Since Issue 2 of the Newsletter, it was decided to change the installation position of the dispersion suppressor collimators (TCLD) of IR7 from cell 8 to cell 9 in order to provide a much better cleaning in cell 11 for both protons and ions operation.

Since Issue3, three of the six series magnets were tested at cold [S1, S2, and S3], and another one [S4] is ready for testing on a test bench in SM18. On the production side, the construction of the cold mass assembly of the first spare magnet has started