Accomplishments
When we say Alpha is a world leader, it’s not just a cliché. Alpha has a prestigious list of accomplishments. Alpha is proud to have a part in these major advances.
The precision, 30,000 Amp main power supply of the world’s largest cyclotron.
TRUIMF, Canada, 1972
The main bending magnet power supplies at the world’s largest electrostatic particle accelerator. Including one unit at the top of this tower, at a potential of 25 million volts.
Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1975
Alpha is the predomenent manufacturer of magnet power supplies, at the world’s most powerful proton beam accelerator, with more than 100 units in operation.
LAMPF Accelerator, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1970-present
The U.S. Navy's most powerful sold-state submarine battery charger was built by us. Today, this unit charges every new submarine battery going into service, including the batteries aboard this advanced Seawolf Submarine.
600 kilowatts, Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1992
This Alpha power supply delivered the world’s highest current into a superconducting magnet (40,400 amps). Not only can this power supply deliver 1.6 megawatts into the magnet. it can precisely control the same amount of power returning back from the magnet's stored energy.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1999
The world’s highest continuous magnetic field is produced using the combined outputs of five Alpha power supplies. This combined output is 76,000 amps, and is accurate to better than 0.76 amps.
45-Tesla Hybrid Magnet, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1999