Magnet supports in China
A clamp with added cooling
11 Mar 2019
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ITER China
An exploded view of one set of clamping plates (royal blue), mounted above and below poloidal field coil #6 (PF6). China is producing specialized clamps and supports for the poloidal and toroidal field magnets as well as the correction coils.
The nine clamps around ITER's bottom-most poloidal field coil (PF#6) will be equipped with integrated cooling to remove the heat deposited in the poloidal field supports before it is conducted to the coil. Meticulous trials and qualification tests have led to the successful fabrication of the first unit in China.
In Hefei, the first set of clamping plates for PF6 were handed over to the European Domestic Agency (F4E).
On 1 March, the first pair of support clamps for poloidal field coil #6 was turned over by the Chinese Domestic Agency to Fusion for Energy, the European Domestic Agency responsible for delivering PF#6 to ITER.
One upper clamp and one lower clamp—the first pair out of nine that are required—has officially passed all receiving inspection and acceptance tests and will be delivered to the Chinese institute ASIPP, which is producing PF6 under an agreement signed with Europe. Parallel to this successful milestone, manufacturers SWIP and Sichuan Jingcheng Energy Equipment Co. Ltd. (JCNY) are producing the eight other sets in series.