One of the largest and most complex magnets ever built has arrived at the site of the €20bn International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) under construction in France.
The superconducting magnet, which measures 17 metres by nine metres, took one month to be shipped from the factory of ASG Superconductors in La Spezia, northern Italy.
According to ASG, 600 employees from 26 different companies have worked on the magnet, known as a toroidal field coil. The companies include Italy-based engineering company Simic and the ICAS consortium, which includes government agency Enea (the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development).
The superconducting magnet, which measures 17 metres by nine metres, took one month to be shipped from the factory of ASG Superconductors in La Spezia, northern Italy.
According to ASG, 600 employees from 26 different companies have worked on the magnet, known as a toroidal field coil. The companies include Italy-based engineering company Simic and the ICAS consortium, which includes government agency Enea (the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development).
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