Projects and Case Studies (under construction)

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credits: CERN

Beam Dump Facility (CERN, Switzerland)

Assembly of tantalum alloy cladded tungsten and TZM cylinders. Cylinders subjected to high mechanical stress from beam impacts and erosion-corrosion from water cooling.

  • Procurement of base materials Ta, W and Mo alloys: Suppliers scouting, materials specification writing.
  • Base materials qualification via mechanical testing and microscopy.
  • Development of new diffusion bonding approach via High Isostatic Pressing in collaboration with Fraunhofer Institute (DE).
  • Diffusion bonding qualification via mechanical testing, thermal conductivity measurements and microscopy
  • Installation of the device and successful testing of the device under real beam conditions for one week 
credits: CERN

Neutron Spallation Target Design (CERN, Switzerland)

Assembly of casted Pb discs enclosed stainless steel /aluminum vessel. Assembly subjected to extreme thermo-mechanical stress, irradiation, corrosion and limited intervention during 10 years of operation.

  • Procurement of base materials, Pb casted discs: materials specification writing.
  • Base materials qualificationvia chemical trace analytics and metallography.
  • Bonding technique selection and characterization for vessel enclosure (Al to SS): explosion cladded bimetallic plates
    • Supplier scouting
    • Specification
    • Qualification via vacuum tests, NDT (dye penetrant testing and radiography) and mechanical testing
    • Electrochemical test to assess corrosion in operation conditions.

Materials And Fabrication Expertise For HL-LHC Crab Cavities And Other Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities (CERN, Switzerland)

Taking part in the development and prototyping of complex shaped superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities for CERN’s High Luminosity LHC Upgrade.

  • Mastering brazed transitions niobium to stainless steel for SRF cavities
  • Establishment of deeply spin-formed niobium components for Quadrupole Resonator Cavities to reduce number of weld seams, including study on forming and of heat treatment effects on mechanical and thermal properties
  • Entire new development and qualification of vacuum brazed titanium to stainless steel transitions, operating at cryogenic temperatures.
  • Establishment of purification process for additively manufactured pure niobium (by Selective Laser Melting) through post heat treatments.