In the pipeline Quarter 4 2016
maintenance, the hydraulic side of which now falls to Pirtek Swansea. In 2013, Pirtek Swansea was asked to quote on the refurbishment of Megafobia that included the pipework Edwards looked at the job, said what we needed, why we needed it, when it could be done, how long it would take and how much it would cost. He provided a for the train transfer system. “We chose Pirtek because Nick
mm, 180 bar steel pipe on Megafobia that operates the train transfer. On top of that they replaced 120 metres of nylon pipe for the braking system and provided a further 30 metres spare to be kept on site for our own engineers. They replaced all the 12 mm push fittings to the brake actuators and all the hoses to the rams, plus fitting the H&S tec sleeves in case of a leak. The existing steel pipes were replaced with flexible hoses to avoid cracking. And two engineers took just two days to complete the work.” COMPLEX JOB Pirtek has now instigated a Total Hose Management system for Oakwood and has provided a plan of action for the Park. “The work on Megafobia was comparatively easy compared to Bounce, as work was all at ground level. With Bounce you are dealing with 56 metre high ride that takes 24 levels of scaffold to service. Pirtek replaced all the 2" air hoses which charge the main cylinders that keep the brakes off when the ride is operating. A complex job that took two MSSTs 10 days to complete, and was leak free when tested. Pirtek said it would take 2-3 years to completely refurbish the hydraulics in the Park
complete plan of works, something no other company could do. In fact they couldn't even get close. We liked that, a one-strike response. Better still they were very quick. And as they have completed projects, our relationship has got better and better. One of the most effective and time saving things they have done is to catalogue and list all the new hoses so, if we have a failure, a new one can be ordered over the phone and be installed in hours,” explains Oakwood's Engineering manager Mark Mitchinson. “I don't think people understand how much maintenance work is need on the rides. For example, Pirtek replaced 80 metres of 10
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