Designing, fabricating and testing cost effective structural composite for the SSCL magnets

The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) is a proton -- proton particle accelerator used to study the fundamental forces and particles of nature. When completed in 1999, it will be the world's largest particle accelerator with a total collision energy of 40 TeV. One of the most important components of the collider is the superconducting magnets. They are used to bend and focus the particle beam around the ring. Magnet designs involve sharp bending of the superconducting niobium-titanium copper cable used in making coils. The end turns of the coils are supported with end spacers and saddles made of composite materials. This paper addresses the design, fabrication, testing and cost of these coil end parts