FNAL Main Injector dipole installation equipment

Author

Moravec, K. ; Lange, Fritz ; Leibfritz, Jerry ; Sauer, Larry

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

17-20 May 1993

Firstpage

3864

Abstract

The Main Injector (MI) construction schedule requires the use of several magnet installation vehicles concurrently. During the interval when MI dipoles are to be installed, both existing magnet installation vehicles will be used in the Main Ring (existing accelerator) to support machine operations. This necessitates the development of a new magnet installation system designed for use with the MI dipole magnets. Because all magnet installation vehicles will be available for MI installation following the decommissioning of the Main Ring, the system should be as inexpensive as possible. The chosen solution for MI dipole magnet installation is as follows: a tugger/towmotor (the Tevatron vehicle could be drafted) will tow the Main Injector dipoles to their installation site on dollies, then lift them slightly from the dollies and move them onto their magnet support stands

Keywords

installation; proton accelerators; storage rings; vehicles; FNAL; Main Injector; Tevatron; dipole installation equipment; magnet installation vehicles; tugger/towmotor; Accelerator magnets; Contracts; Educational institutions; Foot; Laboratories; Machinery; Magnetic devices; Magnetic separation; Rails; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1203-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1993.309794

Filename

309794