Elettra 2.0: Start of the Removal of Old Magnets

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The dismantling of the historic Elettra storage ring has officially entered its final phase. On Monday, October 6, work began on the removal of the multipole and dipole magnets forming the achromats of the storage ring. An achromat is a lattice section designed to maintain the electron beam’s position and direction through a specific configuration of magnets. In total, the Elettra storage ring comprised 12 achromats, including 180 multipole magnets and 24 dipoles. All of these components will be progressively disassembled over the coming weeks. The operation, led by the magnets group in close collaboration with the handling and workshop teams, requires a high level of precision. Once detached from their supports, the magnets are rigged and lifted with the overhead crane, then placed on numbered pallets and transferred to the RP building for systematic storage. The first achromat to be completely dismantled was sector 12 — a symbolic milestone that marks the beginning of the final removal stage of the machine.