Due to health and safety concerns regarding the large hinged doors in windy conditions, IAC recommended a fully automatic sliding door option. This safe, stable and controllable solution included the installation of a sliding acoustic door for a very large state-of-the-art engine test anechoic chamber facility.
Following the removal and safe disposal of the existing doors, a large opening was created in the side of the chamber. It was important to seal this gap to reduce dust and debris from entering the building. On completion of this task, the next step was to create pockets in the existing building cladding to enable IAC engineers to fix the stub columns back to the main building structure. These stubs were later used to support the IAC sliding door runway beam on which the 6 tonne door leaf would travel.
Ground works were also required and to provide a smooth and level landing strip for the base of the leaf to seal against, engineers created a trench in the existing concrete into which a steel channel was cast and a stainless steel threshold plate attached.
The total duration of the works on site was two weeks. Following the final fitting, a team of expert acousticians and engineers tested the acoustic performance of the sliding door. The client was extremely happy with the result with the door providing an installed noise reduction of Rw53. |
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