Conductor database launched to help monitor fabrication process
"This is a clear signal that we are entering the production phase," remarked Arnaud Devred, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ section leader for the superconducting magnets, after launching the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ conductor database last Friday. The database will help the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the six Domestic Agencies involved in producing the conductors to monitor the strand/cable/jacket and conductor production. "It will also enable us to handle the thousands of control points electronically and in a time-efficient manner," Devred explained.
The conductor database is modelled after a similar database developed by CERN for monitoring conductor production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Its architecture and specifications were developed with strong support from CERN through the CERN/°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ collaboration. Development was then taken over by the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ IT Department. "It is a nice example of tight inter-department collaboration within the Organization," says Devred. "The principal investigator in IT is Carlo Capuano and his correspondent in Tokamak is Kazuka Seo, who has been working with us for a year through a contract with the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)." The database relies on the powerful °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ collaborative platform architecture and provides easy interface for the users, while maintaining very tight security of the data since it will include commercial information."