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Services - Test Facility for Radioactive Material Transport Packages
Introduction
Croft Associates have 20 years of in-depth experience in the design, development and testing of packages for the transport of radioactive materials. The test capabilities briefly described have been developed as needs have increased. The facilities described are owned by Croft or are available to Croft.
Drop Test Facility |
Open air target at ground level faced with a steel plate. |
| Target weight limit |
50 tonne |
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| Size of steel plate |
1.5 X 2 m |
| Drop system |
Mobile crane height 9m+ |
| Photography |
As required |
| Video |
As required |
| Monitoring |
Strain gauge and
accelerometer monitoring by umbilical cord or telemetering |
| Temperature |
Ambient or low temperature |
| Other facilities |
Punch (1, 1/2 and 1/4 scale) |
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Thermal Test Facility |
| Contra-How gas fired furnace |
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| Temperature limit |
1000°C |
| Weight limit |
50 tonne |
| Furnace monitoring |
Thermocouple and optical |
| Package monitoring |
Thermocouple and passive trip indicators |
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Other Facilities Available |
| Water immersion pool |
| Penetration test rig, 1.7m Type A |
| Water spray test rig |
| Steady State Thermal Test Laboratory - for determining transient and steady state temperatures which occur due to internal heat generation from contents of packagings. |
All enquiries should be directed to:
Norman Jorgensen
Croft Associates Limited
Building F4 Culham Science Centre
Culham, Abingdon
Oxon. OX14 3DB, UK
Tel +44 (0)1865 407740
Fax +44 (0)1865 407449
E-mail sales@croftltd.com |
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