08 Applications of Accelerators, Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations

T23 Technology Transfer

  
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WEIFI01 How to Create a Business out of Manufacturing Linacs 1911
 
  • R.W. Hamm, M.E. Hamm
    AccSys, Pleasanton, California
 
  AccSys Technology, Inc. was established in 1985 by the author and several colleagues to sell ion linacs based on the new linac technology that had just been developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The company is now the leading manufacturer of turn-key ion linacs for several markets worldwide. This paper will describe the history of AccSys and how it has survived more than 20 years manufacturing these specialized products. The similarities of AccSys' history to that of a small electron linac manufacturer established in 1970 will also be described to provide a general concept of what is required to create a business out of manufacturing linacs.  
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WEIFI02 Can the Accelerator Control System be Bought from Industry? 1916
 
  • M. Plesko
    Cosylab, Ljubljana
 
  This presentation is intended for project leaders and specialists, whose components depend on the control system, which is nearly everybody apart from control experts. The presentation will explain the basic concepts of an accelerator control system, illustrate the similarities and differences among the most popular packages, which are nicely disguised in acronyms such as EPICS, TANGO, TINE, DOOCS, COACK, XAL, CDEV, etc. and compare them to commercial control systems (DCS and SCADA) and LabView. The second part of the presentation will analyse whether a control system is in principle a component as any other and whether therefore in principle it should be bought eventually from a competent supplier like all the other components. It will identify the reasons why many people are reluctant to outsource control systems and illustrate this with some personal experiences and suggestions how to overcome these problems. The talk will conclude by showing how naively we have started a spin-off company* to commercialize the accelerator control system that we have developed, how we have found sustainable sources of business, and how we see the future in this and related markets.

* Cosylab - Control System Laboratory, www.cosylab.com

 
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WEPCH154 SPS Access System Upgrade 2287
 
  • E. Manola-Poggioli, PL. Lienard, T. Pettersson
    CERN, Geneva
 
  The present SPS access system is not entirely compatible with the formal requirements of the French Radioprotection Authorities, and a project has been launched to remedy this situation. The upgrade project is split into three phases that will be implemented, in the present planning, in the shutdowns 2006, 2007 and after the first physics run of the LHC, respectively. This paper presents the results of the safety study, the upgrade strategy and the architecture of the upgraded system.