New in 2016 is a small scale testing laboratory and workshop housed next door to S & C’s Head Office at Kelston. This capability has been developed to provide a very cost-effective route for bench testing of small scale items. The facility benefits from S & C staff permanently on site to run tests but it can also be operated by customers if requested.
The installed capabilities are as follows:
– 100 cubic foot compressed air tank – 10 bar
– Capable of 24 g/sec continuous flow
– Air can be heated to 600ºC using 4kW or 6kW power supply
– Furnaces can supply additional heat to 1000ºC
– 13kW capacity chiller
The site also benefits from:
– Roller shutter access
– Ceiling height in test area approx 5m
– Full data acquisition system
– HD and IR imagery
– Orifice meters
– A fully installed workbench
The facility has already been utilised by HiETA Technologies Ltd, Rolls-Royce and the University of Bath for a range of projects including:
– Novel heat exchanger design testing
– Oil bearing systems investigation
– Regenerative carbon scrubbers in conjunction with a breathing simulator – capable of providing CO2 enriched air flows at a controllable breathing rate and capacity.
The Beck Lab is named in remembrance of Clifford Beck, who was a vendor of Coanda Air Mover devices for many years and was instrumental to the success of S & C Thermofluids as the company was starting up.
Please use the Contact Us page to arrange a visit to The Beck Lab.
