1. CONT Meeting, 21 January 2019

2. 3 Units 1 Company: From Materials to Systems
ASG Superconductors is a leading Italian Company active worldwide in the SUPERCONDUCTING magnet and technology business for research and industrial applications
ASG has an average turnover of 50 M€/year consolidated and currently employs 230 highly specialized managers, engineers and technicians
Competences and ability to work with cutting edge technology and hi-tech materials is combined everyday with a strong commitment to increase production capability and technological skills, collaborating worldwide with the main scientific research institutes and with sector’s market leaders.
ASG Superconductors is now organized in three operative units: magnets & systems unit, columbus mgb2 unit and paramed mri unit with 38,000 m2 production plant over 4 plants in Liguria
The recent merger has created a single and unique company able to master the superconducting technology from the material synthesis to the commercialization of complete systems
Magnets
energy
Healthcare
cables
Wires
MRI imaging
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3. Solid experience to build a better future
ASG's history is an excellence at the frontiers of technology
From research to industrial applications: starting as early as in the 1950s - when the magnet unit of Ansaldo took part in the construction of the Italy's first electrosynchrotron in Frascati (Rome)
In 2001 the superconducting division of Ansaldo spun-off as an independent company, increasing its effort significantly to become a sustainable market player, with a stronger inclination to develop new business opportunities by investing in promising materials including MgB2 wires and in medical devices as MRI scanners
CERN, Fermilab, GSI, ITER - Fusion for Energy, CNAO and many more: the ASG history is a continuous 50 years track record facing new challenges presented by the scientific community
ASG engineers believe that it is now time to bring their superconducting technology to a higher level, making it available for a countless number of electrotechnical devices, with positive implications on a variety of energy, medical and industrial uses
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4. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS
Magnets & systems unit
With more than 50 years experience and with a vast and trusted global track record, the Magnets & Systems Unit designs, manufactures, and tests Superconducting Magnets and Systems for:
THERMONUCLEAR FUSION
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS
MRI MAGNETS
CANCER THERAPY MAGNETS
POWER GRID DEVICES
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5. New La Spezia Production Site
Clean Area
Controlled humidity
and temperature
7.000 m2
4 bays
220 m length each m2
Overhead crane
240 TONS
Close to la Spezia harbor
2,5 km
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6. ITER TF Coils 4 TF Coils out of 10 Manufactured
10 superconducting coils (out of 19) are built in Europe by ASG Superconductors. The company was awarded the order in 2010 as part of a consortium with Iberdrola and Elytt Energy.
The coils are under construction in a 28,000 m2 production facility in La Spezia.
4 TF Coils out of 10 Manufactured
All the 71 DPs manufactured within 2018
56 People involved
Personnel requalification
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7. ITER TFC Manufacturing Process
1. DP Winding
2. Conductor Heat Treatment
3. DP Insertion into RP
4. Turn Insulation
5. Cover Welding
6. DP Ground Insulation
7. DP VPI
8. DP stacking
9. WP Ground Insulation
10. WP VPI
11. WP test
12. WP ready for shipping
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8. ITER PF Coils
ASG was awarded of an order for Engineering Integrator activities as part of work on the construction of the poloidal field coils (PF2-PF3- PF4 e PF5) and the cold testing of PF6.
Because of the large size of the coils, they are under construction on site at Cadarache in France, where the entire ITER experiment will be located.
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9. JINR – NICA Project Multi-Purpose Detector Magnet
Coil is 9 m in length, 5 m in diameter
0.5T field intensity on the magnet axis, with very high homogeneity
Design , installation and commissioning of the magnet system
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10. From Magnets to Superconducting Systems
MANUFACTURING
MAGNETS
DESIGN
SC MAGNETS
MgB2
NEW MATERIALS
WIRES
Innovation
Industrial
ENERGY
AEROSPACE
Applications
MEDICAL
investments
SC Systems
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11. Industrial Applications
Make use of competencies and technologies gained in High Energy Physics and Fusion
Diagnostics
Therapy
Power Quality
Make a sustainable business of superconducting magnets and cables for a variety of applications
Application of
MgB2 technology
2005
MRO - First MRI open space system , cryogen free , with MgB2conductor
2010 to date
The development of the second leg
IBA - one of two commercial systems for proton therapy utilizing a high field cryogen free system
MRO Rotating - first prototypes for Image Guided Therapy, SC magnets cryogen free that can be moved during operation
UHF MRI
We are also trying hard to introduce SC solutions in a very conservative industry :Energy transportation
SMES
FCL – we are close to install in UK the first induction system at 33 KV with MgB2 conductor
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