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28 - Svetsaren no. 1 - 2007 Photo courtesy Siemens Medical Solutions
Aristo TM robot package appreciated at Siemens Magnet Technology British producer of superconducting magnets for MRI scanning equipment praises functionality and user-friendliness of ESAB MIG equipment for robot applications. BY BEN ALTEMÜHL, EDITOR OF SVETSAREN Manufacturing superconducting magnets for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment is characterised by a high level of control and consistency imposing high demands on the MIG welding process and weld quality. ESAB Aristo TM inverter technology applied on SMT’s production robots provides the advanced programming and process functions, including ESAB SuperPulse, needed for this kind of challenging fabrication. Acknowledgement Malcolm Faithfull, Welding Engineer, and Martin Smith, Business Excellence Manager, are thanked for enabling our visit to SMT and for providing us with the information for this article. SMT Siemens Magnet Technology (SMT), Oxfordshire, UK, is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of superconducting magnets for MRI scanners. More than 30% of the MRI scanners for clinical imaging in hospitals worldwide have at their heart a superconducting magnet produced by SMT. More than 80% of the magnets are incorporated into MRI Systems from Siemens Medical Solutions. Other customers include Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation and Hitachi Medical Corporation. SMT is strategically located in Oxfordshire with access to leading universities, medical research facilities, scientists and researchers. Twenty five years ago, Siemens Medical Solutions laid the cornerstone for MRI development and an enormous amount of innovation has taken place to turn the first ideas and experiments into today’s product line. MRI is a non-invasive imaging technique for obtaining cross-sectional images of the body. It is particularly useful for visualizing the soft parts of the body, such as muscles, ligaments, tendons, fat and cartilage, as well as vessels. It has widespread applications in the diagnosis of cancer, heart disease and neurological disorders. Developing shorter magnets with larger patient apertures enabled Siemens Medical Solutions to produce the world’s first Open Bore MRI scanner in which patient comfort is key and as a result the patient’s experience is less intimidating. Superconducting magnets Figure 1 shows a simplified view of SMT’s superconducting magnet. The heart of this are the wire coils of the magnet (Figure 2), enclosed in a stainless steel vessel filled with liquid helium to cool the magnet to –269 °C. At this temperature the wire becomes superconducting and has a resistance approximately equal to zero. The helium vessel is suspended in a stainless steel outer chamber that is brought under high vacuum to insulate the magnet and maintain the ultra-low temperature. Both the helium vessel and the outer vacuum chamber are manufactured from 304L stainless steel. This material is selected for its low magnetic properties – rather than for reasons of corrosion – to avoid disturbance of the magnetic field and keep it uniform. The purchasing specification agreed with the steel supplier contains a band-width for the ferrite content to maintain the magnetic properties at a consistent level. In general, tolerances to the construction are very Svetsaren no. 1 - 2007 - 29
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