By Emmanuel Monneret (CERN)

As of early June, the HL-LHC Cryogenics project reached a new important milestone with the launch of installation activities for the helium refrigeration plants.

By Emma Quinn, Gerhard Schneider and Michal Krupa (CERN)

In-house production of the first Beam Position Monitor (BPM) for the HL-LHC has finished in the CERN ateliers. 

By Corinne Pravolino and Nicolás Heredia García (CERN)

The assembly of the High-Luminosity LHC test stand in CERN's large magnet test hall is entering its final phase.

By Lucas Hermida Pena (CERN)

In order to bridge this vacuum gap between the flanges in the HL-LHC collimators, they will be fitted with new RF springs - different from the traditional RF fingers. 

By Antonio Alonso and Francisco Sanchez Galan (CERN)

The first two Target Absorbers for Secondary particles (TAXS) of the series have been produced by the supplier, and successfully completed all factory  inspections and load tests.

By Nicola Solieri and Gabriel Banks (CERN)

After two days involving 19 in-depth presentations, an international panel of reviewers confirmed that the project meets the objectives of the preliminary design and is well positioned to produce the new dumps for their installation during Long Shutdown 3. 

By Florence Thompson (CERN)

HiLumi's Fast and Luminous team gave it their all in this year's Relay Race!

By Giorgia Favia, Tobias Stadlbauer and Thomas Kramer for SY-ABT (CERN)

During YETS 2024/25 the third and fourth MKI Cool magnets for the HL-LHC were installed at Point 8, completing the upgrade of one entire injection point.

By Simon Barriere and Délio Duarte Ramos (CERN)

In March 2025, CERN received the first batch of jacks to support and remotely align HL-LHC components.