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Grimm, J.

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THP027 Welding Helium Vessels to the 3.9 GHz Superconducting Third Harmonic Cavities 842
 
  • M.H. Foley, T.T. Arkan, H. Carter, H.T. Edwards, J. Grimm, E.R. Harms, T.N. Khabiboulline, D.V. Mitchell, D.R. Olis, T.J. Peterson, P.A. Pfund, N. Solyak, D.J. Watkins, M. Wong
    Fermilab, Batavia
  • G. Galasso
    University of Udine, Udine
 
 

Funding: This work was supported by Fermilab Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy.
The 3.9 GHz 3rd harmonic cavities are designed to serve as compensation devices for improving the longitudinal emittance of the free-electron laser FLASH at DESY. These cavities operate in the TM010 mode, and will be located between the injector and the accelerating cavities. Fermilab is obligated to provide DESY with a cryomodule containing four 3rd harmonic cavities. In this paper we discuss the process of welding helium vessels to these cavities. Included will be a description of the joint designs and weld preparations, development of the weld parameters, and the procedure for monitoring the frequency spectrum during TIG welding to prevent the cavity from undergoing plastic deformation. Also discussed will be issues related to qualifying the dressed cavities as exceptional vessels (relative to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code) for horizontal testing and eventual installation at DESY, due to the necessary use of non-ASME code materials and non-full penetration electron beam welds.