UKRI STFC Vulcan Beamline Vacuum Chamber

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The project is to introduce a new ultra-short pulse laser beamline to the existing Petawatt laser to increase flexibility, enable a new range of experiments and provide an advanced probe for Petawatt laser-plasma interactions. As part of the new beamline both an optical compressor chamber and a final focusing chamber are required for transport and conditioning of the beam. This tender covers the manufacture of the final focusing vacuum chamber.

The vacuum chamber will be used to house the final optical assemblies for the beam transport line. We are inviting bids for the manufacture, testing and supply of this chamber to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory site at Harwell, Oxfordshire, no less than 12 months after the placement of the contract.

Additional information: The tender response closing date/time is 24/05/2019 at 14:00.

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