Testing of the Superconducting Magnets for the FAIR Project

The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is currently being constructed at GSI Darmstadt. Around 500 superconducting magnets are being procured for the heavy ion synchrotron SIS100, and around 180 are being procured for the Super Fragment Separator (Super-FRS). All these magnets have to be tested at cryogenic temperature in order to verify and guarantee their performances before they are installed in the tunnel. Test stations, measurement equipment, and the required infrastructure are being built up at the host laboratory and, due to the large number of magnets and testing requirements, at CERN and JINR. We report on the plans, testing strategy, developments, and, particularly, the status of preparations for testing of the SIS100 dipoles at GSI.