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TY - CONF AU - Atanasov, M.G. AU - Bartmann, W. AU - Borburgh, J. AU - Boucly, C. AU - Bracco, C. AU - Gentini, L. AU - Moles, B. AU - Weterings, W.J.M. ED - Henderson, Stuart ED - Akers, Evelyn ED - Satogata, Todd ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Upgrade of the TCDQ Diluters for the LHC Beam Dump System J2 - Proc. of IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA, May 3-8, 2015 C1 - Richmond, VA, USA T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 6 LA - english AB - The TCDQ diluters are installed as part of the LHC beam dump system to protect the Q4 quadrupole and other downstream elements during a beam dump that is not synchronised with the abort gap, or in case of erratic firing of the extraction kickers. These diluter elements installed during Run 1 were compatible with beam up to 60 % of the nominal intensity, which was insufficient for the second run of the LHC. This paper describes the requirements for the upgrade done during the First Long Shutdown (LS1), to make the TCDQ compatible with the full 7 TeV LHC beam at intensities required for the future runs of the machine. Subsequently the mechanical design changes, implementation and commissioning of the TCDQ are reported. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 3079 EP - 3082 KW - vacuum KW - controls KW - PLC KW - survey KW - extraction DA - 2015/06 PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-95450-168-7 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-WEPMN067 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2015/papers/wepmn067.pdf ER -