The Major National Science and Technology Infrastructure Project
High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility
On December 18th, 2023, all equipment of 10 kW/4.5 K (2 kW/2 K) refrigerator has been delivered to Huizhou from Air Liquide in France, the cold box is the largest single equipment of HIAF among which. It is about 18 meters long, weighs 70 tons, and contains many precision components.
The installation overcame a series of difficulties such as transportation and hoisting, which is a major progress in the installation of HIAF. And the final assembly integration starts, as seen in Fig1 and Fig2.
Fig1. Picture of the cold box hoisting
Fig2. Picture of the refrigerator assembly