Cooling Cabinet

The Cooling Cabinet; Designed and Manufactured by Acres for the Power Generation sector.

Intended to slow down the process of cooling engine fan blades, preventing the fracturing that can occur to the blades if cooled too quickly.

The cabinet is designed to be opened pneumatically, with a solenoid valve and wire rope assembly pulling the door along two slides, providing easy and safe access to the fan blades and turntable inside.

The Cooling Cabinet consists of the following design features:

• 1100mm x 1100mm base x 322mm high framework.
• Height to the bottom of the door when open is 1900mm.
• Working height from floor level to be 770mm (same height as furnace chill plate) allowing for the waste skip to fit under the hopper.
• The door, back and two sides is filled with 50mm thick ceramic insulation, with the door having an inspection panel fitted with Robax toughened glass.
• The Vertical door has viewing window fitted with special heat resistant glass.
• All air cylinders and cylinder monitoring switches have been tested with temporary air supply. Monitoring switch cables were laid in trunking ready for connection to circuits.
• An air failure device has been provided that restrains the vertical door utilising a safety seat belt.
• No bar across the front legs as this prevents access of waste skip.
• Document pocket on front panel as requested by customer.
• Operation instructions and spares list have been provided, 2 hard copy and 1 disc.

As a safety feature, the door is fitted with two pneumatically operated shoot bolts to use when the door is in an open position.

The door is mounted on heavy duty drawer slides and is operated by pneumatics from a remote position.

Above all, the 9301 slide provided by Accuride, has allowed even this heavy cabinet door to open smoothly and easily.

Read more about our most recent project, and the function of the slides used.