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Design Support
Supercon's team of physicists, engineers, material scientists and manufacturing professionals are ready to work with you to meet all of your superconductor requirements.
We differentiate ourselves by offering an extensive variety of standard superconducting products and unprecedented technical innovation. Customers often call us to say, This is what I want...can you help? And our answer is always, Yes. Look to Supercon as an extension of your design team.
Product Configurations
Supercon conductors are manufactured to meet your most demanding design requirements on a cost effective basis. Depending on the operational requirements for the conductor, copper to superconductor ratios can be designed from less than one to over ten-to-one. The conductor may have a single superconducting filament clad in copper, as in SUPERCON T-48B, or it may have several thousand superconducting filaments each surrounded and bonded to high conductivity copper. Both round and shaped conductors are available in virtually any size. Cables can be fabricated from any combination of strand designs to meet a wide range of requirements.
Standard Supercon conductors are detailed in the "Products" section of this website and are avilable from stock. Custom designed conductors can be delivered with minimal lead times. All products can be supplied for JIT (Just-In-Time) delivery to meet your specific superconductor requirements.
Features
| Size and Shape |
Supercon composites can be made with a variety of uniform cross sections. |
| Critical Current and Field Requirements |
Supercon NbTi superconductors can be used economically for fields up to 90 kilogauss. Short sample currents are guaranteed. |
| Stability Requirements |
Specified in part by the copper to superconductor ratio, this ratio may range as high as 10 to 1, or higher in soldered conductors. |
| Number and Size of Filaments |
The number and size of filaments are determined by the current capacity and the stability requirements of the conductor. The superconducting filaments are twisted within a matrix to reduce magnetization losses. |
| Matrix Material |
High conductivity copper, because of its high resistivity ratio and high thermal conductivity, is the most common matrix material. Other materials (e.g. CuNi or CuMn) can be used in special applications. |
| Insulation |
All standard electrical insulations can be applied - the most common being Formvar |
| Availability |
Standard conductors available from stock. Custom conductor designs can be supplied with minimal lead times. |
Characterization
Supercon guarantees that all wires have short sample values equal to or greater than those specified on the data sheets. Samples from each production lot are tested to determine the critical current characteristics, and Ic values are certified with each order. Typical short sample currents are approximately 10% higher than these guaranteed values.
Quality
At Supercon, quality is paramount. A quality program designed to meet ISO-9000 requirements ensures superconducting wire meeting both technical specifications and delivery requirements. To assure quality, strict control procedures are in place throughout the design, production and final testing of all products, In addition, all insulated wire is inspected for continuity of insulation in conformance with NEMA standards for copper magnet wire.
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