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Pushing technology, expanding industry

PAVAC Industries has a way with electron beams, and with the help of a boost developing superconducting radiofrequency technology, they’re taking their beams to the next level

| 12 January 2012

Electron beams aren’t just for colliding. They also happen to be useful tools for welding metals and treating greenhouse gases. PAVAC Industries of Richmond, Canada is all about electron beams – manipulating them and manufacturing machines that use them. The company is currently contracted to develop superconducting radiofrequency technology (SRF) for the ILC. That assignment, […]

The multiplying effects of an accelerator economy

Niowave in Lansing, US is bringing superconducting cavities to the larger science community

| 3 November 2011

On the homepage of a US-based company website is a picture that, at first glance, looks like an advertisement for a major household appliance. A yellow starburst graphic assures you that delivery time is quick. A text-boxed baseline price is presented in glowing type. And at the centre is the touted item: an ILC/TESLA-type accelerator […]

Preparing for SCRF industrialisation

| 3 March 2011

The Global Design Effort (GDE) was created by the International Committee for Future Accelerators with the specific mandate to develop a design for the ILC based on superconducting radiofrequency acceleration. One of the earliest goals of the GDE was to pursue an aggressive R&D programme to develop high-gradient cavities. We set an ambitious goal of […]

The ILC, a very special market for high purity niobium

| 1 July 2010

The ILC will have an ultra-cold and complex heart made of niobium, a rare, soft, grey, and ductile transition metal. Some 18,000 radio frequency (RF) accelerating cavities for the ILC will be made of niobium, which becomes superconductor when cooled to nearly absolute zero. There are many steps to produce fine grain niobium for ILC […]

Exchanging opinions about the ILC

| 27 May 2010

One day before the beginning of the biggest ever – and first international – Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2010, a satellite meeting was held with scientists and specialists from laboratories and industries around the world on the superconducting radiofrequency (SCRF) cavity technology and industrialisation. GDE Project manager Akira Yamamoto chairs the industrial session The meeting […]

Renewing links with superconducting cavity manufacturers

| 26 March 2009

Director’s Corner 26 March 2009 Marc Ross Renewing links with superconducting cavity manufacturers Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Marc Ross, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. The most important performance parameter for a linear accelerator is its cost per electronvolt of accelerated beam, or cost per watt of delivered beam power. In […]