Open AccessA proposal for laminated pie mechanical construction of a toroidal magnet for the far detector for the MINOS experiment
Author(s) -
T. Fields,
V. Guarino,
E. Petereit,
P. Schoessow,
K. Thompson
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/268975
Subject(s) - toroid , minos , magnet , detector , metre , mechanical engineering , engineering , structural engineering , engineering drawing , electrical engineering , physics , nuclear physics , plasma , astronomy , neutrino , neutrino oscillation
This proposal describes an alternative to the reference design for the construction of the toroidal magnet for the detector for the MINOS experiment. This design proposes to construct the steel planes from several steel sheets and laminate them into the required thickness of four centimeters. The 8 meter planes are constructed by cutting all of the steel plates to the same size, which is pie a pie shaped segment of either 30 or 22.5 degrees each. All of the plates in the construction are identical, which is conducive to rapid production and lower cost. The advantages of the proposed laminated construction over the reference design are listed in this paper