INDUSTRIAL GAS SPRINGS SUPPLIES 316 STAINLESS STEEL DAMPERS FOR OFFSHORE APPLICATION

31 September 2008: Worcester-based Calder Ltd, manufacturer of high pressure pumping equipment, is using 316 stainless steel dampers supplied by Industrial Gas Springs to control the doors of two large skids housing the high pressure mono ethylene glycol pumps, destined for an offshore gas platform situated off the west coast of Norway.

The customer had very specific requirements for the opening/closing of the two sets of double doors situated on both sides of each skid: a maximum opening force of 13K and damped in the closing direction. The doors had to be able to open right back, flat to the sides of the container, but ‘click’ into place at a 90° angle.

“This application demanded the use of 316 stainless dampers and only Industrial Gas Springs was able to supply exactly what we needed,” explains Mark Wilks, Calder’s project manager of this high profile £3.4 million contract.” It is vitally important that the doors are controlled so as not to be caught by the wind and only 316 will do in the rugged environment of the North Sea.”