• DocumentCode
    345295
  • Title

    APT cryomodule assembly process and mockup model

  • Author

    Campbell, B. ; Chan, K.C.D. ; Newman, E. ; Valicenti, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    971
  • Abstract
    The cryomodule for the APT β=0.64 high energy accelerator incorporates either two or three RF cavities, two sets of magnetic shields, one active heat shield, multilayer insulation blankets, cryogenic plumbing for the shields and cavities, power couplers, cavity spokes and cavity frequency tuners. Maintaining cavity cleanliness is the most important aspect of the cryomodule assembly. The clean assembly of the cryomodule is done in a class 100 clean room. The final assembly, such as tungsten inert gas welding used to join the cryogenic plumbing, is done in a controlled environment. To address the assembly issues early in the design process, a full-scale mock-up of the entire cryomodule was fabricated. In this paper we also describe the assembly process, and illustrate how the mock-up facilitated the procedures
  • Keywords
    accelerator cavities; clean rooms; cryogenics; linear accelerators; proton accelerators; superconducting cavity resonators; APT cryomodule assembly process; RF cavities; active heat shield; cavity cleanliness; cavity frequency tuners; cavity spokes; class 100 clean room; cryogenic plumbing; high energy accelerator; magnetic shields; mockup model; multilayer insulation blankets; power couplers; tungsten inert gas welding; Accelerator magnets; Assembly; Couplers; Cryogenics; Insulation; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetic shielding; Radio frequency; Tuners; Tungsten;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
  • Conference_Location
    New York, NY
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5573-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.1999.795418
  • Filename
    795418