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The company was formed in 1994 and with steady, planned growth has achieved a current turnover of £2,000,000 per year and is divided into two categories of business

  • Refrigeration
  • Non-Refrigeration.

We pride ourselves on understanding the specific requirements of our clients, quality of workmanship, working to specific programmes and specifications and after sales service. When required a complete electrical package including software can be provided, from initial design to final commissioning, with engineers who have a wide and varied experience within the industry over many years.

REFRIGERATION CONTROL PANELS

This work was originally built around the supermarkets in food retailing, and has expanded to the present level of being specified by all the leading supermarkets in the UK which include Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury, Waitrose, Somerfield, Co-op, Asda, Safeway, etc.

We are now also involved in the industrial side of the refrigeration industry using either Ammonia or Glycol coolants, which has also allowed us to undertake Air Conditioning and Boiler Controls.

Our involvement is the design and manufacture of the Electrical Control Panels only. However, we can supply the refrigeration plant, if required, from one of our manufacturers such as:

Refrigeration Compressor Packs ranging from Scroll to semi's Compressors

Condenser Packs - Compressor Receiver Packs

Coldroom Panels

These items would be designed from a technical specification provided by the customer. Additionally we can provide a complete turnkey project.

NON-REFRIGERATION CONTROL PANELS

This area of business is to give our customer the ability to use one panel manufacturer for all their requirements with regards to control panels. A small selection of our area's of involvement are:

1. Printing
Redesigning and modification of printing machines to foil printing. Installations in:
  • Russia
  • Australia
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • Holland
  • England
2. Theatre and Sports Centres
Electrical-electronic controls for stage lighting, curtains and orchestra pit lifts.
Installations in:
  • Egypt
  • Brunei
  • Malaysia
  • Sinapore
3. Conveyor Systems
For the bottling, food and drinks industry. Systems supplied to:
  • Fullers
  • Unigate
  • Rockware Glass
  • AG Barr's
  • Ravenhead Glass
  • Spillers
  • Seven Up
  • Baileys
  • Premier Foods
4. Inverter Drives
These have been applied to various applications such as:
  • Refrigeration
  • Conveyors
  • Compressors
  • Pumps
  • Fans
5. LV Switchboards
These have been supplied to the following:
  • Pasta Foods - Great Yarmouth
  • Makro Store - Fareham
  • Stanton Rubber - Grays
  • John Rannoch Farms - Stowmarket
6. Motor Control Centres (MCC)
Amongst our customers to which we have supplied these are:
  • Anglian Water
  • Amot Controls
  • Girdlestone Pumps
7. HVAC Control Panels
We have been involved in a number of different applications using various controller types such as:
  • Car showrooms
  • Service stations
  • Convenience stores
8. Other types of control panels
  • Power Transformer Control Cubicles
  • Big Screen Controls
  • Earth Monitoring Controls
  • PLC Flour Mills Controls
  • Energy saving devices
  • Power Distribution Units

Some of the projects our Engineers have carried out in the last few years:

1. Customer Equipment Value
  • Brookshaw Stuart Various PLC Milling Control Panels £80K
  • Transcool Various Pumping Control Panels £50K
  • Amot Controls Various Motor Control Centres £30K
  • ABB Steward Lighting Control Panels £20K
  • Blockfoil Various Foiling Print Control Panels £40K
  • Anglian Water Various Motor Control Centres £60K
  • Hawker Siddeley Various Transformer Control Cubicles £100K
  • Pasta Foods LV Switchboard £14K
Construction of Control Cubicles are of mild steel or stainless steel and can be arranged for top or bottom entries with front or rear wiring access. Degree of protection up to IP66 or weatherproof can be supplied.
Switchboards can be supplied to fully comply with BSEN60.439-1 with segregation up to form 4 type 7 with certified busbars up to 50KA/3 sec. They can be fitted with ACB's, MCCB's, Fuseswitches, Distribution Board, etc and where necessary the switchboard can be coupled to Motor Control Centres to form matching units.
Throughout manufacture the equipment would be subject to our standard works test and inspection procedures, in compliance with BSEN 60439-1 and/or BSEN 60204-1. These tests cover physical inspection, quality checks, compliance checks and electrical tests comprising flash test, insulation test, secondary injection test and functional test.
The control panels would comply with the Low Voltage Directive, relevant goods would be CE marked.
Test certificates are prepared and issued with each panel and witness test are arranged if required.
The work would be carried out in line with our quality assurance procedures, which are to ISO 9001 - 2000.
Drawings produced and submitted for approval are General Arrangement and Circuit Diagrams.
 
 
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