Tag: WP6A – Cold Powering
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Read the 10th HiLumi LHC annual newsletter!
The 10th edition of the annual newsletter has been released. Read it here!
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Completion of DFX and DFM cryostats for the HiLumi LHC Cold Powering Systems
In January 2026, CERN and the University of Southampton (SOTON) celebrated the successful completion of the series production of the DFX and DFH cryostats for the High-Luminosity LHC (HiLumi LHC) Cold Powering Systems.
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All components for the Cold Powering Systems of the HL-LHC now at CERN
At the end of October 2025, ICAS delivered to CERN the last of the ten complex MgB₂ cable assemblies needed for the Superconducting Links of the Cold Powering Systems that will be used for connecting the magnets to the power converters in the HL-LHC.
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Validation of the second Cold Powering System for HL-LHC
Following the successful qualification of the first Cold Powering System for the Inner Triplets (the new quadrupoles that will be either side of the interaction points at Points 1 and 5)
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Final resistive parts of current leads for HL-LHC cold powering systems completed at CERN
At the end of February, the final resistive parts for the current leads for HL-LHC Cold Powering Systems (WP6A) were completed at CERN by EN-MME, meaning that the full series of 157 units is now available!
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CERN’s High-Luminosity LHC: progress, challenges, and what is to come | Accelerating News
In this Q&A with HL-LHC Project Leader Oliver Brüning, we take a look at the past year for the HL-LHC Project and what’s to come in 2025.
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Completion of DFX construction for the HL-LHC Cold Powering Systems
Each of the HL-LHC Cold Powering Systems incorporates, at its cold (4.5 K) end, a complex cryostat called a Distribution Feedbox (DF). Two types of DF cryostats are needed for the HL-LHC: five DFX, for the Triplets, and five DFM, for the Matching Sections.
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The HL-LHC’s cold powering system successfully passed the tests
The HL-LHC’s cold powering system successfully passed the tests By Anaïs Schaeffer (CERN) on CERN News This is the first time that a full power transmission system, transferring current from room temperature to the liquid helium environment via MgB2 and REBCO superconducting technology, has been constructed and successfully validated in final operating conditions. “This great success is
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Important milestones achieved in the HL-LHC IT String 27 November, 2024
Following the installation of the superconducting link, significant progress has been made on the IT String test facility, part of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC)
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Completion of the HL-LHC Cold Powering Collaboration Agreement with Uppsala University (DFHX and DFHM)
The Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Superconducting Links (SC-links) of the HL-LHC Cold Powering Systems (HL-LHC Work Package 6A) terminate at their warm (20 K) end in complex cryostats, called DFHX for the Triplets and DFHM for the Matching Sections.