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Development of the HESR Magnet Transport and Positioning System

The project focuses on the development of a specialized transport and handling system for the safe movement, transfer, and accurate pre-positioning of accelerator magnets and related heavy components within the HESR facility. The system is intended to transport objects from an initial loading point to their installation locations and position them near the final alignment points with an accuracy of approximately 10 mm. The scope also includes the development of mechanisms for transferring the components from the transport system into their pre-final positions, dedicated lifting fixtures for the transported objects, and methods for securing and fixing the transport equipment during handling operations.

The system must accommodate several types of accelerator magnets, ranging from smaller correction and sextupole magnets to large dipole magnets approximately 4–5 m long and weighing 25–30 tonnes. The HESR installation includes 44 dipoles, around 100 quadrupoles, 40 sextupoles, correction magnets, solenoids, and several additional equipment boxes of comparable dimensions.

The transport solution is to operate within the approximately 4 m high × 4.5 m wide HESR tunnel and may be based on either rollers or rails. It must interface with the magnet support and fastening infrastructure, enable planar movement and pre-positioning before precision alignment, and provide sufficient operational efficiency to handle at least two components per day.

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