Florida-Helix resistive magnets

A new technology is being developed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida, USA for generating very high DC fields. The technique preserves the best features of the Florida-Bitter technology that has become the international standard for resistive magnets while eliminating the slit inherent in all disk solenoids. Thus, higher current densities and average stresses can be supported. While continuous helices for high field resistive magnets have been built at various laboratories, the new Florida-Helix shows potential to surpass today's state-of-the-art for field-to-power ratios.