Northeast Arkansas Baptists Hospital is a 750,000 square foot facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It will be the largest surgical campus in the region when completed in June 2013. Jonesboro is only 100 miles from the New Madrid Fault, which back in 1812, produced the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continental United States. The piping…
We are excited to announce that Mason Industries, Inc. has just been listed by UL (Underwriters Laboratory) to manufacture braided metal hose assemblies and expansion joints in accordance with Annex G of NSF/ANSI-61 low lead requirements for Drinking water. The listing applies to virtually every size and length of all the BRONZE and STAINLESS STEEL braided…
We were engaged by a contractor working for the New York City Mass Transit Authority (MTA) to supply our HEJFFL expansion joints and SPG guides for installation in a new steam heating system at their main repair facility on 207th Street in Manhattan. The project included replacement of all the pressure balanced expansion joints as…
Large “Rolling Road” type dynamometers, like the one shown below are used throughout the auto industry to measure engine and complete automobile performance. The rear wheels are centered on the roller or rollers and the car locked in place. The engine output and other data can be collected and analyzed based on the resistance and…
One of our competitors has taken on the role of consultant and has retained a few HVAC manufacturers on a fee basis. This charge is for guidance through shaker table tests that simulate earthquakes in California as required under the new codes. Since they use their own products in the tests, which gain approval at…
We developed our Z-1011 snubber way back in 1971 following the San Fernando earthquake that hit in February of that year. The engineering community was shocked at the resulting damage to building systems and equipment despite the relatively low seismic forces. It was obvious that the static approach to the problem was inadequate and we…
We recently visited with an engineering friend in Upstate New York. It’s a tricky spot for us to get to from Long Island. We can drive through New York city but traffic can be a killer. An alternative to that torturous route is to take a ferry across Long Island Sound and travel south through…
While Mason Industries started in the air conditioning industry, over the years we have been offered challenges in other fields including acoustic isolation of studios and, very much more interesting, isolation of complete buildings on natural rubber isolation pads or springs as well as railroad isolation. Isolating helicopter emergency landing pads on top of a…
Not possible! Well it is if we are talking about the new full scale seismic test building at the University of California, San Diego. Mason was the only isolation manufacturer invited to participate in the Seismic Testing of this full scale 5 story building. We provided the vibration isolation, seismic restraints, and flexible connectors for…
These spring mounts, shown in the final stages of production, will support a new 272,000 lb cooling tower being installed at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Each of the 16 isolators will support 17,000 lbs. The 4″ spring deflection ensures that the guests will not even realize the tower is running. It never fails;…