SPIRAX SARCO SELECT BABCOCK WANSON FOR ITS NEW BOILER HOUSE
Spirax Sarco, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of steam equipment and services, has opted to install Babcock Wanson Steam Generators into its new central boiler house in its Cheltenham based manufacturing facility.
Spirax Sarco is investing over £25 million to consolidate and modernise its Cheltenham manufacturing facilities to improve customer service through better product availability whilst also looking at making all aspects of construction and operation more environmentally-friendly. This has included the installation of a more efficient and comprehensive steam raising plant for general site services and for testing and developing the Spirax Sarco range of equipment.
Following a competitive tender, in which Babcock Wanson was recognised as an industry leader in this type of boiler technology with considerable technical expertise, the new boiler house was designed to include three steam generators. The contract was awarded to initially supply two vertical coil type Steam Generators from Babcock Wanson’s VPX RR Series, with a third to follow. Project Manager Tom Hewlett comments on Spirax Sarco’s decision: “we were very impressed with the technical information and Babcock Wanson’s clear presentation of a solution to meet our requirements and the new boilers will help us greatly improve the production process.”
The Babcock Wanson VPX5000RR60 boiler will be operated at Spirax Sarco’s Cheltenham site to provide up to 5 tonnes of steam per hour at 60 bar pressure. A further specialist version – the VPX1000RR110 – will provide 1000 kg/h of steam at 110 bar. A unique boiler, the VPX1000RR110 will provide a dedicated steam supply to Spirax Sarco’s R&D department.
The VPX RR range of vertical coil Steam Generators feature three full gas passes plus an in-built combustion air pre heater to give high operating efficiency. With availability of steam from cold start in as little as three minutes and a low volume of water under pressure the VPX RR Steam Generator combines efficiency with safety, even at very high working pressure. They are rugged in construction and very compact.
Babcock Wanson VPX RR Steam Generators have been in the market for over 50 years and are renowned for their reliability. They form part of the Babcock Wanson range of products and services for boiler houses, from steam boilers, thermal fluid heaters, rapid steam generators and hot water boilers to VOC and odour treatment by thermal oxidation, water treatment or process air heating solutions.
For more information, please contact Babcock Wanson on 0208 9537111 or info@babcock-wanson.co.uk or go to www.babcock-wanson.co.uk
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