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Abstract:

The QMI furnace required custom-designed Type C Thermocouples (TC) to meet the scientific requirements for the hardware. In implementing the custom requirement set and associated verification testing for these TCs notable anomalies/problems were encountered in two areas. The primary problem was the discovery of contamination (mostly Carbon deposits) on the inner surfaces of the TC that led to acceptance test failures. A secondary problem was caused by attempting to maximize the TC wire size yet limiting the overall TC sheath diameter leading to assembly problems of each TC.