We received the assignment from our customer Linde Kryotechnik AG to design and produce a testing facility for superconductive magnets.

For the FAIR project at GSI a large number of dipole and quadrupole magnets are to be tested.

Each test consists of a integration/connection phase, a cooldown phase, testing phase and a warm up phase. Each phase takes about a week leading to a total time of for weeks per magnet. The system was designed into 4 test benches which could work independently from each other. This is good for continuity and it speeds up the throughput with a factor of 4. But it complicates the design because a warm station may not interfere with a station being in cold condition.

By working closely with our customer Linde Kryotechnik and the end user GSI we developed a system which not only meets the specification. It is also a pleasure to work with!