Europe signs contract for toroidal field coil winding packs
23 Jul 2010
Toroidal field coils are composed of a winding pack and a stainless steel coil case. Each winding pack is 14 metres high, 1 metre wide and 9 metres long. The weight of a winding pack is approximately 110 tonnes.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ will operate with a system of superconducting magnets that relies on the toroidal field coils, the central solenoid, the poloidal field coils and the correction coils (see °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ image).
Europe will manufacture 10 of the 19 toroidal field coils for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, including a spare, while Japan is responsible for producing the remaining nine.
The European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy recently for the supply of ten winding packs for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ toroidal field coils with a European consortium that brings together Iberdrola IngenierÃa y Construcción SAU, ASG Superconductors SpA and Elytt Energy SL.
The signature of this EUR 156 million contract is a significant step for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project and an impressive technological milestone given the fact that winding packs of this size have never been manufactured before.