PORT ’ BEAMLINE FOR MOUNTING CUSTOM TARGETS TO A GE PETtrace TM CYCLOTRON

A very short (150 mm long) beamline known as the “Short Port” beamline has been developed. It enables users to mount custom high performance targets on their PETtraceTM Cyclotrons. The “Short Port” beamline comes complete with a gate valve, 4-jaw and watercooled graphite collimator with beam current readbacks, a thermocouple port, and, in the baseline version, a flange for mounting the Thermosyphon Target developed by Bruce Technologies for production of Fluorine-18 [1]. This paper describes the design, development and testing of the “Short Port” beamline.