Hope you had a great holiday! Our Mason elves were almost as busy as Santa’s!
In addition to the standard high workload, our shop jumped through hoops to complete five weeks of production in three on several complex, high capacity, high deflection isolation systems. These projects included;
- 26 Mason type KI mounts that will be embedded in and ultimately support a 21″ thick “floating” concrete floor. This structure isolates a highly sensitive electron microscope at a national laboratory (classified location). Springs were selected for 4″ deflection and will support over 100,000 lbs.
- 8 seismically restrained isolators to support a 360,000 lb cooling tower at the Children’s hospital in Cincinnati. Springs will deflect 2″ and will support loads as high as 75,000 lbs. each. These high capacity mounts are virtually impossible to adjust manually, so their design allows for adjustment with a hydraulic jack. Time was of the essence as our mounts replaced under designed isolators from an unknown competitor.
- 9 high deflection seismically restrained spring mounts which will support a 103,000 lb. cooling tower at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. Each isolator is designed for lateral seismic loads as high as 15,000 lbs. Springs were sized for 3″ static deflection. (Sorry, no photos of this one. The shop got it out before I thought to take pictures!)
We love a challenge. Mason Industries has the best engineering and production teams in our industry, ready to help you with your most challenging projects. We get the job done. Even at Christmas.