Re: [TSCM-L] {2342} Queched Magnets

From: kondrak <kon..._at_phreaker.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:14:14 -0500

James M. Atkinson wrote:
> I have a contact who is in the business of emergency repairs to
> cryogenic magnets such as those used in MRI's and other analytical
> instrument based on magnetic resonance, or requiring intense magnetic fields.
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> Their service trucks are on stand-by 24 hours a day, 7 days per week
> and they position their staging points so that that can arrive at any
> of their clients location inside a 50 mile radius with a four man
> quench crew within a mere matter of hours.
>
> When you have huge cryogenic magnet (such as an MRI) there will be
> times where through some emergency action or error you have to purge
> the cryogenic helium, nitrogen, etc. You then have to have in a
> specialized team to repressurize the cryogenic change once the case
> or the quench is resolved.
>
> This company sends out a four man team (2x PhD, 2x Masters), and
> charges $1500 per hour, per person or $6000 per hour for the team.
> Once they are given the all clear that a cryogenic vessel is safe and
> they start to recharge and recommission the magnet they then charge
> 12-30 billable hours person on site, so the fee ranges from 72k to
> 180k, plus the cost of the materials.
>
> The point is, if you work out the math they expend an average of 84
> man hours (4 man team times 21 hours on-site),and on average a
> billing for a single day of $126,000. One person can perform the
> service, but owners of these magnets loose thousands of dollars, and
> sometimes tens of thousands of dollars when this things so down, so
> customers want the magnet back up ASAP, and they are more then happy
> to pay a team of well trained and well equipped experts to render a
> critical technical service.
>
> Sweeps can follow the same lines where a customer needs a small team
> of highly skilled people to perform a highly specialized service on
> an emergency basis... AND they are willing to pay wht you are
> worth... if you are really worth it.
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> Just something to ponder
>
> -jma
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