First Super-FRS component moved to FAIR site
22.05.2025 |
The first component of the FAIR Super Fragment Separator Super-FRS, a superconducting multiplet magnet, has been moved to the FAIR site. A multiplet is a combination of different magnet types (quadrupole, sextupole, octupole and steerer dipole), which are housed in a common liquid helium container and cryostat. The recent transport of the approximately five meter long, 2.5 meter wide, and four meter high component, weighing 48 tons, marks a major milestone of the FAIR installation in general and the Super-FRS installation in particular.
The so-called LM11 multiplet was built in Genua, Italy, by the company ASG Superconductors and subsequently transferred to the specialized testing site at CERN. After fulfilling all its specifications, it had arrived at GSI/FAIR in August 2024 and since then undergone additional testing and pre-assembly work before the approval for installation was given.
The multiplet was then moved from its storage on the GSI/FAIR campus to the FAIR site with the aid of a dedicated heavy-load transport vehicle and lowered into the tunnel system in twelve meters depth with the bridge crane in the Super-FRS target hall, where it now awaits installation at its final location.
The transport and installation of further multiplets and other Super-FRS components will follow in the coming weeks and months in the preparation of operation in the FAIR Early Science research program. (CP)
