Nottingham Express Transit - Maintenance Depot, Wilkinson Street, Nottingham

During routine use tram wheels develop flat spots caused mainly by braking, if these flat spots are not machined out they impair the quality of the ride and can cause excess noise as the trams move.

The underfloor lathe system, designed by Design and Projects of Southampton and built in Spain, allows the wheels of the trams to be machined without being removed. The result is significantly reduced downtime for the trams.

13 Tonnes

Length 7.7m, Width 3.0m, Height 1.7m

Our contract involved the off-loading from road transport, lowering and positioning into the pit and finally precision levelling and securing onto the prepared mountings.

Erect ‘Megalift’ projector jacking system (total weight 18 Tonnes).
Reverse road transport under lifting beams.
Rig lathe between beams and lift clear.
Convey lifting system along tracks until directly over pit.
Lower lathe into pit and secure.

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Aylesford News Print, Kent

Aylesford News Print recycles 500,000 tonnes of used newspaper and magazines per annum in the manufacture of 400,000 tonnes of premium grade newsprint, which is used by a large number of leading European newspaper publishers.

A process residue combustor is in process at the site in Kent. Paper making is highly energy intensive and the combustor contributes a high volume of steam into the manufacturing process. A by product of this process is ash, which when treated can be used by the concrete industry to manufacture building blocks.

Rapid international were commissioned to provide a safe and environmentally friendly installation to condition the ash ready for transportation off site.

They designed two 700M³ silos, one to be used for conditioned ash and the other to accommodate the storage of dry ash, which is then fed through to the conditioning unit. This unit is required to thoroughly mix the ash to a correct chemical state prior to conveying to an automated tanker fill system, designed to fill both rail and road tankers..

Our contract involved the off-loading of all the component parts from road transport, then the assembly and erection of the 2 x 40M high silos and then the mechanical installation of the mixer and conditioning units, the holding hopper and the conveyor system feeding the automated tanker filling platform.