BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
The experiences of collaboration between research laboratories and industries in the research and production for accelerator components in North America will be reviewed. Major projects involving industrial participation such as, Tevatron, CEBAF, RHIC, SSC, SNS, LCLS, .. etc will be covered on their scope, methodology, and performances. Compared to the practices in Europe and Japan, our activities in this domain were somewhat limited without well-established tradition and policy. A successful collaboration can contribute to both the quality of the products and the cost of their production. The lessons learned and suggestions to improve our effort for future projects will also be highlighted.
