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| WEPLT016 |
Logistics of LHC Cryodipoles: from Simulation to Storage Management
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- K. Foraz, B. Nicquevert, D. Tommasini
CERN, Geneva
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The particles traveling in the Large Hadron Collider are guided by superconducting magnets. The main magnets (cryodipoles) are 16 m long, 30 tons objects placed with accuracies of few tenths of mm and therefore imposing challenging requirements for handling and transportation. Numerous contracts are constraining the production and installation of these cryodipoles. These contracts have been rated according to the baseline schedule, based on a "just in time" scheme. However the complexity of the construction and the time required to fully test the cryodipoles before installation in the LHC required to decouple as much as possible each contract from the others' evolutions and imposed temporary storage between different assembly and test steps. Therefore a tool simulating the logistics was created in order to determine the number of cryodipoles to store at the various stages of their production. In this paper the organization of cryodipole flow and the main challenges of logistics are analyzed on the basis of the planning of each main step before installation. Finally the solutions implemented for storage, handling and transportation are presented and discussed.
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| WEPLT042 |
Scheduling the Installation of the Large Hadron Collider
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- S. Weisz, K. Foraz, H. Gaillard, L. Lari
CERN, Geneva
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The size and complexity of the LHC project at CERN calls for a strong co-ordination of all installation activities. The detailed installation planning has to take into account many constraints such as the component production rates, the installation contracts or the transport and handling requirements in a narrow tunnel with limited access points. The planning also needs to be flexible enough to cope with aleas that are unavoidable in such a large project that spans over many years. This paper describes the methodology followed by the team responsible for the planning and logistics in order to stay reactive to the actual progress of the installation and to keep optimizing the usage of resources.
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