Design, fabrication and testing of a production line for TPX demonstration conductor

Author

Hwang, K.P. ; Finkel, P. ; Wallace, A. ; Naumovich, G. ; Zbasnik, J. ; Martovetsky, N.

Author_Institution

Everson Electric. Co., Bethlehem, PA, USA

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

939

Lastpage

941

Abstract

A complete production line for fabricating CICC dummy conductor has been designed, constructed and tested for TPX program. The line is capable of producing up to 500 meters of CICC conductor and is scaleable up to 1.5 km in length. The line consists of a payoff spool for feeding cable inside the tubes, a welding station, a drawing station which includes dies and a bull-block, and a takeup spool. We have demonstrated the fabrication of the conductors. Two types of conductor, one for TF and the other one for PF coil have been produced The conduit materials are Incoloy 908, which are formed from strips. The cables are made from OFHC copper strands. The detail design, fabrication and testing of each component of the system is presented in this paper.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; electron device manufacture; superconducting cables; superconducting coils; superconducting device testing; superconducting magnets; CICC superconductor; Incoloy 908 conduit material; OFHC copper strand; PF Coil; TF Coil; TPX conductor; bull-block; cable feed; design; die; drawing station; fabrication; payoff spool; production line; takeup spool; testing; welding station; Cables; Coils; Conducting materials; Conductors; Copper; Fabrication; Production; Strips; Testing; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.614659

Filename

614659