A clamp with added cooling
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.
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.