Category: 1. Project News
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Successful test paves the way for magnet production at CERN
By TE department – Engineers have successfully tested an improved design of a quadrupole magnet manufactured at CERN, confirming that niobium–tin technology is viable for accelerator magnets, CERN News.
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PM17 lift installed at HL-LHC Point 1
Less than four months after PM57, Wednesday 8th November saw the second CERN’s official acceptance of a lift, the PM17 one, the entry point to the HL-LHC Point 1 shaft and underground galleries, whose installation represents a major milestone for the project.
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Completion of the production of WP6a Superconducting Link Cryostats for HL-LHC Wraps Up
The production of the WP6a flexible Superconducting Link cryostats has been successfully completed. This accomplishment marks a crucial milestone, with ten series units ready for deployment.
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The first Q1/Q3 cryoassembly hits the road!
The first cryoassembly containing the first two Nb3Sn series magnets manufactured by the HL-LHC US Accelerator Upgrade Program (US-AUP) has just begun its journey to CERN. This cryoassembly, which has successfully passed cold testing and reached acceptance performance, is travelling from Fermilab (Illinois, US) to the East coast for shipment by cargo in early November…
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Great beginnings for HL-LHC IT String’s cryogenic system cold commissioning
By Aleksandra Onufrena and Antonio Perin – This summer, the cryogenic system of the future magnet test bench passed its first commissioning phase with success, Accelerating News.
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Kick-off for the Canadian Contribution during the 13th HL-LHC Collaboration meeting in Vancouver
As the LHC’s third operational run approaches the halfway point, the High-Luminosity upgrade project and its international collaboration are now fully focusing on the series production of all project deliverables in view of their installation and validation in the LHC tunnel as of the start of LS3 in 2026.
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Outcome of the HL-LHC IT String Day III Day
These days the HL-LHC IT STRING test facility in SM18 is approaching an important milestone: the completion of the infrastructure installation.
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Completion of MgB2 Superconducting Wire Production for HL-LHC Superconducting Link Project
On the 12th of October 2023 ASG and CERN celebrated at ASG Superconductors, in Genova – Italy, the completion of the production of the 1450 km of MgB2 round wire specifically developed for the HL-LHC Superconducting Link project.
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Recombination dipole prototype successfully tested for the LHC’s high-luminosity upgrade
The D2 prototype magnet, developed and manufactured in Italy, has been integrated and tested in the longest HL-LHC cold mass with corrector magnets from China and CERN
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HL-LHC collimators’ prototypes installation on the surface mock-up stand
The WP5.2 achieved a new important milestone last August, with the closing of the two HL-LHC collimators’ prototypes vessels and their installation on the surface mock-up stand in building 927.