Development of automatic knob-generation tool for the protection devices in the LHC

In the LHC transfer lines, the beam is extremely well controlled and confined. This is managed through a wide variety of superconducting magnets, which focus, defocus and bend the beam. As for the control part, there are numerous monitoring devices co-operating with the SCADA systems, all working for the protection of the instruments and the people. Our work, in particular, falls under the beam transfer lines, TI2 and TI8, between the SPS and the LHC. The protection devices in the transfer lines need to be set up according to the optics of the beam, namely the trajectory inside the beam-pipe. This means that, depending on the trajectory of the beam inside the beam-pipe and the positioning of the protection devices around the beam-pipe, certain adjustments need to be made, so that the beam will not damage or even affect the monitoring devices.