Quench performance of Fermilab/General Dynamics built full length SSC collider dipole magnets

Conference · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10141965

Strait, J; Orris, D; Mazur, P O; Bleadon, M; Bossert, R; Carson, J; Delchamps, S W; Gourlay, S; Hanft, R; Koska, W; Kuchnir, M; Lamm, M J; Ozelis, J; Wake, M ^[1]; Devred, A; DiMarco, J; Kuzminski, J; Nah, W; Ogitsu, T; Puglisi, M ; Tompkins, J C; Yu, Y; Zhao, Y; Zheng, H ^[2]

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1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
2. Superconducting Super Collider Lab., Dallas, TX (United States)

In this paper we present results of quench testing of full length SSC dipole magnets at Fermilab. The data are from the first six of a series of thirteen 15 m long, 50 mm aperture SSC dipole magnets which are being built and tested at Fermilab. These magnets were designed jointly by Fermilab, Brookhaven Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the SSC laboratory. Among the major goals for this series of magnets are to transfer magnet production technology to the lead vendor for the Collider Dipole Magnet, the General Dynamics Corporation, and to demonstrate industrial production by the vendor. The first magnet in the series, DCA311, was built by Fermilab technicians to establish assembly procedures. The second magnet, DCA312, was the ``technology transfer magnet`` and was built jointly by Fermilab and General Dynamics technicians. The next seven, DCA313- 319 are being built by General Dynamics personnel using Fermilab facilities and procedures. However, Fermilab personnel still operate the major tooling, provide the welders, perform assembly of items that would not be part of production magnets (e.g. voltage taps), and oversee the QA program. Five of these 7 GD-built magnets will be used in the Accelerator Systems String Test (ASST) to be carried out in Dallas later this year. The last four magnets, DCA320-323, are being built by Fermilab alone.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 10141965
• Report Number(s): FNAL/C--92/123; SSCL-Preprint--109; CONF-920331--70; ON: DE93009600
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
EDDY CURRENTS
EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
MAGNETIC DIPOLES
PERFORMANCE
QUENCHING
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TESTING