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Continuous EB welding of the reinforcement of the CMS conductor
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is one of the general-purpose detectors to be provided for the LHC project at CERN. The design field of the CMS superconducting magnet is 4 T, the magnetic length is 12.5 m and the free bore is 6 m. In order to withstand the electro-mechanical forces during the operat...
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author | Tavares, S S Folch, R Blau, Bertrand Campi, D Christin, R Creton, J P Curé, B Hervé, A Horváth, I L Neuenschwander, J Riboni, P Sgobba, Stefano |
author_facet | Tavares, S S Folch, R Blau, Bertrand Campi, D Christin, R Creton, J P Curé, B Hervé, A Horváth, I L Neuenschwander, J Riboni, P Sgobba, Stefano |
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description | The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is one of the general-purpose detectors to be provided for the LHC project at CERN. The design field of the CMS superconducting magnet is 4 T, the magnetic length is 12.5 m and the free bore is 6 m. In order to withstand the electro-mechanical forces during the operation of the CMS magnet, the superconducting cable embedded in a 99.998% pure aluminum matrix is reinforced with two sections of aluminum alloy EN AW-6082 assembled by continuous Electron Beam Welding (EBW). A dedicated production line has been designed by Techmeta, a leading company in the field of EBW. The production line has a total length of 70 m. Non-stop welding of each of the 20 lengths of 2.5 km, required to build the coil, will last 22 hours. EBW is the most critical process involved in the production line. The main advantage of the EBW process is to minimize the Heat Affected Zone; this is particularly important for avoiding damage to the superconducting cable located only 4.7 mm from the welded joints. Two welding guns of 20 kW each operate in parallel in a vacuum chamber fitted with dynamic airlocks. After welding, the conductor is continuously machined on the four faces and on each corner to obtain the required dimensions and surface finish. Special emphasis has been put on quality monitoring. All significant production parameters are recorded during operation and relevant samples are taken from each length for destructive testing purposes. In addition, a continuous phased array ultrasonic checking device is located immediately after the welding unit for the continuous welding quality control, along with a dimension laser measurement unit following the machining. 8 Refs. --- 31 --- AN |
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spelling | cern-5929652019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1109/TASC.2002.1018422http://cds.cern.ch/record/592965engTavares, S SFolch, RBlau, BertrandCampi, DChristin, RCreton, J PCuré, BHervé, AHorváth, I LNeuenschwander, JRiboni, PSgobba, StefanoContinuous EB welding of the reinforcement of the CMS conductorDetectors and Experimental TechniquesThe Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is one of the general-purpose detectors to be provided for the LHC project at CERN. The design field of the CMS superconducting magnet is 4 T, the magnetic length is 12.5 m and the free bore is 6 m. In order to withstand the electro-mechanical forces during the operation of the CMS magnet, the superconducting cable embedded in a 99.998% pure aluminum matrix is reinforced with two sections of aluminum alloy EN AW-6082 assembled by continuous Electron Beam Welding (EBW). A dedicated production line has been designed by Techmeta, a leading company in the field of EBW. The production line has a total length of 70 m. Non-stop welding of each of the 20 lengths of 2.5 km, required to build the coil, will last 22 hours. EBW is the most critical process involved in the production line. The main advantage of the EBW process is to minimize the Heat Affected Zone; this is particularly important for avoiding damage to the superconducting cable located only 4.7 mm from the welded joints. Two welding guns of 20 kW each operate in parallel in a vacuum chamber fitted with dynamic airlocks. After welding, the conductor is continuously machined on the four faces and on each corner to obtain the required dimensions and surface finish. Special emphasis has been put on quality monitoring. All significant production parameters are recorded during operation and relevant samples are taken from each length for destructive testing purposes. In addition, a continuous phased array ultrasonic checking device is located immediately after the welding unit for the continuous welding quality control, along with a dimension laser measurement unit following the machining. 8 Refs. --- 31 --- ANoai:cds.cern.ch:5929652002 |
spellingShingle | Detectors and Experimental Techniques Tavares, S S Folch, R Blau, Bertrand Campi, D Christin, R Creton, J P Curé, B Hervé, A Horváth, I L Neuenschwander, J Riboni, P Sgobba, Stefano Continuous EB welding of the reinforcement of the CMS conductor |
title | Continuous EB welding of the reinforcement of the CMS conductor |
title_full | Continuous EB welding of the reinforcement of the CMS conductor |
title_fullStr | Continuous EB welding of the reinforcement of the CMS conductor |
title_full_unstemmed | Continuous EB welding of the reinforcement of the CMS conductor |
title_short | Continuous EB welding of the reinforcement of the CMS conductor |
title_sort | continuous eb welding of the reinforcement of the cms conductor |
topic | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2002.1018422 http://cds.cern.ch/record/592965 |
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