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Linear accelerator fabrication has remained largely unchanged for decades: components are precision-machined, assembled, and tuned through many iterative cycles. This model is well suited to scientific facilities, but less so to industrial applications, where rapid iteration, customization, and cost control are essential.
Additively manufactured accelerator structures may offer a better fit for industrial deployment, and Tachyon Industrial plans to make them a core element of its approach. Our first accelerator targets heavy-ion single-event-effects testing, a low-current, moderate-energy application. These relatively modest demands on the accelerating structures create room to experiment with minimizing post-processing and intentionally matching build quality to application requirements rather than pursuing unnecessary precision.
We will present our initial work on a rapid cavity design-print-test cycle, including the design choices, manufacturing tradeoffs, and evaluation process that inform our path toward lower-cost, customizable industrial accelerators.