Additive Manufacturing Techniques for High Magnetic Field Research

ORAL

Abstract


Complex high-precision mechanical devices can be fabricated using 3-dimensional printing technology with the help of computer-aided design. Using 3D stereolithography, we have constructed a cryogenic goniometer for measurements in pulsed magnetic fields of up to 100 T, at temperatures as low as 0.5 K. The goniometer allows up to two samples to be rotated in situ to a precision of 0.1 degrees, so that the field can be applied at many different angles to the samples’ symmetry directions. The materials used for such pulsed-field probes must be stable in temperatures down to 0.5 K, non-metallic, to avoid eddy-current heating, and durable; we will review the properties of several materials tested in developing the goniometer. Following its success, we suggest that 3D printing is now a viable technology for pulsed-field and other cryogenic probes.

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Presenters

  • Fedor Balakirev

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab NHMFL, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, NHMFL-LANL, MS E536, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, LANL

Authors

  • Fedor Balakirev

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab NHMFL, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, NHMFL-LANL, MS E536, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, LANL

  • Ximone Willis

    University of Texas at Dallas

  • Xiaxin Ding

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, NHMFL-LANL

  • John Singleton

    Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab NHMFL, NHMFL-LANL, NHMFL at Los Alamos National Lab, NHMFL, Los Alamos Natl Lab, NHMFL - Los Alamos