WBS 6.3.3 Conductor Procurement

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WBS 6.3.3 Conductor Procurement

• Rich Smith
• DOE/NSF Review
• 8 May 2001

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WBS 6.3.3 Conductor Procurement

• Fermilab ETHZ -- CERN
• Conductor Component Procurement
• Superconducting Strand (2212K)
• Aluminum Alloy Reinforcement (701K)
• Pure Aluminum Stabilizer (973K)
• Independent QC Verification

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Conductor Configuration
Magnet Conductor Twenty One 2550 m lengths
required
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Superconducting Strand
Procurement Progress 60 order placed on
Outokumpu (Finland) July 08, 1999 40 order
placed on Intermagnetics General Corp (USA)
July 08, 1999 IGC, OKSC Contracts to be
completed Jun/Oct 2000 1st OKSC Article (one
cable) On Time Oct 29, 1999 OKSC 1st Article
(Quality Very Good) Accepted by CMS Dec 13,
1999 1st IGC Article (one cable) 15 wks late
Feb 15, 2000 IGC 1st Article Accepted (Quality
very Poor) by Fermilab Apr 12, 2000 IGC 2nd
Article (one cable) Completed (Quality Apparently
OK) Nov 15, 2000 IGC Unable to Complete prior
to Feb 2002, Contract Cancelled Oct 20,
2000 Balance of Work awarded to OKSC Dec 01,
2000 OKSC Modified Contract to be
completed Oct 30, 2001 OKSC Quality Excellent,
Presently Running 1 month late
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Strand Detailed Design
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Strand Critical Current
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Strand CuSC Ratio
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Strand Copper Stabilizer RRR
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Strand Ic n-value (5 T)
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High Purity Aluminum Stabilizer

• Procurement Status
• Order placed on Sumitomo (Japan) Aug 12, 1999
• Contract (2782 billets caps) to be completed
  Feb 01, 2001
• First Article (27 tons) Completed On Time Nov
  01, 1999
• Second Article (20 tons) Completed On Time Feb
  01, 2000
• Third Article (20 tons) Completed On Time May
  30, 2000
• Fourth Article (20 tons) Completed On Time Oct
  06, 2000
• Fifth Article (20 tons) Completed On Time Feb
  01, 2001

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99.998 Al Purity Verification
Resistivity Ratio Testing ETHZ, UGE
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HP Al Extrusion Billets Caps
Finished CMS High Purity Aluminum Extrusion
Billet(190 mm Ø x 480 mm L -- 40 kg), and Cap
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Aluminum Alloy Reinforcement

• Aluminum Alloy Procurement Progress
• Contract (125 tons) Awarded to Alusuisse Swiss
  Aluminum Mar 13, 2000
• Contract (10 test bars, 40 production bars) to be
  Completed Jun 30, 2001
• 1st Article (2 300 m short bars) On Time June
  08, 2000
• 2nd Article (6 2650 m commissioning bars) On
  Time Sept 01, 2000
• 3rd Article (2 1100 m test bars) On Time Sept
  01, 2000
• 4th Article (20 production bars) In progress, 8
  weeks late Mar 01, 2001
• 5th Article (20 production bars) To be
  Completed June 30, 2001

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Where Do These Components Go?
EB Welding (ETHZ/CERN, not USCMS CP)
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Where Do These Things Go?
Conductor Straightening, Prebending at Ansaldo
(INFN/CERN)
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Conclusions

• Loss of 2nd Vendor for Superconducting Strand
  Removes Luxury of Generous Slack in Strand
  Procurement Schedule Remaining slack now 3
  months
• 1st Vendors Superconducting Strand is of
  Excellent Quality Responsive to Increased Order
• Pure Aluminum Quality Excellent Contingent
  Quantity to be Ordered Soon
• Aluminum Alloy Quality Excellent, Vendor
  Responsive Expected to Complete Successfully
  Schedule has 8 months slack