The CERN’s projects, HL-LHC (the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider) and FCC (Future Circular Collider), will create a big push in the state of the art of High-Field Superconducting magnets in the ten coming years. The performance of superconducting materials will be developed to yield higher performance at lower costs and the construction materials and techniques will be advanced. At the same time, in the context of Energy’s savings, Industry is experiencing a renewed interest in the domain of industrial superconductivity with fault current limiters, wind generators, electric energy storage, etc. Besides, Medical Research shows a strong interest in High-Field MRI, especially for the brain observation.
In that context, since January 2015, an ad-hoc Working Group called FuSuMaTech – for Future Superconducting Magnet Technology – was set up collaboratively between CERN and CEA. The FuSuMaTech Initiative firmly intends to open the doors between the technical worlds of High Energy Physics and Industry, create the framework of collaboration and provide common tools to all the European actors of the domain.
In 2017, twelves partners have submitted a proposal and have obtained a European funding under a FET-OPEN CSA (Future Emerging Technologies - Coordination and support Action) FuSuMaTech Phase 1.
FuSuMaTech Initiative aspires to define the most efficient way to increase collaboration between industry and academia in overcoming technological barriers to bringing products into the market, supporting a European cluster in applied superconductivity. It will enlarge the innovative potential especially (but not only) in High Field NMR and MRI, opening new possibilities in brain observation.
The FuSuMaTech initiative aims, to foster research and innovation in the field of superconducting magnets for scientific instruments, medical instrumentation, electric power generation, transmission and storage, and to support the European cluster of superconducting magnet technology to keep the leading position of Europe in the domain by developing a co-innovation eco-system between academics and industry.
The FuSuMaTech FET OPEN-CSA H2020 Project (Phase 1 of FuSuMaTech initiative 23th October 2017 - 22th April 2019) objectives have been completed:
• to move towards a FuSuMaTech European cluster
• to build the FuSuMaTech Road mapping
• to define and preparing Generic R&D&I actions
• to define and prepare Pilots actions
(As far as R&D&I should not only be based on academic subjects but should also be developed by demonstrators or technology pilots, both pathways were proposed: half of the subjects are generic R&D&I actions and half of the subjects are practical applications).
