Engineering & Configuration Management (EC)

Activities:                    

Engineering support, Vacuum, gas and Cabling activities thermal and mechanical validations, configuration management.
The Engineering and Configuration (EC) section provides Configuration Management,  Engineering, Cabling and Connectors, Gas and Vacuum  expertise and Operation Support for CERN's secondary beams & Experimental Areas. 
 
In particular, the section is responsible for:
  • Providing engineering support for for LHC and HL-LHC equipment under EA responsibility and various projects and installations in operation in the secondary beams and Experimental Areas during either their preparation, integration, installation, operation, modification, consolidation, and dismantling phases.
  • Ensuing safety in view of getting engineering safety validation, carrying out analysis and/or defining the path for the official approval before  manufacturing of beam line and infrastructure components.
  • Performing mechanical calculations, structural analysis and defining prototype qualifications.
  • Cabling, on-site and in workshops, fabrication of tailored cables/harnesses with connectors and fittings suited for experiments and detectors. This includes associated mechanical installations, supports, crates/racks and containment. 
  • Vacuum system design & engineering, construction, operation and maintenance for secondary beam lines.
  • Gas system operation and maintenance; especially oriented fixed gas supply systems for the experimental areas (including LHC) and user  support in the fixed target and test beam areas;
  • Establishing a framework and a work methodology for configuration management and layout database in the secondary beams & Experimental Areas.
  • Establishing and maintaining an adequate track of changes throughout the lifecycle of EA's activities, allowing to verify that the activities were performed as intended, and are identified and documented in sufficient detail to support its projected life cycle.
  • Participating in new projects, studies and work packages taking place in the secondary beams & Experimental Areas and associated accelerators, the: 
      o    North-Area Consolidation Project;
      o    Hi-ECN3 Project
      o    AD Consolidation Program;
      o    ELENA project;
      o    HL-LHC Collider Experiment Interface Work Package;
      o    CERN LHC Hostlab Project.