Dear AMMRL Bank of Experience:
I have looked over our wondrously rich email Archives (esp.Jan 98 and found
a range of advice about moving or the madness of moving)energized magnets.
As I am pressed to move a 4.7T Oxford and it has limited but finite
usefulness I want to do this economically. My sense is that energized
Oxfords have been successfully moved: Based on Jeff Simpson's MIT experience
it seems one can simply slowly pick it up by chains/engine hoist to the three
ears on top, put it on an appropriate dolly and cautiously roll it into the
next room. Unfortunately I have a 1" step so I hope a 6' ramp with 2 degree
tilt will be tolerated. Bruker offered to rent me a dolly for
$850 but I have found a manufacturer who will make a dolly to my specs
for $55 good to 950 pounds...New Haven Moving Equipment 800-743-7237.
I would like to hear from anybody who has tried successfully or unsucessfully
to move an energized magnet recently....
Pending worries:
>Better to move with high helium to assure coil coverage even with sloshing?
>Better to move with low nitrogen to lessen the strain on the can suspension system?
>How tolerant of tilt....if it has swung when picked up that means that
a few degees tilt would be OK..I'd like to know what people observed.
>What sized wheels on your dolly? I will have 3" so I can get through
the door, therefore, more vibrations when rolling....
I know it's risky but I'd like to save $10K.
I will post summary to archives.
Charlie Dickinson
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Charlie Dickinson, PhD
NMR Director
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
Amherst MA 01003 USA
charlie_at_telemann.pse.umass.edu
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FAX 413-545-0082
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