Manufacturing in the UK for High Gradient Cavities (MUHiG)
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Engineering
Abstract
The manufacture of high gradient cavities for particle accelerators has very demanding specifications beyond the abilities of most manufacturers. CERN has worked with several companies to enable them to meet their requirements, and qualifies these so that they can bid on future tendering opportunities. As of yet, no UK company is fully qualified, although some aspects of diffusion bonding at TMD is currently qualified.
The MUHiG project aims to transfer manufacturing expertise from CERN and collaborating UK institutions to UK industry.
The MUHiG project aims to transfer manufacturing expertise from CERN and collaborating UK institutions to UK industry.
Organisations
- Lancaster University (Lead Research Organisation)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- University of Oxford (Collaboration)
- University of Huddersfield (Collaboration)
- TMD Technologies Limited (Collaboration)
- TMD Technologies Ltd (Project Partner)
- CERN (Project Partner)
- Shakespeare Engineering Components (Project Partner)
| Description | MuHig Collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lancaster has managed the collaboration and loaded equipment required for diffusion bonding X-band structures, and made a financial contribution to do initial studies at TMD |
| Collaborator Contribution | CERN is bringing bonding expertise and testing Oxford is bring metrology and tuning knowledge TMD are bringing experise in bonding RF structures but not to CERN standards yet Huddersfield are bringing expertise in CNC machining Shakespeare are the recipient of knowedge transfer on Diamond machining |
| Impact | None yet still in progress |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | MuHig Collaboration |
| Organisation | TMD Technologies Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Lancaster has managed the collaboration and loaded equipment required for diffusion bonding X-band structures, and made a financial contribution to do initial studies at TMD |
| Collaborator Contribution | CERN is bringing bonding expertise and testing Oxford is bring metrology and tuning knowledge TMD are bringing experise in bonding RF structures but not to CERN standards yet Huddersfield are bringing expertise in CNC machining Shakespeare are the recipient of knowedge transfer on Diamond machining |
| Impact | None yet still in progress |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | MuHig Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Huddersfield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lancaster has managed the collaboration and loaded equipment required for diffusion bonding X-band structures, and made a financial contribution to do initial studies at TMD |
| Collaborator Contribution | CERN is bringing bonding expertise and testing Oxford is bring metrology and tuning knowledge TMD are bringing experise in bonding RF structures but not to CERN standards yet Huddersfield are bringing expertise in CNC machining Shakespeare are the recipient of knowedge transfer on Diamond machining |
| Impact | None yet still in progress |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | MuHig Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Oxford Hub |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lancaster has managed the collaboration and loaded equipment required for diffusion bonding X-band structures, and made a financial contribution to do initial studies at TMD |
| Collaborator Contribution | CERN is bringing bonding expertise and testing Oxford is bring metrology and tuning knowledge TMD are bringing experise in bonding RF structures but not to CERN standards yet Huddersfield are bringing expertise in CNC machining Shakespeare are the recipient of knowedge transfer on Diamond machining |
| Impact | None yet still in progress |
| Start Year | 2023 |