1. MICE Target Status Chris Booth 30 th March 2004

2. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 2 The challenge ISIS beam shrinks from 73 mm to 55 mm radius during acceleration Target must remain outside beam until 2 ms before extraction Then enters 5mm (into halo) Must be out of beam by next injection Beam cycle length 20 ms Target operation “on demand”, 1 to 10 (or 50) Hz

3. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 3 The challenge (continued) Operation in vacuum –No lubricated bearings –No convective cooling Operation in radiation environment Must cause minimal vibration Must be completely reliable and maintenance-free

4. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 4 Ideal target motion Infinite acceleration!

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6. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 6 Basic drive specifications Travel >25 mm Peak acceleration (min.) ~1 mm ms -2 =1000 ms -2 =100 g Rep. rate oOn demand 1 Hz  10 Hz (  50Hz?) o(Machine cycle length 20 ms)

7. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 7 Components (or tasks) Diaphragm springs: 25 mm travel (±12.5 or …?) Magnet & coil assembly Position sensing Power supply & control, feedback etc. Cooling? … [What buy, what make?]

8. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 8 Diaphragm spring Magnet (fixed) Target Section First design: Moving coil

9. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 9 Problems! Modified idea for linear motor drive Discussions with Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) in Sheffield: Large volume of permanent magnetic field Large current, hence mass (hence power) of coils Difficulty of cooling

10. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 10 Diaphragm spring Target Section NS Alternative design: Moving magnet Array of coils

11. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 11 Advantages Lower mass – light moving magnet (sintered neodymium-iron-boron) Stationary windings – more power, many cooling options Larger travel possible

12. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 12 Disadvantage Multiple coils More sophisticated power supply & commutator required Phase and amplitude control required

13. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 13 Control ideas 2 levels –Rapid hardware position feedback to control phase & ensure stability and reproducibility –Pulse-to-pulse monitoring (software) of position, timing, etc. to provide slow adjustments to drive waveform

14. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 14 Position monitoring requirements For monitoring –Precision 0.2 mm, sampled every 0.1 ms For drive phase control –Precision ~ mm, timing ~ 0.2 ms ?

15. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 15 Position monitoring method? LVDT (Linear Variable Differential Transformer) –Good precision, but not fast enough Optical encoder –Excellent precision, probably not fast enough, not radiation hard Capacitive sensor? –Precision, stability, speed not yet clear! Magnetic sensor? –Is electronics rad hard?

16. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 16 Parallel studies – with Caburn Ltd Bellows, with solenoid/cam outside vacuum? Magnetic coupling through vacuum chamber? Fatigue!!

17. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 17 Just mechanical version of previous design? Not currently favoured – in reserve?

18. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 18 Next steps Continue design studies with EEE –Build prototype magnet/coil system Design/make/acquire diaphragm springs with sufficient travel Develop fast position sensing Interface to power supply/driver Implement 2-stage feedback Test and characterise

19. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 19 Future Radiation-hard position sensing? Improved control and feedback Operation in vacuum Cooling? Long term stability (fatigue of springs?) …

20. Chris BoothUniversity of Sheffield 20 Timetable?? First prototypeSummer 04 Develop controlAutumn 04 System testsWinter 04-05 Cooling, stability testsSpring-Summer 05 Rad-hard componentsSpring-Summer 05 Interfaces with ISISSpring-Summer 05 Implement improvementsSummer 05 Final device construct/testAutumn-Winter 05 InstallWinter-Spring 06