With the arrival of the last coil termination box on 19 September and its installation three days later, all 31* coil termination boxes and 31 cryostat feedthroughs have been delivered and installed, completing the gallery portion of the feeder system.
“From the start of manufacturing at ASIPP in China in 2015 to the delivery of the last gallery component this month, 10 years have passed,” says Man Su, technical responsible officer for the feeder system. “These were exciting years and this milestone is truly gratifying. I want to stress the collaborative nature of the work accomplished and recognize the important contributions of many at the Chinese Domestic Agency, ASIPP, and the ITER Organization—including workers, quality control and technical officers, and logistics teams.
*One coil termination box has been temporarily installed for use at the ITER magnet cold test facility, where several toroidal field coil magnets and one poloidal field coil will be tested before installation in the machine.
See the gallery below for more images of the feeder installation project.