Tag: CIEMAT
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Collaboration status in advance of Long Shutdown 3
As Long Shutdown 3 approaches, delivery schedules from the collaborations are more important than ever. A collaborative effort has seen good progress across the project worldwide, including from more-recent agreements with Pakistan and Brazil. International collaborations remain a central pillar of the High-Luminosity LHC (HiLumi LHC) project. Production activities are progressing well across all existing…
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HiLumi LHC magnet programme transitioning from fabrication to integration
The High-Luminosity (HiLumi) LHC magnet programme continues to advance steadily across all collaborations, with major milestones reached in production, testing, and system integration. A significant highlight of the past 6 months is the cooldown of the Inner Triplet (IT) String, now at 1.9 K, with the first magnets already powered, marking an important step towards…
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HL-LHC magnets: progress across the collaborations and at CERN
Since the last newsletter in June 2024, the interaction region (IR) magnets for the HL-LHC have reached several key milestones. One of the most significant achievements was the delivery of all cryo-assemblies to the IT String, including the DCM connection module, marking a major step forward in the integration process. With Work Package 3 now…
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Evolving collaborations: overview of collaboration status going into LS3
International collaborations play a very important role in the HL-LHC Project. The HL-LHC Collaboration Office continues to act as the link between institutes, work packages and CERN, and is available to provide support across the project. Series production is today well underway for all existing collaborations. Progress with each of the collaborations is followed by…
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Progress of HL-LHC magnets: a collaborative effort
Q1 and Q3 triplet magnets – US-AUP collaboration The first cryoassembly from US-AUP was delivered to CERN in November 2023 and will be re-tested at CERN in June 2024 (see figure 1, left). Production of the second cryoassembly was completed at Fermilab (see figure 1, right) and the completed assembly is ready for the horizontal…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status
The project has reached several key milestones since the last newsletter. Among the many achievements, I would like to highlight here the celebrations for the successful validation of the CERN MQXFB quadrupole improvement plan and the successful validation of the first two magnets destined for direct installation in the tunnel (MQXFB03 and MQXFB04), the delivery…
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WP3 contribution
INFN collaboration: High order correctors and D2 recombination dipole The last batch of the 54 high order corrector magnets was successfully tested in LASA by the end of 2022, and all correctors have been delivered at CERN. In February 2023, a celebration was held to mark the end of the first series production of HL-LHC…
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Overview of collaboration status
The HL-LHC collaboration office continues to update existing and put in place new agreements. Since the beginning of 2023 we have been busy updating UK Phase 1 agreements allowing for the final invoicing to take place. Many of the planned deliverables were delayed during COVID so several dates for the expected invoices and a few…
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WP3 contribution – Issue 6
The magnet program has reached several milestones since the last annual meeting: in the following we summarize the main achievements of our collaborations. The AUP progress on the MQXFA magnets is covered in a dedicated article (link). INFN collaboration and the D2 and corrector package cold masses The production of the 54 high order corrector…
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Status of MQXF production and test results
Nb3Sn triplet (MQXF) After the successful tests of MQXFA03 and MQXFA04, that allowed last year to obtain the approval of the US contribution by the DOE, MQXFA05 has been tested in May 2021. The magnet (in a vertical dewar and without outer stainless-steel shell, as MQXFA03 and MQXFA04) reached the required performance, confirming the absence…