Example #1

Under contract to Florida A&M University, Woodruff Scientific Inc designed and built the Spheromak Turbulence Physics Experiment (STPX)

We have learned from prior spheromaks and have designed a flexible system using modern vacuum techniques.  We have reduced the pulse length of the spheromak formation banks to the minimum necessary (dictated by the physics), and integrated the vacuum boundary with the confinement chamber wall.  We have designed and built the world’s largest spheromak, with formation current pulses of 600kA on a budget of less than 500k, and in under 1 year.

_________________INITIAL CONSULTATION AND PROPOSAL

Contracting WSI shared with FAMU

Initial consultation May 18th 2010

A several hour meeting with an agenda

Proposal and SOW May 20th 2010

_________________KICK-OFF MEETING AND CONCEPT DESIGN REVIEWS

Kickoff meeting July 6th 2010 – Presentation

Design questionnaire July 7th to help speed up some of the early design work.

Lit review and overview of existing devices July 15th

Capacitor Bank CDR July 15th, minutes

Vacuum System CDR

Diagnostic port overview (excel spreadsheet)

_________________ENGINEERING DESIGN REVIEWS

Safety EDR July 20th 2010 and protocol for: WSI written HV start-up and shut-down procedure;  WSI HV Electrical Safety Training; WSI Safety Management Plan; WSI employee safety orientation; Review minutes.

New estimates for bank options August 2nd 2010

Diagnostics discussion August 3rd 2010 and recommendations.

Reconciliation of budgets with all quotes issued to FAMU August 16th 2010

Pre-Final EDR for Capacitor bank system (WSI internal)

Final capacitor bank EDR August 16th

Pre-Final EDR for Vacuum system (WSI internal)

Final vacuum system EDR August 16th

Final Simulation EDR (internal)

Control circuit PCBs EDR (internal)

Gas handling system EDR (internal)

Support structure stress analysis (internal)

Magnetic field coil CDR and EDR (internal)

Analysis for thermal properties of plasma-facing coatings (internal)

All engineering design drawings of chamber, supports, gun, macor insulator, G10 insulators, diode stack, etc January 28th 2011.

_________________STATUS REPORTS DURING PROCUREMENT AND FABRICATION

1. September 2010 Modeling, initial engineering drawings, initial purchasing.

2. October 2010 DAQ outlined, CORSICA modeling for stability, gas system design.

3. January 2011

4. Combined February+March 2011

5. April 2011

6. June 2011 final report.