Author: Saeki, T.
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MOPB093 Vertical Electropolishing Studies at Cornell 364
 
  • F. Furuta, B. Elmore, G.M. Ge, T. Gruber, G.H. Hoffstaetter, D.K. Krebs, J. Sears
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor
    Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA
  • H. Hayano, T. Saeki
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • Y.I. Ida, K.N. Nii
    MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan
 
  Vertical Electro-Polishing (VEP) has been developed and applied on various SRF R&Ds at Cornell as primary surface process of Nb. Recent achievements had been demonstrated with nitrogen doped high-Q cavities for LCLS-II. Five 9-cell cavities processed with VEP and nitrogen doping at Cornell showed the high average Qo value of 3.0·1010 at 16MV/m, 2K, during vertical test. this achievement satisfied the required cavity specification values of LCLS-II(2.7·1010 at 16MV/m, 2K). We will report the details of these achievements and new VEP collaboration projects between Cornell and companies.  
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MOPB098 Improvement of Temperature Control During Nb 9-Cell SRF Cavity Vertical Electro-Polishing (VEP) and Progress of VEP Quality 381
 
  • K.N. Nii, V. Chouhan, Y.I. Ida, T.Y. Yamaguchi
    MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan
  • H. Hayano, S. Kato, H. Monjushiro, T. Saeki, M. Sawabe
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • K. Ishimi
    MGI, Chiba, Japan
 
  Marui Galvanizing Co.,Ltd. has been developing Nb 9-cell SRF cavity vertical electro-polishing (VEP) facility and technique for mass production in collaboration with KEK. Our first 9-cell cavity VEP facility was not enough to control temperature during VEP, so the polishing quality was not so high. In this article, we will report the progress of temperature distribution and polishing quality due to the improvement of temperature control system of electrolyte and cavity during VEP.  
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MOPB105 Symmetric Removal of Niobium Superconducting RF Cavity in Vertical Electropolishing 409
 
  • V. Chouhan, Y.I. Ida, K.N. Nii, T.Y. Yamaguchi
    MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan
  • H. Hayano, S. Kato, H. Monjushiro, T. Saeki, M. Sawabe
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • K. Ishimi
    MGI, Chiba, Japan
 
  Vertical electropolishing (VEP) leads several advantages over horizontal EP in respect of easy operation and mechanism of an EP system resulting in lower cost. However, till yet VEP always resulted inhomogeneous removal of a niobium (Nb) cavity along its length and bubble traces especially on the top iris of a vertically set cavity. In this work we performed lab EP and VEP experiments in order to study and solve these two problems. A coupon cavity which contains 6 disk type Nb coupons positioned at beam pipes, irises and equator was vertically electropolished to optimize VEP parameters so as to get almost uniform removal of Nb and a smooth surface of the cavity without bubble traces. Our patented unique i-Ninja cathode having 4 wings was used with an optimized rotation speed to get homogeneous removal of Nb. The homogeneous removal and the surface without bubble traces might be result of a uniform thickness of a viscous layer on the surface of the cavity cell and no accumulation of hydrogen bubbles on the top iris surface. The surfaces of the coupons were studied in detail with surface analytical tools.  
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TUPB062 Evaluation of Sc Property Coated on a Surface 723
 
  • Y. Iwashita, Y. Fuwa
    Kyoto ICR, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
  • M. Hino
    Kyoto University, Research Reactor Institute, Osaka, Japan
  • T. Kubo, T. Saeki
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  Funding: This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26600142.
We are trying to deposit thin superconducting material on a substrate for higher accelerating field gradients. In order to evaluate the deposit method, surface properties are under measurement. Some results on measurements at DC and a preparation status toward RF measurement will be reported.
 
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THBA02 Recent Development in Vertical Electropolishing 1024
 
  • V. Chouhan, Y.I. Ida, K.N. Nii, T.Y. Yamaguchi
    MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan
  • H. Hayano, S. Kato, H. Monjushiro, T. Saeki, M. Sawabe
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • K. Ishimi
    MGI, Chiba, Japan
 
  Horizontal electropolishing (HEP) is being used for final surface treatment of niobium SRF cavities. However a HEP system is equipped with complicated mechanism that makes it expensive and enhances cost of surface treatment of cavities especially when mass production is considered. Vertical electropolishing (VEP) has been introduced by other labs and the research is being carried out to establish the VEP technique. The VEP system requires simple mechanism and has advantages over HEP setup. Positive results have been obtained from the VEPed cavities also as shown by other labs. However further improvement in a VEP setup, cathode and VEP parameters is required. Marui Galvanizing Co., Ltd in collaboration with KEK has been working for development of VEP system, optimization of cathode and VEP parameters to obtain uniform Nb removal with a smooth surface of a cavity. Here we report our recent development of VEP system, unique Ninja cathode and parameter optimization with a 1-cell coupon cavity containing 6 Nb disk coupons at the beam pipes, irises and equator. The coupon surfaces were analyzed to obtain detail of the cavity surface.  
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THPB030 Fabrication and Evaluation of Low RRR Large Grain 1-Cell Cavity 1146
 
  • H. Shimizu, H. Inoue, E. Kako, T. Saeki, K. Umemori, Y. Watanabe, M. Yamanaka
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  Successive R&D studies of SRF cavities are ongoing at KEK by using existing facilities of Cavity Fabrication Facility (CFF) and other equipment of Superconducting Test facility (STF). Recently, there are studies on the low RRR of niobium material with high and uniform concentration of tantalum which could be used for the fabrication of high performance SRF cavity, and hence it could reduce the fabrication cost of cavities [1]. In order to confirm the advantage of the material, a large-grain single-cell cavity was fabricated at CFF/KEK with sheets sliced from a low RRR niobium ingot with high and uniform concentration of tantalum. The resistivity measurement of sample from sliced sheet showed the RRR value of 100, whereas it is about 400 for the nominal qualification of fine-grain sheets at KEK. The low RRR large-grain single-cell cavity was already fabricated at CFF/KEK. The quality control of the fabrication processes are well under control. Then several vertical tests of the cavity were done at STF/KEK. In this presentation, the results of the vertical tests are shown. The potential of the low RRR niobium material for SRF cavity are discussed.
*P.Kneisel et al, NIM A774(2015)133
 
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THPB046 Design and Development of Superconducting Spoke Cavity for Compact Photon Source 1196
 
  • M. Sawamura
    Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Gamma-ray Non-Destructive Assay Research Group, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
  • E. Cenni
    CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • R. Hajima
    JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
  • H. Hokonohara, Y. Iwashita, H. Tongu
    Kyoto ICR, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
  • T. Kubo, T. Saeki
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  Funding: This study is supported by Photon and Quantum Basic Research Coordinated Development Program of MEXT, Japan.
The spoke cavity is expected to have advantages for compact ERL accelerator for X-ray source based on laser Compton scattering. We have been developing the spoke cavity under a research program of MEXT, Japan to establish the fabrication process. Since our designed shape of the spoke cavity is complicated due to increase the RF properties, we have been designing the mold including the process of press work and the support parts for vacuum tolerance with the mechanical simulation. In this paper we present status of the spoke cavity fabrication.
 
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