The present invention discloses a
powder loading device and method for preparing
magnesium diboride superconducting wire using a central Mg
diffusion method. The method comprises preparing two matching semicircular stainless steel troughs and four
copper tubes, and forming closed grooves in each of the two semicircular stainless steel troughs. A
copper tube is sleeved and fixed at one end of the semicircular stainless steel trough. One end of a
niobium foil is pressed against the
copper tube and spread over the inner wall of the stainless steel trough, with the
niobium foil being pressed against the inner wall of the stainless steel trough. Another copper tube is fixed to the
niobium foil at the other end of the stainless steel trough.
Boron powder is filled and continuously compacted to form two semicircular
boron powder grooves wrapped with niobium foil. A
magnesium rod is inserted into the center of the two matching copper tubes, and a semicircular groove for the
magnesium rod is pressed into the center of the
boron powder in the semicircular groove. The two semicircular
boron powder columns wrapped with niobium foil and with magnesium rod grooves are combined and inserted into a barrier sleeve serving as a
barrier layer. After drawing and rolling, a uniform and dense single-core wire is produced. The present invention facilitates optimization of the tube loading process and is more conducive to automated tube loading.