DENIM 2018

Europe/Zurich
WHGA/001 Auditorium (Paul Scherrer Institut)

WHGA/001 Auditorium

Paul Scherrer Institut

CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
Description
We are pleased to announce that the 7th Design and Engineering of Neutron Instruments meeting will be held at PSI, Switzerland, from September 16 to 19, 2018. This will prove to be an essential conference for all engineers and technicians interested in the project management, design, specification, fabrication, acceptance testing, operation maintenance and upgrades of neutron scattering instruments. We look forward to seeing you in the heart of Europe next autumn.

Flyer
    • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM
      Registration / Welcome Aperitif Room Solitäire (Thermalquellen Resort)

      Room Solitäire

      Thermalquellen Resort

      Convener: Mr Peter Keller
    • 7:30 AM 8:00 AM
      Shuttle bus from Bad Zurzach Thermal Resort Reception (Bad Zurzach)

      Thermal Resort Reception

      Bad Zurzach

      Shuttle Zurzach -> PSI

    • 8:00 AM 9:00 AM
      Registration WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      Welcome WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Prof. Christof Niedermayer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 9:30 AM 10:15 AM
      Plenary Session: DECTRIS WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Christian Brönnimann (Dectris AG)
    • 10:15 AM 10:30 AM
      Introduction to DENIM 2018 15m WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Mr Peter Keller (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Coffee Break / Poster Session Sponsors 30m WHGA/Foyer

      WHGA/Foyer

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 11:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Plenary Session: Preparation of SINQ upgrade WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Uwe Filges (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 11:30 AM 12:00 PM
      Plenary Session: CAMEA WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Conveners: Prof. Christof Niedermayer (Paul Scherrer Institut), Dieter Graf, Fabrizio Anselmi, Frank Herzog (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 12:00 PM 12:30 PM
      Plenary Session: IAEA Neutron Beam Instrumentation Projects WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Ian Swainson (International Atomic Energy Agency)
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch 1h WHGA/Foyer

      WHGA/Foyer

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Visit Group 1: Mechanics SINQ & ATEC WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      SINQ

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Visit Group 2: Electronics SINQ WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      SINQ

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Visit Group 3: SINQ, SLS & HIPA WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      SINQ

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Visit Group 4: ESI-Platform WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      Tour2
      Tour 3
      Tour 4

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Visit Group 5: Central workshop WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      Tour 5
      Tour 2
      Tour 3

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Visit Group 6: SwissFEL WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      Tour 3
      Tour 4
      Tour 5

    • 3:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Coffee Break / Poster Session Sponsors 30m WHGA/Foyer

      WHGA/Foyer

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Visit Group 1: Mechanics SINQ & ATEC WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      SINQ

    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Visit Group 2: Electronics SINQ WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      SINQ

    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Visit Group 3: SINQ, SLS & HIPA WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      SINQ

    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Visit Group 4: ESI-Platform WHGA/Foyer

      WHGA/Foyer

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      Tour2
      Tour 3
      Tour 4

    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Visit Group 5: Central workshop WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      Tour 5
      Tour 2
      Tour 3

    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Visit Group 6: SwissFEL WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      Tour 3
      Tour 4
      Tour 5

    • 5:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Shuttle Bus to Bad Zurzach WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      PSI -> Bad Zurzach

    • 7:30 AM 8:00 AM
      Shuttle bus from Bad Zurzach Thermal Resort Reception (Bad Zurzach)

      Thermal Resort Reception

      Bad Zurzach

      Shuttle Zurzach -> PSI

    • 8:00 AM 8:30 AM
      Parallel Session A1: Magnet simulations for polarised neutron instruments WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Michel Thijs (Research Technician)
    • 8:00 AM 8:30 AM
      Parallel Session A2: Control system Architecture of the JCNS Neutron Instruments WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Harald Kleines (Forschungszentrum Jülich, JCNS)
    • 8:00 AM 8:30 AM
      Parallel Session A3: Chopper control system integration at ESS OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Andrés Quintanilla
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Parallel Session A1: Mu-PAD - 3D neutron polarimetere at LLB WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Sergey Klimko (Laboratoire Léon Brillouin)
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Parallel Session A2: First comissioning results from the ESS instrument control architecture applied to neutron scattering WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Nikolaos Tsapatsaris (European Spallation Source ERIC)
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Parallel Session A3: Online alignment survey for long components hidden under shielding OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr sébastien gautrot (CEA/CNRS LLB)
    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      Parallel Session A1: Target Development of the accelerator driven neuron source HBS WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Paul-Emmanuel Doege (JCNS, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      Parallel Session A2: The IMAT Camera Positioning Robot at ISIS WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Jon Elmer (STFC)
    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      Parallel Session A3: Pressure Safety in Vacuum Systems OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Van Graves (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    • 9:30 AM 10:00 AM
      Coffee Break / Poster Session Sponsors 30m WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Parallel Session B1: FuG WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Parallel Session B2: How to relocate a Neutron Beam Instrument to the other side of the Globe - Part 2, Intallation and Commissioning WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Stewart Pullen (ANSTO)
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Parallel Session B3: Advanced Sample Environment Design - An Example for SINQ instrument SANS-II A climate chamber with fast humidity and temperature response OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Lothar Holitzner (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Parallel Session B1: How to find radiation hard components? WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Thomas Gahl (European Spallation Source)
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Parallel Session B2: The design of ASTOR: A cold neutron imaging instrument for the future argentine multipurpose reactor, RA-10 WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Aureliano Tartaglione (CONICET. Argentina)
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Parallel Session B3: A high temperature furnace for in-situ SANS and diffraction measurements on steel samples OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Ernst van der Wal (TU Delft)
    • 11:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Parallel Session B1: Power supplies - for special applications, in the change over times WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Lothar Droll (Kniel System-Electronic GmbH)
    • 11:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Parallel Session B2: Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Measurement at SNS WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr John Ramsey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    • 11:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Parallel Session B3: 5 tons, 5 Sv/h, 2 mm tolerance - Exchanging the Plug JMA16 at FRM II OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Elbio Calzada (TUM - FRM II)
    • 11:30 AM 1:00 PM
      Poster Session WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 1:00 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 1h WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Denim Challenge WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffe Break / Poster Session Sponsors 30m WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Knowledge sharing session 1: Survey and Alignment: Survey and Alignment OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Conveners: Doug Bruce (SNS), Martin Herzig (Kunz precision AG)
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Knowledge sharing session 2: Mechanics for Positioning Systems WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Conveners: Scott Olsen (ANSTO), Stephan Maag (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Knowledge sharing session 3: Electronics for Positioning Systems WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Conveners: Claude Pascal Pradervand (Paul Scherrer Institut), Mr Stephen Cox
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Knowledge sharing session 4: Vibration management and Optics WWHB/106

      WWHB/106

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Conveners: Iain Sutton (ESS), Mr Uwe Flechsig (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 6:00 PM 6:30 PM
      Shuttle Bus to Bad Zurzach WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI

      PSI -> Bad Zurzach

    • 7:30 AM 8:00 AM
      Shuttle bus from Bad Zurzach Thermal Resort Reception (Bad Zurzach)

      Thermal Resort Reception

      Bad Zurzach

      Thermal Resort 5330 Bad Zurzach

      Shuttle Zurzach -> PSI

    • 8:00 AM 8:24 AM
      Parallel Session C1: POWGEN T0 Baseplate Upgrade - A Lesson in Configuration Management WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: David Anderson (ORNL)
    • 8:00 AM 8:30 AM
      Parallel Session C2: Seismic Design and Neutron Instrument Shielding at SNS WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Jack Thomison (National Resource Management LLC / SNS)
    • 8:00 AM 8:30 AM
      Parallel Session C3: First Motion Control Commissioning at ESS on the V20 Beamline at HZB OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Paul Barron (ESS)
    • 8:24 AM 8:48 AM
      Parallel Session C1: Cryogenic System for the Ultra cold Neutron source (UCN source) at the FRM II, Part 1: Design, Performances and Unique Properties WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Johann Schilcher (Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz FRM II, Technical University Munich)
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Parallel Session C2: Radiation Hunting - Tools and techniques for getting your background down WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Olsen Scott (ANSTO)
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Parallel Session C3: An open source software package for ESS EtherCAT Motion Control Applications OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Anders Sandström (ESS)
    • 8:48 AM 9:02 AM
      Parallel Session C1: Cryogenic system for the Ultra cold Neutron Source (UCN source) at the FRM II, Part 2: Main features, commissioning, opeerating, simulation and experience WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Christian Bocquet (Technical University of Munich)
    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      Parallel Session C2: Advances in the shielding design of the cold neutron imaging instrument ASTOR WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Santiago Bazzana (CNEA)
    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      Parallel Session C3: Radiation hard motion control components OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Kristina Jurisic
    • 9:02 AM 9:26 AM
      Parallel Session C1: Design and Performance of the Solid D2 Moderator System of the UCN Facility at PSI WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Bertrand Blau (PSI)
    • 9:26 AM 10:00 AM
      Parallel Session C1: Robot System of the Selene Guide in ESS-ESTIA Instrument WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Peter Heimgartner (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 9:30 AM 10:00 AM
      Parallel Session C2: Neutron spectrometry at SINQ and development of new shielding material using Bonner Sphere Spectrometer WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Masako Yamada
    • 9:30 AM 10:00 AM
      Parallel Session C3: Prototyping of an Aperture changer for the NMX Instrument at ESS OSGA/EG06

      OSGA/EG06

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Mr Paul Barron (ESS)
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Coffe Break / Poster Session Sponsors 30m WHGA/Foyer

      WHGA/Foyer

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 10:30 AM 10:45 AM
      Group Picture WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 10:45 AM 11:45 AM
      Knowledge sharing session summary WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 11:45 AM 12:15 PM
      Plenary Session: High Brilliance Neutron Source project - development of hydrogen mixing cryostat WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Dr Johannes Baggemann (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
    • 12:15 PM 12:45 PM
      Plenary Session: Lessons (un)learned WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: Iain Sutton
    • 12:45 PM 1:15 PM
      Plenary Session: Closing WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
      Convener: David Anderson (ORNL)
    • 1:15 PM 2:15 PM
      Lunch 1h WHGA/Foyer

      WHGA/Foyer

    • 2:15 PM 3:15 PM
      Annual General Meeting ISNIE WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 3:15 PM 3:30 PM
      Bus Boarding 15m WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 3:30 PM 4:15 PM
      Bus to Zürich WHGA/001 Auditorium

      WHGA/001 Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      CH- 5232 Villigen PSI
    • 4:15 PM 6:00 PM
      Free Time at Zürich City 1h 45m City (Zürich)

      City

      Zürich

    • 6:00 PM 9:45 PM
      Conference Dinner Bürkliplatz (Zürich)

      Bürkliplatz

      Zürich

    • 10:00 PM 10:45 PM
      Shuttle Bus to PSI/Bad Zurzach Bürkliplatz (Zürich)

      Bürkliplatz

      Zürich