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Spectrometer Solenoid Report and Coupling Coil Update. Michael S. Zisman M ICE O perations M anager C enter for B eam P hysics Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory MICO Meeting March 16, 2009. Status (1). Making slow but steady progress on first Spectrometer Solenoid (“Magnet 2â€)
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Spectrometer Solenoid ReportandCoupling Coil Update Michael S. Zisman MICE Operations Manager Center for Beam Physics Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory MICO Meeting March 16, 2009
Status (1) • Making slow but steady progress on first Spectrometer Solenoid (“Magnet 2”) • fabrication work on turret completed • welding radiation shield and LN2 reservoir connections done • wrapping in MLI • welding outer vacuum covers • already done • cold mass leak checked • condenser sleeves and magnet leads completed • to do • complete instrumentation feedthroughs • complete fill/vent connections • add weld preps to end plates (under way; weld rings already in place in vacuum vessel) Solenoid Report-Zisman
Status (2) • Expect final assembly of radiation shield and vacuum vessel completed this week • leak check next week (week of March 23) • first cool-down expected week of March 30 • keep your fingers crossed! • Other news • tried tracker go-no-go gauge in Magnet 1 (the earlier one) • bore was out of magnet but still welded to patch panel and plate • fit fine! (see photo later) • test will be repeated in Magnet 2 this week after warm bore installed Solenoid Report-Zisman
Weld ring in place for vacuum vessel end plate (patch panel end)
Coupling Coil Update • Visited likely vendor for magnet fabrication • Qihuan Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Corporation (QMEEC) • located in Beijing • Derun Li, Steve Virostek, MZ, Li Wang and ShiXian Zheng were there • Company statistics • 29 employees; 2200 m2 floor space • 20 years experience with superconducting magnets • MRI magnets • BEPC-II detector magnet (3 m diameter, 4 m long) • completing MRI magnet of their own design now (see photos) • Impressions • quite favorable; they are interested and knowledgeable • but, we still want Li Wang to manage the work! Solenoid Report-Zisman
Aluminum weld samples for coupling coil cooling lines and cold mass cover plates
Test Coil at ICST • Close to being able to test the “long coil” in Harbin Solenoid Report-Zisman