The subject of the contract is:

— collection of the blank splice plates from their manufacturer SDMS in St. Romans, France,

— rapid ‘just-in-time’ custom machining of each of the 18 sets of 10 splice plates individually according to measurements supplied by F4E from the installed positions of the TF coils, including the preparation of the necessary drawings and machining instructions,

— qualification of a suitable sandblasting process and its rapid application to the surfaces of the splice plates after machining,

— rapid delivery of each set of customised splice plates individually to the QST fusion research site in Naka, Japan,

— necessary quality assurance measures.