Specialists in the Cutting and Welding of PVC and PTFE Fabrics
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Mounted on top of a steel plinth, this small BioSphere gasholder was recently installed by our Biogas team at Kilmington, near Axminster in Devon for South West Water. Measuring 200 cubic metres when fully inflated, the dome was designed and manufactured at our production plant in Caldicot in close collaboration with our client Nomenca Ltd, with ductwork and piping manufactured by Grail Engineering to our design.
Our Biogas division recently completed a medium-sized gasholder for a South West Water plant at Hayle near St Erth in Cornwall. Measuring 570 cubic metres, the Polyester-reinforced PVC BioSphere gas dome was designed and manufactured at our production facility in Caldicot in close collaboration with our client, Tecker Ltd, and installed on top of an elevated concrete plinth. Ductwork was manufactured and supplied by Compass Ltd to our own design. For increased accuracy a laser level sensor was selected to monitor the storage volume rather than the alternative ultrasound sensor.
Our busy production department is now recruiting!
Please send your CV to office@ajtensile.co.uk for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join our team of dedicated staff, working on the manufacture of prestigious projects for major corporations.
HF plastics welding experience would ideally be preferred but is not essential, as full on-the-job training will be given.
You are already on our website so hopefully have a flavour of the type of work that we produce and the type of projects that you could be involved in.
Hope to hear from you soon!
As part of our strategy to cope with ever-increasing production demand, AJ Tensile Group recently upgraded our Manufacturing division’s 12kW Forsstrom HF welding machine to a 17kW FIAB 900. Part of the improvements involved mounting the FIAB to a 28m table, more than double the length of the Forsstrom’s old one.
Out with the old Forsstrom…
…and in with the new FIAB.
Our Manufacturing division recently completed this impressive 70m x 25m four-part building wrap in Hyde Park for one of our established clients.
The image is taken from artist Sir Peter Blake’s collage of regular prominent guests of the Mandarin Hotel, done in the spirit of The Beatles’ 1967 album cover for Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Blake was commissioned by the Mandarin Hotel to create artwork to cover the building facade during renovation work.
The images were printed onto PVC banner material in 5m x 25m strips which were then welded into larger sections. These were then assembled on-site during installation with barely-noticeable joints. The whole project was very fast track with a manufacturing and delivery window of only three days.
The final result was stunning and received numerous commendations, with the hotel management saying “We really cannot thank you enough for all your help and support with this project – it looks amazing”, and our own client adding “Amazing job guys. Thank you!”.
Our own Richard Cherry, Director of our Biogas division, is an active member of The Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovellers. The following article appeared in the October 2016 edition of The Environment magazine, highlighting the contributions that 5S makes both to society and to the environment.
Our Biogas division recently completed this 5,398 cubic metre tank top gasholder for WesTech in the USA. Installed at Waukesha Waste Water Treatment Plant in Wisconsin, the 28m diameter 14m high dome operates at 27 millibar working pressure. The design uses our unique double-membrane construction technique, with the special tan colour of the outer membrane specially requested by the client.
AJ Tensile were recently invited by Star Events to play an important role in the global launch of the brand-new fifth generation Land Rover Discovery SUV in the grounds of Packington Hall, Warwickshire, UK – close to the Land Rover plant in Solihull, where the all-new Discovery will be produced. Our involvement was in the design and construction of a 22m x 14m black prism to conceal the vehicles prior to the reveal, and construction of a 35m x 10m pond liner for the vehicles to splash through.
The set was constructed from 5,805,846 individual LEGO bricks, breaking the previous Guinness World Record by almost half a million pieces. Laid end to end, the bricks would stretch for almost 200 miles. Led by the UK’s only LEGO Certified Professional, Duncan Titmarsh, it took five months for expert LEGO Master Builders in the UK to construct the incredible Tower Bridge structure.
As part of the dramatic reveal sequence, British adventurer Bear Grylls appeared in typically exciting fashion by abseiling from a helicopter to the top of the huge Tower Bridge installation, through the open drawbridge and onto the stage beside the all-new Discovery. Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful sailor in Olympic history, and Zara Philips MBE also took active roles in the event as can be seen in the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SdAniSOrhk
Our client was extremely happy with how the whole project was run, and even hand-delivered a selection of delicious gourmet pork pies down to our team by way of additional thanks.
Our Biogas division recently installed this 2,100 cubic metre slab-mounted gasholder at Budd’s Farm in Havant for Southern Water and Barhale Trant Utilities. This was to replace an existing gasholder that had come to the end of its long and successful working life – a project that our Director of Engineering Richard Cherry was originally involved in.
Like most of our installations, this gasholder is bespoke to suit the client’s specific requirements, but the general design follows our own unique double-membrane construction technique. This is a tried and tested method to ensure high levels of off-site quality control and efficient on-site installation. Working pressure of this gasholder is 25 millibar.
We are pleased to report that our client and the end user are both very pleased with the final product and the whole project process.
In order to bring a better focus on its key markets and improve the high levels of service it already delivers to its customers, AJ Tensile Fabrications Limited has been divided into AJ Tensile Biogas Systems Limited, AJ Tensile Tension Structures Limited, and AJ Tensile Manufacturing Limited. These three companies all operate under the AJ Tensile Group Limited parent company umbrella.
The Biogas and Structures companies will benefit from dedicated staff with an expertise in delivering high quality projects, and will allow the skilled and experienced manufacturing staff to continue to concentrate on producing top quality products.
Biogas Systems will be headed up by Richard Cherry, one of the world’s most experienced and respected experts on anaerobic digestion and biogas storage. The Structures company will be headed up by Gary Patterson who has extensive experience of designing, project managing and installing tensile fabric structures throughout the world. Andrew Jerrum formed AJ Tensile Fabrications Ltd in 2000 and is an expert innovator of industrial fabric manufacture processes. He will head up the manufacturing operation while continuing his role of Group Managing Director.
Andrew said “the business has grown rapidly over recent years and it is increasingly evident that our staff need to become more specialised in order to continue delivering the excellent levels of products and service that our proud reputation is based on. The whole group is dedicated to making the transition as seamless as possible for all staff, customers, and suppliers”.
This website will shortly be updated to reflect these changes.
