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Caldwell Custom Lifting Device for Cryomodule Assembly
> Rockford-based The Caldwell Group Inc. has manufactured a customized lifting device that is being used during assembly of cryomodules at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, in its home state of Illinois. The project was awarded to Caldwell distributor John Sakash Company Inc., also of Illinois. The process requires precision assembly
apparatus, as Fermilab builds SSR1 cryomodules (sections of modern particle accelerators) for its Proton Improvement
Plan-II (PIP-II), an essential upgrade to the Fermilab accelerator complex. The Caldwell system, specified red in color, offers multiple configurations and can be raised and lowered with surgical accuracy by hand-wheel, an operational requirement of the end user. The centerpiece of the solution, which
meets the ASME B30.20 BTH-1 standard, is a 6,000-lb. capacity main beam, while two 1,500-lb. extension beams can be added at either end. All three beams span 371 in. (9,423.4 mm) but it will be adapted to suit various assembly processes. Cryomodules are positioned on a track directly beneath
the beam/s and tooling is utilized to accurately position components beneath various lifting points. Pete Sakash, of John Sakash Company,
said: “Fermilab provided very detailed specifications for the lifting device, with the principle challenges for the contractor being low headroom, uneven flooring, and critical stability. Our system provides a ft. or so of adjustability but in use they’re only really going to need to utilize about 6 in. of that.” Dan Mongan, special application
support, new product development specialist at Caldwell, said: “The project is notable for the accuracy of assembly that we had to accommodate. Fermilab is a facility at the sharpest point of scientific investigation. Using threaded rods, the hand-wheel can position the beams to millimeter accuracy. Only the columns remain rigid as the system provides Sakash’s customer with every possible lifting point cryomodule assembly will require.” American Rigging & Millwright Services
accepted a scope of work to collect the lifting system from Caldwell and complete installation onsite. Previously, Scott Anderson,
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