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THE NEW ECONOMY IN OXFORDSHIRE
THE NEW ECONOMY IN OXFORDSHIRE
Cryogenics : Classic Enabling Technology
[Low Temperatures - as Low as You Can Go - Achieved by Cryogens or CryoCoolers]
They Enable :
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Changes of State
Energy Levels & Molecular Vibration
Superconductivity
Preservation
… So What ?
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Changes of State
Superconductivity
Molecular Vibration
Preservation
Cryogenics Makes Your Life Better !
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Why and how did the industry get started in
Oxfordshire ?
… we have to thank Adolf Hitler for cryogenics in Oxfordshire … and
Frederick Lindemann (later Lord Cherwell) Head of Clarendon Laboratory
Anti Semitism in Germany in the 1930s … gave Lindemann the idea to offer
refuge to top quality Jewish physicists especially those who worked in low
temperatures. The result: Franz (later Sir Francis) Simon, Kurt Mendelssohn,
Heinrich Kuhn and Nicholas Kurti … Low temperature work really took off in
the Clarendon laboratory in the 1930s … as did magnetic fields
By 1956 Kurti achieved a millionth of a degree kelvin using nuclear
demagnetisation and Parks Road Oxford was the coldest spot on earth. In
1960 Kurti repeated the experiment on live television (Tomorrow’s World)
and the record stood for 18 years (see Guinness Book of Records!)
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The legacy of all this seeped into Oxfordshire – and elsewhere.
•Oxford Instruments, the university’s first spin out company was founded – See
Audrey’s excellent book “Magnetic Venture”
•Another Clarendon Man, Jeremy Good (Mendelssohn’s student), founded a company
called, Cryogenic
•Mendelssohn founded the journal “Cryogenics” in Oxford
•Yet another Clarendon man, Ralph Scurlock, founded the Institute of Cryogenics in
Southampton
•Kurti was a co-founder of the British Cryogenics Council (its current chairman is a
Clarendon man …..)
•John Cosier and Mike Glazer (both Clarendon men) founded Oxford Cryosystems
(Long Hanborough)
Let’s Bring in Berkshire Too ! Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on the Harwell Oxford
Campus has immense depth of heritage in Cryogenics and Superconducting Magnets
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How did things spread ?
•After OI, other “cryogenic” companies formed sometimes from OI
•Thor Cryogenics
Magnex (ElScint) - Berensfield
•Technology Systems (brief but existed) - Witney
•AS Scientific – Abingdon
•OMT (Eynsham) morphed into Siemens Magnet Technology
•Thames Cryogenics - Didcot
•Scientific Magnetics - Abingdon
•ICE Oxford
•Cryophysics - Witney
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What does [ the ‘industry’ ] do?
Oxfordshire
Cryogenics
Cluster Map
Temati
Oxford Cryosystems
Agilent
Siemens Magnet
FMB
Oxford Brookes
Oxford University
ICEoxford
BOC
Oxford Instruments
AS Scientific
Scientific Magnetics
Quantum Cryogenics
Lti Metaltech
Cryox
Diamond Light Source
MRC
Oxeta
STFC
CCFE
Air Products
Thames Cryogenics
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What Do They Do ?
(World Leaders etc in Red)
Agilent
Air Products
AS Scientific
BOC
Carter Bearings
CCFE
Cryox
Diamond Light Source
FMB
4He Solutions
ICEoxford
LTi Metaltech
Mach-Tech
MRC
Oxeta
Oxford Brookes
Oxford Cryosystems
Oxford Instruments
Oxford University
Quantum Cryogenics
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Siemens Magnet Technology
Temati
Thames Cryogenics
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What does [ the ‘industry’ ] do?
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It is the Home of Superconducting Magnet Development Heritage
It makes more MRI Scanner Magnets than anywhere else in the World
It has the Most Successful Cryocooler Technology Flown in Space
It is the World Leading Source of ‘Cryogen-Free’ Scientific Equipment
It is the UK Centre for Import, Distribution and Use of Helium
It has produced a Cryogenic Diaspora spread round the World
Superconducting Magnet Engineers Rely on Software from Oxfordshire
There are ‘Heinz 57’ Varieties of Specialist, from Sought-After, One-Man Band
Specialists (eg in Magnets or Materials) to Companies of every size up to FTSE
and Global, making components from MRI magnet suspension systems to
Cryogenic ‘Plumbing’ to storing vast Biological Repositories
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What does [ the ‘industry’ ] need to grow and prosper in
Oxfordshire in the future?
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What’s the Future for Cryogenics ?
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Changes of State
Superconductivity
Molecular Vibration
Preservation
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Question : What does [ the ‘industry’ ] need to grow and prosper in Oxfordshire
in the future? Answer : We Don’t Know. We’re in the Process of Finding Out.
Here are some opinions & ideas; Discussion is welcome :
• Cryo Business has same fundamental ‘feeding and watering’ needs eg Funds,
Energy, Property. Enterprise Zone a Damp Squib [Wow - Lower Rates !]
• The Cluster is Cooking up a Cryogenic Apprenticeship at Didcot UTC
• STFC is Funding an Economic Impact Study on Cryogenics [‘Cryo Stats’]
• LEP ‘Network Navigators’ : generate growth under Oxfordshire City Deal
• Unique Needs ? If Space need ‘Catapult’ do we ? Or High-Field Mag Lab … ?
• ‘Clusters’ are Tricky Creatures : Michael Porter View, Competitive Advantage ?
“Incubate, Stimulate, Provoke”
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British Cryogenics Council www.bcryo.org.uk
B Cryo - Monthly e-Newsletter
British Cryogenics Cluster Group on LinkedIn
European Cryogenics Day May 29
Cryogenic Cluster Day (Sep 19) http://www.stfc.ac.uk/2965.aspx
‘Magnetic Ventures’ by Audrey Wood
BRITISH CRYOGENIC CLUSTER
The Most Powerful Concentration of Cryogenic Expertise on Earth