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    Shipping and Alignment for the SNS Cryomodule

    The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) requires 32 super conducting cryomodules to raise the beam energy of the accelerator to 1.3 GeV. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) has been contracted to build and deliver these cryomodule s. The SNS cryomodules are being assembled and tested at Jefferson Lab in Newport News Virginia, and installed at the SNS facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The cryomodules will be transported via a flatbed air ride trailer over the approximate 500-mile d istance. This paper describes the alignment of the cavities and how it is preserved during the shipping and operation of the cryomodule. It includes a description of the support scheme developed to preserve the alignment during shipping and operation, an d how the support scheme forms a very rigid structure with natural frequencies well above the expected 10 Hz driving frequencies. The entire cryomodule is supported by a dampened cradle, which is mounted directly onto the bed of the trailer. The transport ation environment was evaluated by instrumenting a similar cryomodule with accelerometers during a road test of approximately 300 miles. A complete modal analysis of the whole system has been performed and the steps taken to minimize any transport-induced loading/deflections are discussed.

    This work was supported by U.S. DOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

    Authors: T. Whitlatch, C. Curtis, E. Daly, K. Matsumoto, P. Mutton, J. Pitts, J. Preble, W. Sachleben, W. Schneider, S. Slachtouski, M. Wiseman

    Abstract submitted to PAC 2001, Chicago, IL, June 18-24, 2001

    Updated March 28, 2001



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