Author: Fowler, T.
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THPO022 Risk Assessment of the Chopper Dipole Kicker Magnets for the MedAustron Facility 3388
 
  • T. Kramer, T. Stadlbauer
    EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
  • M.J. Barnes, M. Benedikt, T. Fowler
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The MedAustron facility, to be built in Wiener Neustadt (Austria), will provide protons and ions for both cancer therapy and research. Different types of kicker magnets will be used in the facility, including fast beam chopper dipoles: these allow the beam to be switched on and off for routine operational reasons or in case of emergency. One of the main requirements for the beam chopper system is reliability. A criticality analysis, to chart the probability of failure modes against the severity of their consequences of the fault, has been carried out for the chopper dipole system. This “Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis” (FMECA), has been used to highlight failure modes with relatively high probability and severity of consequences: conservative ratings of critical components and appropriate redundancy, together with measurements and interlocks, have been used to reduce the probability and criticality of faults. This paper presents the results of the FMECA.  
 
THPS048 Design of Electrostatic Septa and Fast Deflector for MedAustron 3532
 
  • J. Borburgh, T. Fowler, A. Prost
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • T. Kramer, T. Stadlbauer
    EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
 
  For the MedAustron facility, under construction in Wiener Neustadt, three electric field deflectors are developed in collaboration with CERN. A fast deflector is used in the Low Energy Beam Transfer line to chop the beam. The chopped beam is swept onto a Faraday cup for measurement purposes and to stop beam being sent towards the synchrotron. Electrostatic septa are used for the multi turn injection of protons and ions as well as for the slow extraction from the synchrotron. Novel design features for MedAustron include an inversed cathode/anode support and high voltage feedthroughs rated at 150 kV. The possibility for a higher voltage will significantly improve the conditioning process of the septa surfaces. This paper describes the requirements of these devices as well as the mechanical design and strategies adopted for their power supplies.  
 
THPS052 Studies on Transverse Painting for H Injection into the PSB 3544
 
  • C. Bracco, C. Carli, T. Fowler, B. Goddard, G. Gräwer, J.-B. Lallement, M. Martini, M. Scholz, W.J.M. Weterings
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Linac4 will inject 160 MeV H− ions in to the CERN PS Booster (PSB). This will allow to reduce space charge effects and increase beam intensity but will require a substantial upgrade of the injection region, with the implementation of a charge-exchange multi-turn injection scheme. The PSB has to provide beam to several users with different requirements in terms of beam intensity and emittance. Four kicker magnets (KSW), which are already installed in the PSB lattice, will be used to accomplish painting in the horizontal phase space to match the injected beams to the required emittances. Double linear functions, with varying slopes for each user, have been defined for the KSW generators waveforms according to detailed beam dynamic studies for all target intensities and emittances. Effect of space charge, injection offsets, dispersion and betatron mismatch have been taken into account. Preliminary studies have been carried out to evaluate how to obtain the required vertical emittance and the option of a transverse painting, also in the vertical plane, is explored.