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Back to school for Elta
lta has extensive experience of supplying heating and ventilating solutions for a diverse range of applications, including schools and colleges which have proved a particular growth area for the business in recent months.
The Springwell Community College serves almost 1,000 students aged 11-16 in the former mining area of North East Derbyshire. In recent years the original 1960’s buildings have been extended significantly with a number of new facilities added including a Performing Arts Centre and a Sports Complex, with the school having now achieved a “Specialist College for the Arts” status. Local main contractor Bowmer & Kirkland are currently involved in a multi-million pound construction project to create a brand new series of five buildings, with a combined footprint of 6,150 square metres, which will ensure the school will be a hub for education in the Staveley and Brimington Community.
A critical part of any school is the means through which the optimum environmental conditions are achieved and maintained, with the sound performance of the heating and ventilation system a particular consideration in a learning environment. A series of Quietflow SQS single fans and Quietflow SQT twin fans were specified by electrical and mechanical sub-contractor Derry Building Services, manufactured by Elta and supplied through Leicester based MasterAir, one of the companies within Elta’s comprehensive network of distributors. Manufactured from thick galvanised steel with the centrifugal impellers driven by motors mounted on anti-vibration mounts, the Quietflow fans, as the name suggests, are designed to combine optimum performance with minimum noise. The fans are tested to the latest British Standards for airside and noise performance at Elta’s own test facilities, ensuring current and reliable data.
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ulton has supplied Advanced Plasma Power with an Electropack EP60 steam boiler, which has almost tripled the steam capacity at the company’s test facility. Founded to commercialise its patented Gasplasma® technology, APP now claims to offer the optimum solution for converting municipal solid waste into clean, local energy – with minimal emissions and virtually no residues sent to landfill. The plant, which is a smaller version of the commercial plants APP offers, is a test facility built to evaluate different waste from various countries to optimise the Gasplasma® process and, subsequently, the viability of a plant for that specific location.
A spokesperson for APP said: “Given the growing interest in the Gasplasma® process and subsequent increases in steam loads, we needed to upgrade our EP24 steam boiler. As it has been extremely reliable, and the larger EP60 model almost tripled our output to 92kg/h, buying another Fulton was an
easy decision.” Steam from the EP60 is used for the vigorous fluidisation of a sandbed in the fluidised bed gasifier, transforming refuse derived fuel into a synthesis gas that contains tars and soot. The second plasma
converter stage purifies the synthesis gas, vitrifying the ash and inorganic fraction from the gasifier. A third stage then cleans, cools and conditions the synthesis gas before passing it to the final section, a power island, where it is used to drive gas engines to generate renewable, secure, clean heat and electricity. The electricity can be used locally or exported to the National Grid. The vitrified fraction (called Plasmarok®) is environmentally inert and mechanically strong and can be used as a building material or an aggregate for pipe bedding.
www.fulton.com Tel: 0117 977 2563
Market leading door closers W
hen it came to the specification of the ironmongery for the new £6 million West Centre
healthcare facility in Glasgow, exceptional performance was of utmost importance. To ensure the efficient and secure closing of doors, vital in modern healthcare facilities, door closers and touch bars from DORMA were chosen.
The Glasgow East Branch of George Boyd Architectural Ironmongery specified and supplied some 60 DORMA TS 72 VBC door closers for installation on the building’s internal commercial timber doorsets. Specified in satin stainless steel finish, the compact, easy-action door closers offer outstanding performance, durability and versatility. Their “thinking backcheck” feature ensures that when doors are opened at speed with too powerful a force, the TS 72 VBC closer responds by resisting in equal measure to safely decelerate the door, preventing damage to the door and surrounding wall. With a simple installation process, the multi-function, multi-purpose TS 72 VBC closer can be fitted to virtually any door, with door leaf fixing on pull side and door or transom fixing on the push side. The DORMA TS 72 VBC rack-and- pinion door closer provides an adjustable closing force of EN 2 - 4, in two independent ranges, to ensure the
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optimum closing speed for door types up to
1,100mm wide. It is third party tested and CE Marked to BS EN 1154, and is CERTIFIRE approved for fire doors. Combining full certification, a simple installation process and exceptional
performance for a range of door sizes – the TS 72 VBC door closers are ideal for a wide range of projects in the public sector. George Boyd also specified and supplied six DORMA AD 4000 touch bars to deliver an easy to operate, reliable and safe operation of the building’s fire exits. Combining a heavy-duty wrought steel chassis with DORMA’s solid polished stainless steel touch bar, the AD 4000 is strong enough to guarantee protection against unauthorised entry whilst allowing easy use for emergency access. The AD 4000 is third party tested and CE Marked to BS EN 1125, the harmonised European standard for panic exit devices.
www.dorma-show.com Tel: 01462 4477600 Email:
autos@dorma-uk.co.uk www.dorma-uk.co.uk
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