Production of the Superconducting Dipoles for the LHC Acclerator, CERN, Geneva

A the dipole magnets are used to bend the path of the LHC accelerator particles without changing the absolute speed of the particles.

A total of 1248 pieces form the ring. The inner coil is equipped with a superconducting winding and operates at a temperature of -271° C to produce a magnetic field of 8 Tesla.

During the prototype phase Babcock Noell also was involved in this project, developed and manufactured together with the customer CERN some prototypes of the magnets and the cryostats in order to optimize the design for the industrial series production. After the prototype phase Babcock Noell received the contract for one third of the needed dipole magnets and finished this production as the first supplier in the late 2005.

Customer:
CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)

Duration of Project: 1999 – 2006

Technical Data of a Dipole:

Total length:~ 15 m
Diameter:0.91 m
Total weight: (Cryostat included):~ 31.5 t
Magnetic Flux Density:8.33 T
Operating Temperature:1.9 K (-271.26 °C)
Operating Current:11,800 A


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