Rock West Composites Delivers to Purdue University the Barrel Timing Layer Tracker Support Tube for CERN's Large Hadron Collider
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Saturday, March 9, 2024
SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rock West Composites (RWC) announces the delivery of the Barrel Timing Layer (BTL) Tracker Support Tube to Purdue University this month. This large carbon fiber sandwich structure destined for CERN was designed by a joint team from Purdue University, led by Dr. Andy Jung and Dr. Ben Denos, and RWC, led by John Marks. The collaborative effort met key performance parameters using the most cost-effective design. The hardware RWC delivered will be integrated with instrumentation from Purdue prior to delivery to CERN.
Key Points:
- This month Rock West Composites delivered a large, high-precision, carbon fiber and honeycomb core tube to Purdue University.
- The structure is the Barrel Timing Layer Tracker Support Tube that is part of an upgrade to CERN's Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), which is a general-purpose detector at the Large Hadron Collider.
- SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rock West Composites (RWC) announces the delivery of the Barrel Timing Layer (BTL) Tracker Support Tube to Purdue University this month.
- Low coefficients of thermal expansion are maintained in all 3 directions: radially, circumferentially, and along the length of the tube.