Robert Henry Becker - Burlingame CA Gregory F. Hayworth - Florence SC Kenneth Gordon Herd - Niskayuna NY Xianrui Huang - Florence SC Peter Angus Morgan - Scotia NY Richard Andrew Ranze - Scotia NY Minfeng Xu - Florence SC
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Milwaukee WI
International Classification:
G01V 300
US Classification:
335301
Abstract:
A passive shimming system for a superconducting magnet to improve bore magnetic homogeneity includes a plurality of axially extending non-magnetic drawers each including a plurality of pockets along the drawer with a securable cover for each pocket to enclose the selected ferromagnetic shim disks and compressible spring material to enable individual access and shimming of selected pockets.