Production techniques for the Superconducting Super Collider Low Energy Booster quadrupole magnet

The manufacturing techniques used for a prototype quadrupole magnet, developed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) Low Energy Booster (LEB), are described. The SSC LEB Ring employs 96 dipoles and 90 quadrupoles connected in series to form the magnetic l...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on magnetics 1994-07, Vol.30 (4), p.1974-1977
Main Authors: Morrison, M.E., Behrsing, G.U., Fulton, R.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assembly
Conductors
Cyclic accelerators and storage rings
Exact sciences and technology
Experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics
Laboratories
Lattices
Manufacturing
Nuclear physics
Physics
Production
Proton accelerators
Prototypes
Superconducting coils
Superconducting magnets
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Summary:The manufacturing techniques used for a prototype quadrupole magnet, developed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) Low Energy Booster (LEB), are described. The SSC LEB Ring employs 96 dipoles and 90 quadrupoles connected in series to form the magnetic lattice, requiring the use of a 21.9 mm/spl times/23.0 mm hollow conductor for the quadrupoles. Due to the large conductor size and small bend radii required, development of special fixtures was necessary. A unique coil-forming method with close attention paid to tooling design and special assembly procedures was required to manufacture this prototype to stringent specifications.< >
ISSN:0018-9464
1941-0069
DOI:10.1109/20.305652