Mechanical Design, Assembly, and Test of LPF1: A 10.2 T Nb3Sn Common-Coil Dipole Magnet With Graded Coil Configuration

Abstract

An Nb3Sn/NbTi subscale dipole magnet named LPF1 with graded coil design and common-coil configuration has been designed, assembled, and tested at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China. Compared to the previously proposed FECD1, LPF1 is designed with a longer outer NbTi racetrack coil to reduce the peak field in the coil end. The computed bore field and peak coil field of LPF1 is 12.0 T and 12.1 T, if it works at 6100 A with a safety margin of 17% at 4.2 K. The horizontal and vertical directions of the coil packs are preloaded by using bladder and key technology while the axial direction of the coil packs is preloaded by pretightening four aluminum rods. Before assembly, we tested the electron-beam welded bladders in a subscale shell-support structure and verified the strain measurement system. During assembly, we preloaded the coil packs gradually by referring to the measured shell strain after inserting stainless steel keys and removing the bladders. After assembly, we started to test the subscale dipole magnet vertically at 4.2 K. LPF1 reached a bore field of 10.2 T after 13 training quenches and then it reached a stable quench current without detraining. This paper presents the updated design parameters, the stress analysis, the magnet assembly, and test of LPF1.