Production of the Superconducting Matching Quadrupoles for the LHC Insertions

Author

Prin, H. ; Canard, P. ; Lasheras, N. Catalán ; Kirby, G. ; Ostojic, R. ; Perez, J.C.

Author_Institution

Accelerator Technol. Dept., CERN, Geneva

Volume

16

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

273

Lastpage

276

Abstract

The LHC insertions are equipped with individually powered superconducting quadrupole assemblies comprising several quadrupole magnets and orbit correctors, and range in length from 5.3 m to 11.3 m. Following the initial experience in the assembly of the pre-series cold masses, the production has advanced well and about half of the total of 82 units has been produced at CERN. In this paper we present the experience gained in steering the cold mass production, in particular with respect to the alignment requirements. We also report on the field quality and other measurements made for assuring the quality of the quadrupoles

Keywords

accelerator magnets; proton accelerators; storage rings; 5.3 to 11.3 m; CERN; LHC insertions; cold masses; field quality; individually powered superconducting quadrupole assemblies; orbit correctors; quadrupole magnets; superconducting quadrupoles; Assembly; Cryogenics; Extraterrestrial measurements; Helium; Interference; Large Hadron Collider; Magnetic field measurement; Mass production; Superconducting magnets; Testing; Insertions; LHC; quadrupoles; superconducting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2005.869680

Filename

1642842