Installation management for the European XFEL main accelerator

Authors :: Bousonville, Michael
Choroba, Stefan
Eints, Frank
Source :: Journal of physics / Conference Series 874, 012016 (2017). doi:10.1088/1742-6596/874/1/012016, 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017-05-14-2017-05-19
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: IOP Publishing, 2017.
Abstract: 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC17, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 May 2017 - 19 May 2017 ; Journal of physics / Conference Series 874, 012016 (2017). doi:10.1088/1742-6596/874/1/012016<br />By end of 2016, the main accelerator of the European XFEL was completed. To build this complex machine in a minimum of time, certain management methods were introduced in mid 2015, which accelerated the installation process substantially. In the following 64 weeks additional 84 % of the main accelerator were set up. This was possible due to an improved planning, the reinforcement of two teams as well as a permanent controlling and optimizing of the installation process. In this paper, the installation process from July 2015 to end 2016 and the measures which speeded up the workflow are described.<br />Published by IOP Publ., Bristol