Results of cabling from Phase 1B of the SSC Vendor Qualification Program

Conference · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:7368573

Coleman, E S; Capone, II, D W; Erdmann, M J; Jones, B A; Seuntjens, J M

The Superconducting Technology Department of the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory (SSCL) is directing the Vendor Qualification Program (VQP) to identify vendors of superconducting material to fabricate 6-micron filament conductor for various magnet programs. Eight suppliers are participating in the qualification program: Intermagnetics General Corporation, Inc., Teledyne SC (TSC), and Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) are fabricating 30-strand inner cable and Oxford Superconducting Technology (OST), Furukawa Electric Co. (FEC), Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Alsthom Intermagnetics, s.a. (AISA), and Outokumpu Copper Superconductors (OTU) are fabricating 36-strand outer cable. Phase I of the VQP included two portions: Phase IA, the R D portion, and Phase IB, a simulated production quantity processed on a single production process. During Phase IB of the VQP, each of the suppliers was to fabricate approximately 3500 kg of finished cable, meeting the appropriate cable specification. This cable is being used to manufacture the prototype magnets in each of the major magnet programs underway within the Magnet Systems Division. In order to meet the needs of the Collider Quadrupole Magnet program, four of the five outer cable vendors were directed to divert approximately 350 kg of finished strand to the fabrication of 30 strand quadrupole cable. Each vendor was responsible to direct the cabling activities for his own material. Four vendors chose to perform the cable manufacturing on machines at their own facilities. The other four chose cabling subcontractors; OST and OTU cabled at New England Electric Wire Corp., and AISA and TSC cabled at Superconducting Cabling and Engineering, Inc.

• Research Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Lab., Dallas, TX (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC35-89ER40486
• OSTI ID: 7368573
• Report Number(s): SSCL-Preprint-286; CONF-930537--71; ON: DE93016185
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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