Progress in the design and manufacture of the KLOE solenoid for the DAPHNE ring at Frascati

Oxford Instruments took over the manufacture of the 5.7 m outer diameter 4.5 m long 0.6 T Solenoid for the KLOE detector on the DAPHNE ring when the Austrian company ELIN closed its magnet manufacturing plant. The paper begins by discussing the magnet design before going on to describe the approach Oxford has taken to the completion of the magnet. The status of the system will be described along with the proposed completion schedule.