Pisces Upgrade - Test Stand Assembly

This test stand is fabricated from type 6061 aluminum components. The fabricator is Jones & Lockhart Welding, of St. Louis, MO, under subcontract to The Boeing Company. The figure below shows the partially completed PISCES Upgrade Experiment Test Stand. The beam line is mounted on rails to facilitate assembly and maintenance while maintaining beamline alignment. The centerline of the plasma beam line will be at the top of the picture. The cusp-shaped anodes will be mounted on finger-shaped brackets shown at the top of the picture. The beamline can be broken, for maintenance, at the cathode flanges. Each half of the beam line can be separated with the rail-mounted assembly stand shown at the bottom of the picture.

Near the top of the photo are two sets of smaller rail-mounted assemblies with large I-beams. These assemblies support the main magnets that form the cusp-shaped field. These assemblies allow the completion of the cathode and anode assembly. Then the magnets can be installed over the anodes.

A majority of the high-pressure water cooling tubes are installed in the cooling support panels, awaiting installation of the beamline components. The beam tubes already have their hoses attached. The target-end beam tube can be seen in the background.

You may return to the PISCES Upgrade home page for more information or go directly to pages that illustrate the fabrication status of other PISCES Upgrade hardware:

• Anodes
• Discharge and Heater Flanges
• Reflecting and Target-End Dump Plates
• Reflecting and Target-End Beam Tubes plus Bumper Limiter

The Boeing Program Manager for the PISCES Upgrade design and fabrication contract is Lester M. Waganer. The University of California - San Diego is the sponsoring agency for the Department of Energy.

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