Meeting on mechanical design and integration

Europe/Zurich
Mainz

Mainz

Saclay/Mainz interface meeting 23/7/25
 

Clarified at the meeting or since:

  • vacuum seal between chapeau and vacuum chamber : evacuate trapped air from sealing channel in the outer flange of the chapeau
  • membrane flange : screws connecting air and vacuum -> replace by non-throughgoing screws
  • nuts for the rails inside the vacuum chamber : non-magnetic material (titanium; polymer possible?) Ensure nut shape is correct before ordering.
  • handling tools (small cranes, fenwicks): Saclay lists its requirements for the installation; MESA workshop will make them available
  • beam tube extension
    • any welding should be made non-magnetic (cf. beamtube flange). Use non-magnetic welding metal
    • upstream end of beamtube extension : connection with accelerator handled by MESA

 

Still open issues:
  • update MESA step file on seafile
  • vacuum chamber : please provide manufacturing drawings (meeting between Boris and NTG next week)
  • beam tube extension
    • material : stainless steel? Aluminum? (-> activation)
    • which magnetic permeability tolerance (<1.1?)
  • percentage of antimony in shielding rings? check forward shielding rings (which use antimony too), and replicate.
  • Chapeau integration:
    • distance between chamber and wall?
    • can the structure on the wall be dismounted?
    • enlarge width between support structures near hall entrance, for access
  • vacuum seal between chapeau and vacuum chamber : radiation hardness specifications?

 

 

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