Fabrication and mechanical behavior of a prototype for the LHC low-beta quadrupole magnets

Author

Nakamoto, T. ; Orikasa, T. ; Ajima, Y. ; Burkhardt, E.E. ; Fujii, T. ; Hashiguchi, E. ; Higashi, N. ; Hirano, H. ; Kanahara, T. ; Kimura, N. ; Murai, S. ; Dajima, W. ; Ogitsu, T. ; Ohuchi, N. ; Oosaki, O. ; Shintomi, T. ; Sugita, K. ; Tanaka, K. ; Terashi

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

174

Lastpage

178

Abstract

Superconducting low-beta quadrupole magnets for the LHC insertion regions are being developed at KEK as part of the collaboration between CERN and KEK. Magnet production technology developed at KEK has been transferred to a manufacturer of production magnets. In order to verify the production technology, fabrication jigs, tools, and procedures, the first full-scale prototype, MQXA-P1, was fabricated. Mechanical characteristics of MQXA-P1 were measured during the magnet assembly process, and it satisfied specifications needed for the production magnets. The validity of the magnet design and fabrication method was confirmed.

Keywords

accelerator magnets; colliding beam accelerators; proton accelerators; storage rings; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; LHC; MQXA-P1; fabrication; jigs; low-beta quadrupole magnets; tools; Assembly; Collaboration; Fabrication; Fixtures; Large Hadron Collider; Manufacturing; Mechanical variables measurement; Production; Prototypes; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2002.1018377

Filename

1018377