Troax designs cleanroom-type environment for car manufacturer

Published: 7-Apr-2009

Troax UK has designed and installed high specification cleanroom type enclosures at the manufacturing facility of a leading quality automotive manufacturer. The Swindon-based supplier of secure storage and safety systems used its Excalibur double skin steel partitioning system to construct the enclosures, which form a specialist finishing area where vehicle body shells are sanded down by hand to ensure an exceptionally high quality finish.

The project, carried out with CPS Interiors, involved the construction of two adjacent cleanroom type enclosures using Excalibur steel partitioning.

Each finishing area enclosure has vacuum gullies built into the floor, with specialist extraction systems installed to remove any dust produced during the sanding process. This ensures that a blemish-free finish of the highest quality can be achieved while also preventing dust from escaping and contaminating the rest of the factory floor.

Troax also supplied custom-designed bi-parting concertina doors to run along the entire length of the structure using its Sabre single skin steel partitioning to allow access for trolleys that transport vehicle shells in and out of the enclosures. The doors can be folded right back to one side to allow easy access for the trolleys which enter through one side and leave through the other, creating an efficient ‘one way’ system. Excalibur panels are flush both sides and have minimal ledges and corners and the double skin design (which is of monobloc construction comprising two steel skins separated by an inert mineral wool insulating infill) offers excellent sound and heat insulation properties and complies with all relevant Health and Safety legislation. www.troax.com

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