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Cryostat for superconducting billet heater

Given the required set-up of the superconductive coil, the demands made on the cryostat are high. Four goals had to be accomplished:

• Sustain a very high temperature difference with a very small ‘air gap’.
• Hold the coil in position under very high forces.
• Adapt to the very limited space that is available within the billet heater system.
• Keep a small temperature difference over the full length of the coil with the cryocoolers situated at one side.

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