Abstract
A six-strut magnet support system designed by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) is considered as an alternative to the current SSC magnet support system. The LBL designed a six-strut support system based on the kinematics mount concept that is generally used in the optical and the laser communication industries. The six-strut system is defined by six static degrees of freedom that constrain a point in space with no redundant restraint. Adjustment of any strut’s length means redefining the translation or rotational degree of freedom of the mounting point and produces the desirable movement of the magnet system. The accurately operated six-strut mounting system used in the Berkeley’s Advance Light Source (ALS) magnet support is able to maintain the magnet system structural integrity to survive a 7 earthquake,1 position the magnet to high tolerances, have a small footprint, simple to operate, and adjust to a micron level of accuracy.
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