Author: Hauviller, C.
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MOPO027 Status of a Study of Stabilization and Fine Positioning of CLIC Quadrupoles to the Nanometre Level* 538
 
  • K. Artoos, C.G.R.L. Collette, M. Esposito, P. Fernandez Carmona, M. Guinchard, C. Hauviller, S.M. Janssens, A.M. Kuzmin, R. Leuxe, R. Moron Ballester
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Funding: The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Commission under the FP7 Research Infrastructures project EuCARD, grant agreement no.227579
Mechanical stability to the nanometre and below is required for the CLIC quadrupoles to frequencies as low as 1 Hz. An active stabilization and positioning system based on very stiff piezo electric actuators and inertial reference masses is under study for the Main Beam Quadrupoles (MBQ). The stiff support was selected for robustness against direct forces and for the option of incrementally repositioning the magnet with nanometre resolution. The technical feasibility was demonstrated by a representative test mass being stabilized and repositioned to the required level in the vertical and lateral direction. Technical issues were identified and the development programme of the support, sensors, and controller was continued to increase the performance, integrate the system in the overall controller, adapt to the accelerator environment, and reduce costs. The improvements are implemented in models, test benches, and design of the first stabilized prototype CLIC magnet. The characterization of vibration sources was extended to forces acting directly on the magnet, such as water-cooling induced vibrations. This paper shows the achievements, improvements, and an outlook on further R&D.
 
 
TUPC014 System Control for the CLIC Main Beam Quadrupole Stabilization and Nano-positioning* 1021
 
  • S.M. Janssens, K. Artoos, C.G.R.L. Collette, M. Esposito, P. Fernandez Carmona, M. Guinchard, C. Hauviller, A.M. Kuzmin, R. Leuxe, J. Pfingstner, D. Schulte, J. Snuverink
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The conceptual design of the active stabilization and nano-positioning of the CLIC main beam quadrupoles was validated in models and experimentally demonstrated on test benches. Although the mechanical vibrations were reduced to within the specification of 1.5 nm at 1 Hz, additional input for the stabilization system control was received from integrated luminosity simulations that included the measured stabilization transfer functions. Studies are ongoing to obtain a transfer function which is more compatible with beam based orbit feedback; it concerns the controller layout, new sensors and their combination. In addition, the gain margin must be increased in order to reach the requirements from a higher vibration background. For this purpose, the mechanical support is adapted to raise the frequency of some resonances in the system and the implementation of force sensors is considered. Furthermore, this will increase the speed of repositioning the magnets between beam pulses. This paper describes the improvements and their implementation from a controls perspective.  
 
TUPS060 Designing, Integrating, and Coordinating Installation of MedAustron 1671
 
  • B. Nicquevert, C. Hauviller
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • M. Benedikt, B. Nicquevert
    EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
 
  Funding: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland EBG MedAustron, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
"Give me a layout good enough and a building to place it, and I will install your accelerator". To paraphrase Archimedes, this is the role attributed to Integration team in MedAustron project. Starting with the optics layout and a building sketch, the integration work consists of a series of activities, interlinked in a complex manner. First the design and integration of the accelerator: list items, define geometrical envelopes with interfaces, put them in position in CAD, identify conflicts, define input for items design and infrastructure. Then the various equipment is procured: verify and validate design data, follow-up manufacturing, fiducialize equipment, build supports. Lastly global installation: check equipped building, define survey framework, install and pre-align equipment on supports, move assemblies to their final location, survey actual position and adjust to theoretical position. The whole chain of operations from a layout to a real beam in MedAustron is illustrated. The help from item-driven data management is emphasized. Grouping all activities within a single team favors interactions between stakeholders and consistency of activities.