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BLÜCHER EuroPipe® sees the light
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Merit Process Engineering installs BLÜCHER EuroPipe® at the Diamond Light Source Ltd Synchrotron Project.
The Diamond synchrotron light source is a “doughnut-shaped” series of super microscopes the size of a several football fields. This new science facility represents the largest scientific facility to be built in the UK for nearly thirty years.
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It produces intense light beams, mainly as X-rays, which can penetrate deep inside all kinds of matter, from proteins to plastics. Scientists can work on different projects simultaneously, using different kinds of light from the synchrotron. So, while one department is investigating the stresses inside an aircraft engine, another can be unraveling the structure of watching the development of proteins.
As well as the standard BLÜCHER EuroPipe® fittings and pipework, special 3.75 degree bends were produced for the project to enable the system to follow the outer curvature of the building. So far, 1284 metres of pipework and 1175 fittings have been supplied, the majority of which are already installed.
On installation of BLÜCHER EuroPipe®, Bob Nelson of Merit Process Engineering said:
"Although I have dealt with vacuum drainage installations in the past, this was the first time that we have installed the BLÜCHER EuroPipe® system. I found it to be exactly what we were expecting from the specification. The system was simple to install so we have kept to schedule without any problems. Cutting the pipe was also very easy, as we used the electric cutting tool supplied by BLÜCHER."
"I am especially pleased with the efficiency of the service overall. As with many projects, we needed extra material after the original order, and receiving items the day after they were ordered helped us enormously. Using only two men, in addition to myself, to install this system is a tribute to BLÜCHER EuroPipe®’s lightweight qualities, as a heavier system would have been far more labour-intensive."
With work well on its way, the Diamond Synchrotron project is due to open its doors to the scientific community in January 2007.
For further information, please call BLÜCHER on tel. 01937 838 000.
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