Pictured: one of the cryomodules containing several dozen P5-502 and P6-502 Copper Thermal Straps from TAI (photo credit: FNAL.gov)
I am proud to announce that Fermi National Laboratory selected TAI to be the thermal strap supplier for SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source-II High Energy (LCLS-II-HE) project. For this upgrade to LCLS, TAI will supply nearly 1,500 of our standard model copper thermal straps (CuTS®) over 2021 and into 2022, which are used to cool the cryomodules being built by Fermi and Thomas Jefferson National Laboratories.
By adding these additional cryomodules to LCLS-II, LCLS-II-HE will increase the electron beam energy 2-fold, thereby increasing the spectral reach of the hard X-Ray undulator. This will lead to a number of important capabilities upgrades for LCLS-II, including:
The TAI team would like to thank the terrific scientists and administrative personnel at Fermi and Jefferson Lab, SLAC National Accelerator Lab, and the Department of Energy, for the amazing work that they do, and their continued business.
And, as always, a big thank you to TAI’s machinists, technicians, engineering and administrative staff for their work on this program!
Pictured top right: one of the superconducting undulators that is designed to "wiggle" electrons (photo credit: slac.stanford.edu)