DESIGN, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF A PRODUCTION LINE FOR TPX DEMONSTRATION CONDUCTOR

A complete production line for fabricating CICC dummy conductor has be en designed, constructed and tested for TPX program. The line is capab le of producing up to 500 meters of CICC conductor and is scaleable up to 1.5 km in length. The line consists of a payoff spool for feeding cable inside the tubes, a welding station, a drawing station which inc ludes dies and a bull-block, and a takeup spool. We have demonstrated the fabrication of the conductors. Two types of conductor, one for TF and the other one for PP coil have been produced. The conduit material s are Incoloy 908, which are formed from strips. The cables are made f rom OFHC copper strands. The detail design, fabrication and testing of each component of the system is presented in this paper.