Near net shape coil support structure
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
InventorsLarry Herndon, William Louis Einziger
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Abstract
A superconducting magnet support structure is provided. The support structure includes an exterior portion and an interior portion. The exterior portion has multiple shoulders and multiple pockets. The shoulders and pockets are dimensioned corresponding to dimensions of a superconducting magnet. The interior portion has a base coupled to the shoulders. The exterior portion and the interior portion contain roving at approximately 0° and 90° directions relative to a center axis extending through the support structure. A method of fabricating the support structure is also provided including applying an integrated multi-layer glass tape to a preformed support tooling during a wet winding process.
Claims9
A method of fabricating a superconducting magnet support structure comprising:
- generating a design criteria for a superconducting magnet;
- designing a preformed support tooling for the superconducting magnet coil support structure in response to said design criteria;
- providing said preformed support tooling dimensioned according to said design criteria;
- applying an integrated multi-layer glass tape to said preformed support tooling by a wet winding process;
- thereafter, curing said multi-layer glass tape;
- machining said cured multi-layer glass tape before application of said superconducting magnet to the superconducting magnet support structure;
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- removing said preformed support tooling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.