Components & Hardware
HTS Current Lead
The high-current feedthrough that brings power into the cold magnets.
- Role
- Current feedthrough
- Lead time
- Long-lead item
High-temperature-superconductor current leads carry the magnets' large currents from room-temperature power supplies into the cold mass while minimising heat leak — a specialised, long-lead component.
Common questions
What is an HTS current lead?
A high-temperature-superconductor feedthrough that carries the magnets' large currents from room-temperature power supplies into the cold mass while minimising heat leaking into the cryogenic system.
Is it off-the-shelf?
It is a specialised, long-lead item, but one demonstrated on existing superconducting machines rather than a novel invention — solid engineering, not an open physics question.