Case Studies - Corus
The Project - ISIS
An elaborate monolith of 3,500 tonnes of slab and plate was created as part of a new atomic physics research facility in Oxfordshire.
The precision-built steel and concreate construction is to protect the radiation source of the world's brightest research facility of its kind.
The steel was machined to extremely tight tolerances to become part of thr 3,500 tonne 3-D jigsaw, 12 metres wide and 7 metres tall, which contains the radiation developed during testing. The pieces fit together, around the central space for whatever's being tested, with greater precision than Egypt's pyramids.
ISIS fires beams of neutrons at 0.8 of the speed of light to 'see' deep inside their target making atoms visible.
PDA International Involvement
PDA International provided CORUS with Management Support Services to experdite the ISIS project.
We sourced suitable foundries for the production of castings, and machineing facilities capable of the extremely tight tolerances that these required.
Production plans were put into place in co-ordination with the requirement of the build plan, and this was monitored by PDA staff placed on site with all producers, and reported on a daily basis.
Once products were completed and quality certificates were produced and signed off, PDA co-ordinated delivery logistics with the transport company that had been also sourced as suitable for the project.