Adam Jury, heading
technical sales at
M C Air Filtration
Isolation
dampers can be
manufactured and
tested to 18kPA+
were found
to have too
high a leakage
rate for such critical
and high flow applications,
leading to overly expensive depression
relief systems or the need to isolate
a complete filter bank - which
often necessitated an inefficient
and complicated complete system
shutdown; so the team at MC Air
Filtration raised the ante.
Zero leakage has become the M C Air
Filtration mantra, helping engineers
to achieve complete shut-down at key
stages throughout their facilities. The
firm’s range of high efficiency (HEPA)
filters and the associated housings
have become the product of choice
within nuclear power generation,
reprocessing and decommissioning
as well as being extensively used in
biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
M C Air Filtration dampers have to
meet the most rigorous of standards
far beyond those of others available
on the market. Each isolation
damper is manufactured and
individually factory tested under
strict quality controlled conditions
in accordance with the company’s
BS EN ISO 9001 accreditation and
allocated with a unique serial number
for future traceability. MCAF dampers
are also routinely pressure tested and
certified to ensure they are leak free
at pressures of up to 12KPa and can
be manufactured and tested to 30 kPa
plus.
Alongside MCAF’s original circular
isolation damper, the rectangular
series butterfly isolation damper
is available for installation into
square and rectangular ductwork,
with the body and blade flat sided
with radiused corners. Dampers
are been manufactured up to
1000mm in diameter and 1000mm
square in coated carbon or stainless
steel. Multiple spring loaded selfcompensating blades are fitted with
a silicone seals that are mechanically
compressed against the damper frame
while differential pressure difference
across the damper blade also aids
closure and sealing.
The current range of MC Air Filtration
dampers allows the company to
manufacture bespoke isolation
damper requirements for nuclear,
biotechnology, pharmaceutical,
research and hospital facilities and
Jury anticipates that further expansion
of the damper range will allow
the company to diversify into yet
unexplored sectors.
Recent projects include the supply of
over 400 multiblade isolation dampers
to a major new biotech facility in
London, a nuclear decommissioning
project in Scotland and work at the
forefront of Britain’s development of
nuclear fusion. Internationally the
firm is making a name for itself too.
Down under, the company is already
supplying dampers for the Australian
Nuclear Science and technology
Organisation at plants in New South
Wales.
M.C. Air Filtration Ltd.
E X C E L L E N C E I N A I R F I L T R AT I O N
MOTNEY HILL ROAD
T: +44(0) 1634 388333
GILLINGHAM
KENT
E: [email protected]
ME8 7TZ
www.mcaf.co.uk
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