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TY - CPAPER AU - Berry, S. AU - Boulch, C. AU - Cloué, C. AU - Henning, D. AU - Lilje, L. AU - Madec, C. AU - Matheisen, A. AU - Napoly, O. AU - Schmökel, M. AU - Trublet, T. AU - Visentin, B. TI - Cleanliness and Vacuum Acceptance Tests for the UHV Cavity String of the XFEL Linac J2 - Proc. of International Conference on RF Superconductivity (SRF2015), Whistler, BC, Canada, Sept. 13-18, 2015 AB - The main linac of the European XFEL will consist of 100 accelerator modules, i.e. 800 superconducting accelerator cavities operated at a design gradient of 23.6MV/m. In this context CEA-Saclay built an assembly facility designed to produce one module per week, ready to be tested at DESY. The facility overcame the foreseen production rate. We would like to highlight and discuss the critical fields: cleanliness and vacuum. A new assembly method to protect final assembly against particulates contamination has been implemented on the production line. Impact on cryomodule RF test is presented. Particle transport measurements on components used for the European XFEL accelerator module are presented. The results indicate that the nominal operation of the automated pumping and venting units will not lead to particle transport. Vacuum acceptance tests are of major interest: leak tests and residual gas analysis (RGA) are used to control the absence of air leak and contamination. The RGA specifications have been slightly relaxed to ensure the production rate. PB - JACoW CY - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 452 EP - 456 KW - cavity KW - vacuum KW - operation KW - controls KW - cryomodule DA - 2015/12 PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-95450-178-6 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-SRF2015-MOPB118 UR - http://srf2015.vrws.de/papers/mopb118.pdf ER -