Technology transfer for industrial production of superconducting magnets for the RHIC project at BNL

摘要

Industrial production of superconducting magnets for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has begun. The R&D for the magnets was carried out at BNL. Following the award of built-to-print contracts, staff from the laboratory and the vendors worked toward transferring both design principles and practical details to an industrial framework for cost effective production. All magnets made thus far have been acceptable for use in RHIC.