New cryogenic test station at CERN for superconducting magnets and their components

Following the optimization planning of the superconducting magnet test facilities at CERN, a new station for vertical test of R and D magnets has been installed in a building previously dedicated to horizontal test of long superconducting magnets built for the LHC. This paper describes the main cryogenic and powering characteristics of the new test station. It gives the details of all 4 cryostats and the related equipment that composes the test station. Although the test station is optimized for low temperature superconducting magnet tests, it offers a wide range of possibilities for testing cold powering devices and components of magnets and accelerators in a temperature range from 1.8 K to 50 K. The cryostat for magnets up to 1 m diameter and 2.5 m long will complete the test station in 2013. (author)