INFN has a distributed technical infrastructure for the development and tests of high power normal conducting structures for hadron acceleration and high power couplers. The infrastructure is distributed in one laboratory and four sections of INFN (Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro-LNL, Padova, Torino, Bologna).
Facility at LNL for RF tests of resonators and high power couplers: RF frequency range between 80 and 352 MHz and with an RF power up to 200 kWLATA (LAboratorio Test Acceleratori: facility , under completion, for testing accelerating cavities up to 5 MWBrazing Oven: furnace in vacuum (P=10-6 mbar, T up to 1200 °C, for components up to 1 m diameter and 2 m high)Mechanical Workshops: (INFN-Padova and LNL) 5-axes CNC milling machine, Coordinate Measuring Machine (1,2×1,4×1,8m) – active scanning, WEDMs, etc.
