engineering

The physics programme at CERN presents engineers with varied challenges at the forefront of technology, from the atomic scale to the colossal. Engineers build and test the machines and systems that physicists rely on, and technicians to keep these systems running smoothly, performing repairs and upgrades where necessary.
45 results

Additive manufacturing opens up new prospects at CERN

Lightweight, robust, complex parts produced using additive manufacturing (3D printing) are proving their worth in the accelerators

News
Engineering
02 February, 2021
Engineering
News
02 February, 2021

The cabling of the LHC detectors moves up a gear thanks to the automation of testing

The development of the “HiPotCT” system initiated by the cabling team of EN-EA-AS has considerably increased the speed of cabling activities in the LHC detectors

News
Engineering
03 November, 2020
Engineering
News
03 November, 2020

A new coating technique for deflecting crab cavities

A team from the Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group is studying a method of niobium coating by sputtering for use in future accelerators

News
Engineering
04 August, 2020

Broadening tunnel vision for future accelerators

CERN’s civil engineers are tackling the tunnelling challenges of a post-LHC collider

News
Engineering
23 October, 2019
Engineering
News
23 October, 2019

Sensor used at CERN could help gravitational-wave hunters

A new seismic device developed by CERN and JINR is now being tested at the Advanced Virgo detector

News
Engineering
30 August, 2019

Engineering images gallery

Image
Engineering

Honey, I shrunk the vacuum chambers!

A new technique developed at CERN will allow electron synchrotrons to operate at higher energies by reducing the diameter of the beam pipes

News
Engineering
02 May, 2018
Engineering
News
02 May, 2018

The end of YETS: awakening from hibernation

The Year-End Technical Stop drew to a close on 9 March. Read about the LHC plans the last year of Run 2

News
Engineering
12 March, 2018
Engineering
News
12 March, 2018

Accelerator hibernation ends

As CERN’s winter shutdown draws to a close, watch this video to see what has been going on underground

News
Engineering
09 March, 2018
Engineering
News
09 March, 2018

Collaboration agreement between CERN and NTNU

CERN and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) will work together in all domains of science, technology and engineering

News
Knowledge sharing
20 October, 2017
Knowledge sharing
News
20 October, 2017