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CAPABILITIES:

     
    • Rf Linac Design and Development

    • (including proton, deuteron, light-ion, heavy-ion, and electron linacs. Specializing in compact and efficient designs utilizing conventional and proprietary linac structures.)
    • Rf Linac Beam Dynamics Analysis
      (using PARMILA, PARMELA, PARMTEQ, PARMIR, TRACE-3D and SCALA.)
    • Low- and High-Energy Beam Transport Design and Analysis
      (using TRACE-3D and TRANSPORT.)
    • Rf Cavity Design and Analysis (see 3D Examples)
      (using the SUPERFISH (2D) and SOPRANO (3D) computer codes.)
    • Rf Linac and Cavity Fabrication
      (including RFQ, RFD, RFI, DTL, and PWT Linac Structures and Buncher Cavities.)
    • Rf Cavity Test Model (Cold Model) Design, Fabrication, and Measurement
      (Measurement capability based on a Network Analyzer (HP 8753C, 300 kHz to 6 GHz) to reveal rf mode spectra, and a Bead Perturbation setup to determine rf field distributions.)
    • Rf Linac Prototype Fabrication
      (including Ion Source, LEBT, Rf Power, Vacuum, Cooling, Control, and Diagnostics.)
    • Mechanical Design and Analysis
      (including Mechanical Drawings utilizing Autodesk's AutoCAD and Inventor software.)
    • 3D Computer Solid Modeling
      (including 3D Designs and Illustrations utilizing Autodesk's Inventor software.)
    • Vacuum System Design and Fabrication
      (including Valves, Vacuum Pumps, and Gauging, utilizing Elastomer O-Rings or All-Metal seals.)
    • Helium Vacuum Leak Testing
      (to leak rates as low as 1 x 10-11 Torr-liter/sec.)
    • Ion Source Design, Analysis, and Fabrication
      (promoting the new ECR-type Microwave Ion Source.)
    • Neutronic Calculations
      (utilizing the Monte-Carlo radiation transport code, MCNP4B.)
    • Neutron Production Target Design and Analysis
      (including Lithium Target/Moderator assemblies for the production of Epithermal Neutron Beams for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT).)