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Meyer Tool manufactures a cryostat for the QUIET experiment

CSA corporate sustaining member Meyer Tool & Mfg. has manufactured a cryostat for the QUIET (Q/U Imaging ExperimenT) experiment, a joint effort of a consortium from eleven universities and labs.

CAD Cut announces certification

CAD Cut, a CSA corporate sustaining member, announced its certification to the ISO9001-2000 and AS9100 Quality Standards.

Researchers produce 52.3MV/m gradient field with niobium SC accelerator cavity

Researchers at Japan's KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization have successfully produced a 52.3MV/m gradient field with a niobium superconducting accelerator cavity, reportedly reaching the theoretical accelerating gradient limit for current state of the art cavity shapes.

Founder of Meyer Tool & Mfg. dies February 6

Frank Meyer, founder of Meyer Tool & Mfg., longtime CSA supporter and valued member of the cryogenic community, passed away on February 6.

CSA to help promote “Absolute Zero” TV special

CSA has signed on as part of a national partnership program, to help engage the American audience in a story that touches their lives in innumerable ways, a two-part PBS television special based on the Tom Shachtman book, "Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold."

First 600m of LHC cryogenic distribution line passes initial tests

The first 600m of the cryogenic distribution line to supply superfluid helium to the superconducting magnets at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have passed initial testing at room and cryogenic temperatures.

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Stability

Stability refers to the ability of a device employing superconductors to remain in its superconducting state after part of the superconductor transitions back to its normal conducting state due to a disturbance. While the concept can apply to many superconducting devices—transmission lines, generators, motors, etc.—it is most commonly considered in...

Cable-in-Conduit Conductors

Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) are a common form of superconducting cable used in large-scale applications. There are several varieties of CICCs, but they all consist of many small, stabilized superconducting wires contained within a conduit through which a coolant (typically supercritical He II) flows. Figure 1 shows the cross section of...

Bayonet Coupling

A bayonet coupling is a demountable joint that allows for quick and easy connection and disconnection of cryogenic components, including transfer lines, cryostats, liquefiers and refrigerators. Bayonets provide a number of advantages, chief among them the ability to connect and disconnect the bayonets while components they connect are still at...

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Air Separation and Liquefaction

by Nils Tellier, PE, President, EPSIM Corporation (CSA CSM) nils@epsim.us All illustrations courtesy EPSIM Corporation Background History of Air Separation and Liquefaction This section builds on a rich history of methods to develop deep refrigeration and cryogenic liquefaction during the 19th Century. You are encouraged to read Cryo Central’s History...

Bose-Einstein Condensate

A Bose-Einstein condensate, first proposed in 1925 by Albert Einstein based on work done by Satyendra Nath Bose (the same Bose from whom the term boson is derived), is a super-cold state of matter in which almost all of the individual atoms have “condensed” down to the lowest possible quantum...

Cold Technology for Pest Control

While it does not reach temperatures cold enough to be called cryogenic, carbon dioxide snow is at the heart of a new way of dealing with unwanted pests. It utilizes a quick freezing process that takes advantage of the properties of carbon dioxide snow and has a number of benefits...

Cryogenic Finishing

The following 3 articles discuss the uses and procedures of various type of cryogenic finishing. 1) By Robin A. Rhodes, Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. rrhodes@nitrofreeze.com Cryogenic Deflashing is employed to remove undesired residual mold flash that remains on molded parts after they are removed or ejected from the...

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An Issue of Pressure and Flow Rate in a Supply Tank

Please help solve this problem: A supply tank requires a vaporizer to generate sufficient pressure to pump stored fluid up into a vehicle or tank. The available head is limited as the tank level falls and it is important to minimize the system pressure drop to maintain the desired flow...

Using MLI on VJ Line Joints or Cryo Storage Tanks

When installing Multi Layer Insulation (MLI) blankets on VJ line joints or cryo storage tanks should they be wrapped and tied down tight or loose? These are usually pre-cut to size. Also should they have an access hole at the point of where the molecular sieve is installed to help...

Separated layers of ice over a pipe

I want to know that why there are different layers of ice over a pipe carrying a cryogenic fluid, each layer separated with clear marks / lines? What do these layers signify?

Using nitrogen as a cryogen

Is it possible to achieve -200˚C using nitrogen as a cryogen?

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