Our offices are located in Building 30, in the Meyrin site of CERN.

Depending on the task, the magnetic measurements are performed in one of our labs:

- Building 311 

It is the newest lab of the Section. 

In this lab we measure mainly Normal Conducting and Permanent Magnets. The lab is equipped with power converters up to 900 A and several test benches implement advanced measurement techniques (stretched wire, vibrating wire, rotating coils, fluxmeters, field mapper,…). We also develop new instruments and there are specific tools for the calibration of the sensors. 

You can find pictures of the construction of the building at the bottom of this page.

- Building 867

This lab is reserved for tests on radioactive magnets. Units from SPS are regularly measured here after their refurbishment.

There are high-current power converters up to 6000A. In this lab, the available test benches are equipped with fluxmeters, rotating coils and stretched wires.

- SM18

The lab is equipped with the cryogenic facilities and the power converters required for the tests on Superconducting Magnets.

Many benches, implementing the rotating coil or the stretched wire techniques, are available. The most common magnets measured in this lab are the long dipoles and quadrupoles for the LHC.

Special benches are dedicated to measurements on high-field magnets based on the new Nb3Sn superconducting-cables.

- Building 927

- Building 180

Construction of Building 311

In the slideshow below, you can find photos taken during the construction of Building 311.