For the last 5 decades Oxford Instruments have been at the forefront of superconduting wire technology.
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1962 Oxford Instruments builds first superconducting magnet
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1965 Superconductor R&D begins at Airco in Murray Hill, NJ
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1972 First bronze route Nb3Sn strand introduced
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1982 ‘Oxford-Airco’ joint venture formed to exploit MRI – magnets produced in Carteret through 1989
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1984 First wire in channel conductor for MRI
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1986 Oxford Instruments acquires sole ownership under the name Oxford Superconducting Technology
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1991 Supply of fine filament Nb-Ti for RHIC at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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1993 Ranked as #1 supplier to SSC for outer cable
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1995 ISO9001 quality system certification achieved
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1997 Introduced internal tin Nb3Sn product line
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2000 OST conductor utilized in Oxford Instruments 900 MHz NMR magnet
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2002 Rod process (RRP®) internal tin product introduction
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2003 Two world records established with OST conductor: 25 T with HTS insert coil, 16 T in Nb3Sn dipole
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2005 RRP® conductor enables first 950 MHz (22.3 T) NMR magnet
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2008 ISO Certification upgraded to 9001:2008
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2009 Confirmed as major supplier of Nb3Sn to the ITER project
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2011 Initiates major investment