1. Cryomodule transportation strategies
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2. Some transport strategies – 1
Partially disassemble
EINJ-II, designed by VECC and TRIUMF, will be shipped to VECC-India in 2019.
EINJ is a top loaded cryomodule, housing a single 1.3 GHz elliptical cavity.
Remove from vacuum vessel for shipping
Transport in a reinforcement structure
Other less extensive examples of diassembly
3.9 GHz CM from Fermilab to DESY had RF power couplers removed
F from Fermilab to SLAC had RF power couplers partly disassembled, warm parts removed

3. Transportation of cryomodule from Vancouver to Kolkata Norman Muller P
Transportation of cryomodule from Vancouver to Kolkata Norman Muller P.Eng.

4. Some Transport Strategies – 2
Leave assembled, but install internal reinforcement
Present strategy for LCLS-II transport from Jefferson Lab and from Fermilab to SLAC
Add supports to RF coupler for shipping which are removed at SLAC
These shipments also include Eu-XFEL-style external reinforcement

5. “M-mount” constraint of assembled coupler
Neoprene constraint sits on G-10
block, held with tie-wrap.
Limits Z (coupler lateral) motion
but permits axial movement.
LCLS-II Cryomodule Transportation, Dec 2018

6. Some Transport Strategies – 3
Apply only external reinforcement
Eu-XFEL shipments from Paris to Hamburg

7. XFEL Shipping System XFEL Shipping System Components:
Shipping Frame (Right)
Trailer with custom roof (Bottom Right)
Downstream Shipping Cap (Bottom Center)
Upstream Shipping Cap (Bottom Left)

8. Some Transport Strategies – 4
No direct reinforcement, but provide soft shipping environment in addition to truck suspension, e.g., via springs in double-frame or other special means
Examples would include on-site transport at walking speed
Long distance highway or air examples?

9. Some Transport Strategies – 5
Design completely for transport and utilize standard shipping (? Example?)
Maybe just not practical for the nature of these devices – we always need special features for transport

10. Transport methods Truck, air ride suspension Air Rail
Handling -- crane vs fork lift