PC-based Motion Control in a superconducting electron linear accelerator
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An exciting new research facility is currently under construction in the Hamburg metropolitan region. Opening in 2017, the center will house the European XFEL X-ray laser, an apparatus generating ultra-short X-ray flashes – 27,000 times per second – with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than that of current conventional X-ray radiation sources. PC-based control and drive technology from Beckhoff is used to position a total of 91 special high-precision magnet assemblies (undulators) of the underlying electron accelerator. The European XFEL X-ray laser is installed in a
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