We developed, built, characterized on bench and beam-tested a permanent magnet (PM) Compact Wiggler (CW) prototype with a hydraulic assist gap-controlling mechanism. The prototype is of ~50cm long, 20cm wide and 40cm high and weights ~50kg. Magnetic structure has a 76.2mm period. At 6.5mm minimal gap the structure demonstrated ~2.3 Tesla peak field. At this gap, the magnet arrays attract each other with 7,990 N (1,796 lbf) force. Hydraulic system is employed to balance the attractive forces. Here we describe the mechanical and magnetic design, present some construction details and provide test results.
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@article{arxiv.2505.24585,
title = {CHESS Compact Wiggler construction report},
author = {Alexander Temnykh and Ivan Temnykh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.24585},
year = {2025}
}