Toward the production of 50 000 tonnes of low-carbon steel sheet for the LHC superconducting dipole and quadrupole magnets

Author

Babic, Simon ; Comel, Santo ; Beckers, Francis ; Brixhe, Francis ; Peiro, Giuseppe ; Verbeeck, Theodore

Author_Institution

Cockerill-Sambre, Groupe Usinor, Liege, Belgium

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1219

Lastpage

1222

Abstract

A total of 50 000 tonnes of low-carbon steel sheet has been ordered for the LHC main magnets. After three years of production, about 10 000 tonnes of steel sheet have been produced by Cockerill-Sambre Groupe Usinor. This paper gives a summary of the manufacturing process and improvements implemented as well as an overview of the difficulties encountered during this production. Preliminary statistics obtained for the mechanical and magnetic steel properties are presented.

Keywords

carbon steel; casting; hot rolling; steel manufacture; superconducting magnets; 50000 tonne; LHC; casting; coercivity; hot rolling; low-carbon steel sheet; magnetic properties; manufacturing process; mechanical properties; permeability; superconducting dipole; superconducting dipole and quadrupole; tensile strength; yield strength; Assembly; Continuous production; Iron; Lamination; Large Hadron Collider; Magnetic flux; Steel; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Temperature control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2002.1018621

Filename

1018621