Commissioning with load completed
The final commissioning activity was carried out using test loads of steel and concrete. Not only were these loads representative of the weight of toroidal field coils (360 tonnes), they also reproduced the coils' general shape and centre of gravity. During full load testing鈥攚hich was carried out between July and November on first one tool then the other鈥攖he loads were secured on the tools' lateral wings and rotated inward, demonstrating that they are working according to specified requirements.