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Production Readiness reviews
Two production readiness reviews where conducted at CERN: one for the pressure vessels and one for the MgB2 cable production. The pressure vessel review covered the scope and interfaces, quality assurance, manufacturing and inspection plan, documentation procedures, production schedule and associated resources. In general, everything is well defined and only some improvements to be made…
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D1 and D2 and HO corrector review
In December 2018, a review of the design of the D2 correctors and HO correctors took place in CERN. The committee supported the selected designs that showed to reach the required performance. For the D2 correctors, based on the CCT concept that is being used at CERN for the first time, a special effort on…
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DFX review and design modifications
On the 31st January 2019 (with a 2nd final session on the 12th February), a DFX Conceptual Design Review was held at CERN. The DFX (Distribution Feed Box) is a key element of the cryogenic powering line for the new magnets of the LHC interaction regions at IP1 and IP5. This powering line, the so-called…