DocumentCode
2882153
Title
Transport and installation of the LHC cryo-magnets
Author
Artoos, K. ; Bartolome-Jimenez, S. ; Capatina, O. ; Chevalley, J.M. ; Foraz, K. ; Guinchard, M. ; Hauviller, C. ; Kershaw, K. ; Prodon, S. ; Ruehl, I. ; Trinquart, G. ; Weisz, S. ; Ponsot, P.
Author_Institution
CERN, Geneva
fYear
2007
fDate
25-29 June 2007
Firstpage
305
Lastpage
307
Abstract
Eleven years have passed between the beginning of transport and handling studies in 1996 and the completion of the LHC cryo-magnets installation in 2007. More than 1700 heavy, long and fragile cryo-magnets had to be transported and installed in the 27 km long LHC tunnel with very restricted available space. The size and complexity of the project involved challenges in the field of equipment design and manufacturing, maintenance, training and follow-up of operators and logistics. The paper presents the milestones, problems to be overcome and lessons learned during this project.
Keywords
accelerator magnets; ion accelerators; proton accelerators; storage rings; synchrotrons; LHC cryomagnets installation; cryomagnet transport; equipment design; handling technique; magnet logistics; welding machines; Cranes; Large Hadron Collider; Lifting equipment; Logistics; Magnets; Manufacturing; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; Testing; Vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
Conference_Location
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0916-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PAC.2007.4440193
Filename
4440193
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