 7: ...ES III SAFETY REGULAMENT WARNING The currents and voltages in this equipment are dangerous Personnel must at all times observe safety regulation This manual is intended as a general guide for trained...

Page 8: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 8 In case of emergency ensure that power has been disconnected...

Page 9: ...warm b Keep them as quiet as possible c Loosen their clothing a reclining position is recommended IF PULSE ABSENT BEGIN ARTIFICIAL CIRCULATION APPROX 80 SEC ONE RESCUER 15 COMPRESSIONS 2 QUICK BREATH...

Page 10: ...nt c Treat victim for shock as required d Arrange transportation to a hospital as quickly as possible e If arms or legs are affected keep them elevated NOTE If medical help will not be available withi...

Page 11: ...lifier working on the frequency range 87 5 108 MHz This amplifier is able to operate at 5KW output power with a driving power of about 300 W The amplifier has motorized plate load and input tuning and...

Page 12: ...86 H Panel Dimension 483 mm 19 W 1645 mm 65 76 H Weight 350 Kg 770 Lbs Working extreme temperatures from 10 to 50 C Umidity max 90 Without condensing CHAPTER 2 ELECTRICAL DESCRIPTION 2 1 INTRODUCTION...

Page 13: ...7 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 13 FIG 1 FRONTAL VIEW REF DESCRIPTION 1 Protections panel 2 Exciter 3 Driver 4 High Voltage Panel 5 Free panel 1HE 6 Free panel 3HE 7 Free...

Page 14: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 14 FIG 2 REAR VIEW REF DESCRIPTION 1 Rear panel 2 Air filter...

Page 15: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 15 FIG 3 UPPER VIEW REF DESCRIPTION 1 Output connectors 2 Output air chimney 3 RF output connector 1 5 8 4 Upper panel...

Page 16: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 16 FIG 4 HINGED FRONTAL PANEL WITH TELEMETRY...

Page 17: ...set of analog instrument for the measure of the forward and reflected power 6 ENCODER Encoder for telemetry connection optional 7 ENCODER SWITCH Key switch to enable the telemetry optional 8 EMERGENCY...

Page 18: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 18 FIG 5 HINGED FRONTAL PANEL WITHOUT TELEMETRY...

Page 19: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 19 FIG 6 HIGH VOLTAGE PANEL REF DESCRIPTION 1 Quadripole main switch 2 Service outlet...

Page 20: ...REF DESCRIPTION 1 Rectifier diodes bridge for plate voltage 2 Plate voltage power supply transformer 3 Plate Voltage transformer socket 4 Final stage power supply socket 5 Plate voltage filtering cap...

Page 21: ...es fuses 11 Interlock ext Socket 12 Power driver supply socket 13 Three phase input socket 14 Blower overload cutout 15 A C line control 16 Filament solenoid switch 2 17 Power supply HT2 driver 18 Hig...

Page 22: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 22...

Page 23: ...07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 23 FIG 9 R F CAVITY FRONTAL VIEW REF DESCRIPTION 1 Threaded bar for motorized tuning 2 Sliding plane with fingers 3 Blower air input 2 Pla...

Page 24: ...pacitor 2 Filament contact socket 3 Filament contact socket 4 Plate ring 1 3 Plate ring 2 FIG 11 TUNING MOTORIZED MECHANISM VIEW REF DESCRIPTION 1 High tension cable 2 Dielectric on plate pipe 3 Micro...

Page 25: ...25 FIG 12 R F CAVITY TOP VIEW REF DESCRIPTION 1 EIA 1 5 8 flange R F output connector 2 Wattmeter 3 Low pass filter 4 Directional coupler 5 Temperature strobe 2 Output air chimney diameter 100 mm FIG...

Page 26: ...a S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 26 FIG 14 R F CAVITY LEFT LATERAL VIEW REF DESCRIPTION 1 High tension cable input 2 Low pass filter 3 R F Output 3 Pressure switch 5 OUPUT LOAD motor 6 INPUT LO...

Page 27: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 27 5 Tuning motor...

Page 28: ...ica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 28 FIG 15 R F CAVITY RIGHT LATERAL VIEW REF DESCRIPTION 1 Insulator transformer for filament reading 2 Filament transformer 3 Air cooling blower 4 By pass cap...

Page 29: ...necessary equipment are a screwdriver with cross head a soket wrench 7 mm and 10 mm a setscrew wrench M6 M8 Make sure to have a container where put all the screws Remount all screws and to make sure t...

Page 30: ...board protection and to lace the threads of the terminal board see drawings with n 1 key soket wrench M8 n 1 setscrew wrench M6 n 1 screwdriver When the connections are connected reassemble the plexig...

Page 31: ...he tune motors don t works Then switch off again the equipment 5 Loosen the clamp that fixes the PLATE ring and move it to the top limit Fig 20 Then insert the tube and at the same time turn it until...

Page 32: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 32 FIG 16 TUBE INSTALLATION DIAGRAM N 1...

Page 33: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 33 FIG 17 TUBE INSTALLATION DIAGRAM N 2 Wrapper Wrapper...

Page 34: ...lettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 34 FIG 18 TUBE INSTALLATION REFERENCE VIEW N 2 RIF DESCRIZIONE 1 Wrapper 2 Plate ring 3 Clamper for RF out 4 Valve 4CX5000 5 Load Capacitor 6 Valve soc...

Page 35: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 35 FIG 19 TUBE INSTALLATION DIAGRAM N 3 CLAMPER...

Page 36: ...lettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 36 FIG 20 TUBE INSTALLATION REFERENCE VIEW N 3 RIF DESCRIZIONE 7 Wrapper 8 Plate ring 9 Clamper for RF out 10 Valve 4CX5000 11 Load Capacitor Valve soc...

Page 37: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 37 FIG 21 TUBE INSTALLATION REFERENCE VIEW N 4 Wrapper Wrapper...

Page 38: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 38 FIG 22 TUBE INSTALLATION REFERENCE VIEW N 5 Lift the plate ring Then close the wrappers...

Page 39: ...ve tuning adjusting the distance correspondly to MHz FIG 23 REGULATION RF MHZ height Cm Frequencies Mhz 3 88 3 9 89 4 8 90 5 7 91 6 6 92 7 12 93 7 64 94 8 16 95 8 7 96 9 2 97 9 76 98 10 3 99 10 9 100...

Page 40: ...set between four values by internal jumpers on the protection card as described in the protection logic specifications NOTE Pay attention to don t broke the Interlock micro switches that stop the equi...

Page 41: ...f post ventilation and repeat the tuning operations sequence of OUPUT TUNE and OUPUT LOAD for the least output power and consequently of OUPUT TUNE and OUPUT LOAD for the maximum output power increasi...

Page 42: ...proceed to the calibration of the card as described later on Before to proceed to the calibration check on the card if J3 is in short circuit and if it s verified the card is been configured for a te...

Page 43: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 43 N_1 DC ammeter...

Page 44: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 44 FIG 24 MEASURES CARD REFERENCE VIEW...

Page 45: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 45 FIG 25 MEASURES CARD REPLACING DIAGRAM N_1...

Page 46: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 46 FIG 26 MEASURES CARD REPLACING DIAGRAM N_2...

Page 47: ...TE tree phases version with 4CX5000 tube IA max set to 1 6 A corresponds to 3 9 V on the TP6 test point output In this way if the current exceeds 1 6 A value the protections intervene In the manual th...

Page 48: ...ltimeter with the negative connected to ground and the positive connected to relative test point in according to the value that you want calibrate Because of the various tube type on which can be conn...

Page 49: ...er card verify that the instrument placed on the hinged front panel read correctly If the reading of the multimeter corresponds to preset value verify that the selector is on CAL position and the inst...

Page 50: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 50 FIG 27 POWER SUPPLIES CONNECTION FOR THE CALIBRATION OF TEST POINT VOLTAGES...

Page 51: ...550 VAC 52 0 A 5200 V DC II STEP Fluke Misura 7 4 VAC 60 0 A 5600 V DC 1 8 A 170 V DC 30 0 mA 645 V DC 100 mA On the measure card there are n 1 trimmer P18 corresponding to VG1 voltage presence and P1...

Page 52: ...erate an justable voltage of 3 95 V by trimmer P20 and to measure it on test point TP10 Working on dip switch SW1 it s possible to have the preset tension on the chosen output The correspondence on th...

Page 53: ...bration of the trimmer P16 proceed as follows 1 Insert the tube in the socket and close again the RF cavity so that is possible to switch on it 2 Place an amperometric clamp so that to include one of...

Page 54: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 54 FIG 28 REPORT MEASURE...

Page 55: ...ird 50 Ohm P 5 KW By Pass Wattmeter Bird Mod 4715 200 50 Ohm with sample Power Supply HP6002A 0 50 V 0 10 A TABLE F VOLTAGE STABILYZER PARAMETERS Model STM0K9 G codice ST1502 Input Power max 900 VA In...

Page 56: ...be cavity and the air filter The periodicity of this maintenance depends from the working conditions of equipment enviromental temperature the dust level of the air humidity It s advisable to execute...

Page 57: ...ws of the internal panel of the RF cavity 3 Loosen the plate ring and raise it until the top position and then fix it in this position 4 Remove the high tension block from the top part of the tube 5 R...

Page 58: ...t reflected power 6 The last operation will be able to cause an increasing of the anode current now act on OUPUT TUNE and OUPUT LOAD commands to obtain the maximum output power readable on the wattmet...

Page 59: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 59 This section contains circuit diagrams and alyouts of the module which conposing the equipment...

Page 60: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 60 FIG 29 POWER SUPPLY SOCKET...

Page 61: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 61 FIG 30 ANODE TENSION TRANSFORMER SOCKET...

Page 62: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 62 FIG 31 RACK POWER SUPPLY BASE...

Page 63: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 63 FIG 32 HIGH TENSION PANEL...

Page 64: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 64 FIG 33 ELECTROMECHANICAL PLANE TRIODE...

Page 65: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 65...

Page 66: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 66 PANNELLO ALIMENTAZIONE VG1 E VG2...

Page 67: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 67 FIG 34 TUBE AMPLIFIERS PROTECTIONS CARD...

Page 68: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 68 HIGH POWER RELAYS CARD...

Page 69: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 69 FIG 35 TUNING RELAYS CARD...

Page 70: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 70 FIG 36 TELEMETRY INTERFACE CARD...

Page 71: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 71 FIG 37 MEASURES CALIBRATION CARD...

Page 72: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 72 FIG 38 THERMAL STROBE CONNECTOR...

Page 73: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 73 FIG 39 P W R MEASURE CONNECTOR...

Page 74: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 74 FIG 40 I2 CBUS CONNECTOR FOR TELEMETRY BOX...

Page 75: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 75 FIG 41 PTXLCD CONNECTOR...

Page 76: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 76 FIG 42 LOW VOLTAGE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM...

Page 77: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 77 FIG 43 THREE PHASES CIRCUIT DIAGRAM...

Page 78: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 78 FIG 44 MEASURES AND ALLARMS CIRCUIT DIAGRAM...

Page 79: ...Date 25 07 03 R V R Elettronica S r l BO VJ5000 TE R F Tube Amplifier 79 FIG 45 ELECTRIC SCHEMES...

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