• Question: How long does it take to make an insertion device?

    Asked by Georgie to Ed on 12 Mar 2015.
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      Ed Rial answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      Hi Georgie

      An insertion device takes about a year to go from the drawing board to being installed. However we are designing a new type at the moment called (and this is a mouthful!) a Cryogenic Permanent Magnet Undulator. This will be cooled with liquid nitrogen and will probably be about two and a half years from drawing board to completion. (Cryogenic engineering is very hard because different materials shrink different amounts over different temperatures!)

      Ed

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