engineering

The physics programme at CERN presents engineers with varied challenges at the forefront of technology, from the atomic scale to the colossal. Engineers build and test the machines and systems that physicists rely on, and technicians to keep these systems running smoothly, performing repairs and upgrades where necessary.
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You see an empty field? We see an “Open Sky Laboratory”!

Solutions proposed in the Future Circular Collider “Mining the Future” competition will now be evaluated in a 10 000 square metre “Open Sky Laboratory”

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Accelerators
14 March, 2024

First 3D printing of crucial component to bring accelerators closer to society

The first additive manufacturing of a critical accelerator component paves the way for more affordable and versatile particle accelerators.

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Engineering
18 November, 2022
Engineering
News
18 November, 2022

Winner of the “Mining the Future” competition announced

From brick-building to online flow analyses, ideas abound for sustainable reuse of excavated material from a tunnel for a potential future CERN facility thanks to the “Mining the Future” competition held as part of the FCC Innovation Study.

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Engineering
11 October, 2022

Registration for “Expanding Your Horizons” is now open!

On Saturday, 12 November 2022, “Expanding Your Horizons” will be back with a day full of fun and hands-on activities aimed at motivating girls to engage with science and maths

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Knowledge sharing
09 October, 2022
Knowledge sharing
Announcement
09 October, 2022

New building for the Prévessin site

The new Building 937 in Prévessin, inaugurated on 10 November, becomes an additional centre of the BE-CEM group’s activities

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At CERN
23 November, 2021
At CERN
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23 November, 2021

A 3D laser scanner is shaking up component inspection at CERN

A laser scanner acquired in 2020 by the EN department’s metrology laboratory produces high-resolution 3D modelling of a wide variety of components

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Engineering
14 July, 2021

HL-LHC radiation protection robot passes first in-cavern test with flying colours

The CERN CRANEbot successfully handled a vacuum module in the CMS cavern without the need for human intervention in a decisive test for the HL-LHC project

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Engineering
23 February, 2021
Engineering
News
23 February, 2021

Additive manufacturing opens up new prospects at CERN

Lightweight, robust, complex parts produced using additive manufacturing (3D printing) are proving their worth in the accelerators

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Engineering
02 February, 2021
Engineering
News
02 February, 2021

The cabling of the LHC detectors moves up a gear thanks to the automation of testing

The development of the “HiPotCT” system initiated by the cabling team of EN-EA-AS has considerably increased the speed of cabling activities in the LHC detectors

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Engineering
03 November, 2020
Engineering
News
03 November, 2020

A new coating technique for deflecting crab cavities

A team from the Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group is studying a method of niobium coating by sputtering for use in future accelerators

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Engineering
04 August, 2020

Broadening tunnel vision for future accelerators

CERN’s civil engineers are tackling the tunnelling challenges of a post-LHC collider

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Engineering
23 October, 2019
Engineering
News
23 October, 2019

Sensor used at CERN could help gravitational-wave hunters

A new seismic device developed by CERN and JINR is now being tested at the Advanced Virgo detector

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Engineering
30 August, 2019