Speaker
Mr
Kurt Artoos
(CERN)
Description
About 1800 LHC cryo-magnets will be installed in the LHC tunnel. The transport and
installation of the LHC cryo-magnets in the LEP tunnel originally designed for
smaller, lighter LEP magnets have required development of completely new handling
solutions. The severe space constraints combined with the long, heavy loads meant
that solutions had to be very sophisticated. The equipment needed has been procured
using two separate contracts, one for the vehicles to transport the cryo-magnets to
their place of installation, and one for transfer tables to place cryo-magnets on
their support jacks. The key phases of the contract are described, starting from
conceptual design, through manufacture, testing and training of operators, to the
installation of the first cryo-magnet. The paper includes conclusions and some
lessons learnt.
