EN-ICE Technical Committee SM18 activities & projects Hubert REYMOND – EN-ICE-MTA 25-06-2015

Presentation Overview Brief history of SM18 during the LHC magnet measurement campaign The Measurement & Control applications used for the LHC magnets Overview of the main measurement systems The new data analysis tools Planning for the next years The new Vertical Test Stations The GSI-FAIR Project

SM18 as a R&D magnet lab: 1992 – 1998 The SM18 Test Hall has been early associated with the LHC project: 1992 – 1993: Construction of the 2 first benches to test 10 m long LHC dipole prototypes. 1996: Construction of 2 new benches to test 15 m long LHC dipole prototypes.

SM18 as magnet production test: 1998 – 2007 From 1998 until June 2004: Construction of the infrastructure for the 12 benches Preparation for the LHC magnet production test (HW & SW)

SM18 as magnet production test: 1998 – 2007 From 2003 to February 2007: More than 100 people were working in SM18 3 shift teams 12–14 magnets tested per week ~ 1 week per magnet

SM18 as magnet production test: 1998 – 2007 LHC main magnets were produced in 4 firms: - NOELL (Germany, Zeitz & Würzburg) - ALSTOM (France, Jeumont & Belfort) - ANSALDO (Italy, Genoa) - ACCEL (Germany) Final assembly in building SMA18 Installation on a SM18 bench

SM18 as magnet production test: 1998 – 2007 23-02-2007 : Last magnet tested (1384 dipoles, 457 SSS, 94 special SSS)

SM18 Horizontal Benches Layout Cluster C Cluster F Cluster B Cluster E Cluster A Cluster D

SM18 Horizontal Benches Layout Cluster C Cluster B Cluster A Cluster E Cluster F Cluster D

SM18 Horizontal Benches Layout Cluster A Cluster B Cluster C Cluster D Cluster E Cluster F Liquid Helium (1.8 K to 4.5 K)

SM18 Horizontal Benches Layout LHC Dipole LHC Quadrupole Cluster A Cluster B Cluster C Cluster D Cluster E Cluster F Liquid Helium (1.8 K to 4.5 K) LHC Dipole LHC Dipole

SM18 Horizontal Benches Layout PC 16 kA Cluster C 2 X 600 A 2 x 60 A PC 20 kA Cluster A LHC Dipole LHC Quadrupole Cluster B Cluster D Cluster E Cluster F Liquid Helium (1.8 K to 4.5 K)

SM18 Horizontal Benches Layout PC 16 kA Cluster C 2 X 600 A 2 x 60 A PC 20 kA Cluster A LHC Dipole LHC Quadrupole Cluster B Cluster D Cluster E Cluster F Liquid Helium (1.8 K to 4.5 K) PLC SE

SM18 Horizontal Benches Layout PC 16 kA Cluster C 2 X 600 A 2 x 60 A PC 20 kA Cluster A LHC Dipole LHC Quadrupole Cluster B Cluster D Cluster E Cluster F Liquid Helium (1.8 K to 4.5 K) DAQ HF/LF PLC SE

SM18 Horizontal Benches Layout PC 16 kA Cluster C 2 X 600 A 2 x 60 A PC 20 kA Cluster A LHC Dipole LHC Quadrupole Cluster B Cluster D Cluster E Cluster F Liquid Helium (1.8 K to 4.5 K) DAQ HF/LF PLC SE Status bench 1 Status bench 2

SM18 as magnet production test: Era 1998 – 2007 DAQ, Controls & Protection Systems Shared Mobile Meas. System Shared Mobile Meas. System Shared Mobile Meas. System Shared Mobile Meas. System

SM18 Applications (Controls & meas.) POWER HV MMP DAQ-HF DAQ-LF LOSS To execute current cycles on the Power Converters To execute Magnetic Measurements To launch acquisitions on the High Frequencies system To launch acquisitions on the Low Frequencies system To execute High Voltage / insulation measurements To execute magnet Loss measurements Remotely or locally controlled applications HW-Rec TEMA Edition / Execution of sequence of tests Checking of the available equipment REMA Sharing resources (water, cryo, power)

SM18 Applications (Analysis) HF-Viewer: Quench Signals View AQA: Automated Quench Analysis

Block 4: Vertical Test Benches Area Installed in building 892 (Prevessin) 4 Cryostats (with length from 1.4 m to 3.8 m) Used for short magnets

SM18 Vertical Benches Layout Length 3.8 m 1.6 m 1.4 m Vertical Benches are used for meas. on: Diode (for LHC dipole & quad. Magnet) MQ spare magnet MQXC (NbTi magnet for LH-LHC – backup plan) SMC (Nb3Sn Short Model Coil) HQ (Nb3Sn quadrupole) SC-Link Courtesy of Marta Bajko

SM18 Vertical Benches Layout A Nb3Sn magnet prototype for the HL-LHC project The SC-Link (MgB2 cables) for the HL-LHC project One of the cryostats used for vertical tests

HF/LF-DAQ System Based on a 6U + 3U PXI chassis & PXI-RT CPU Up to 5 LF cards (PXI-6225) 80 channels / card (40 in differential mode) 16 bit resolution, 250 kSamples/s, +/- 10V Transient recording up to 10 minutes (max 1 kHz) On threshold detection, with multi-triggers Continuous recording (archive) (max 1 Hz) 10 HF cards (INCAA TR14) 16 channels / card (differential only) 16 bit resolution, 200 kHz, +/- 10v Transient recording up to 165 s On threshold trigger 9 HF/LF-DAQ systems are used on H & V test benches.

HF/LF-DAQ System HF: 5 to 200 kHz Few ms to 165 s MF: 1 to 5 kHz Few 10 s Typical test: 48 MB 3MB 27MB LF: 10 Hz to 1 kHz Several days Typical test: 200 kB 100 kB 200 kB

HV Mobile Racks High Voltage Insulation Measurements (up to 5 KV) 7 systems Magnet Electrical Circuits Bench Interlocks

DMM Mobile Racks Multi Purpose Mobile DAQ system: 3 systems For LOSS, SPLICE, RRR measurements (low speed, high accuracy) 3 systems 24 channels

New analysis based on DIAdem The legacy HF/LF LabVIEW viewers have been replaced … … by the DIAdem analysis tool

New analysis based on DIAdem

New analysis based on DIAdem Data Converter DAQ-HF DAQ-LF

New analysis based on DIAdem OpenStack Virtual PC LOCAL CONSOLE ANY CONSOLE SM18/Block4 SM18 BLOC4

Renovation History 2010-2011: HF/LF-DAQ: VME + SUN workstation -> PXI + Linux console 2011-2012: HV & LOSS mobile racks: VME + SUN workstation -> PXI + Windows 2012-2013: Installation / commissioning of the Vertical tests area (Block 4) 2013-2014: The SDA project to replace the legacy HF & LF viewers 2015: HF/LF-DAQ SW renovation Cluster C re-commissioning PLCs renovation (impact on HV mobile racks, DISPLAY, POWER) New Vertical test stations, cluster D GSI-FAIR project

The new Vertical Test Stations Courtesy of Marta Bajko

The GSI-FAIR Project The Super-FRS is a two-stage in-flight separator to be built next to the site of GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, as part of FAIR (Facility for Anti-proton and Ion Research). Its purpose is to create and separate rare isotope beams and to enable the mass measurement also for very short lived nuclei.

based on Quadrupoles, Sextupoles and steerer magnet. The GSI-FAIR Project The biggest multiplet, based on Quadrupoles, Sextupoles and steerer magnet.

to be built in CERN building 180 The GSI-FAIR Project New test benches area to be built in CERN building 180 Courtesy of Marta Bajko

The GSI-FAIR Project EN-ICE-MTA WP DAQ system: in discussion Analysis tools: same as SM18

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The LHC Magnet test program The SM18 as a Factory: 1998 – 2007 The LHC Magnet test program Installation on the bench and connection 12h Vacuum pump-down Cool down of a magnet from 300k to 1.9k 26h Cold magnet tests 36h Warm-up Disconnection and removal 10h Total time 108h ( = 4.5d)