McDonald Engineers UK has dramatically reduced the replacement costs of hot water tanks for a major Housing Association by designing and manufacturing a customised model of its CUBEflow rectangular electric thermal store to replicate the existing, but now discontinued, Elson Coral E unit.
It appears that the powers of copper are now being harnessed and used in orthotic insoles to deliver significant health benefits.
Not only can the Original Copper Heeler insoles help aching feet, sore joints and swollen legs, it appears the regular use of these products can have a far greater impact on your physical health and well-being.
McDonald Engineers UK has demonstrated its coppersmith expertise with the manufacture of this highly complex copper back boiler to provide a like for like replacement for a faulty mild steel model.
An English Housing Association has demonstrated its commitment to reducing tenants’ energy bills by using the Passivhaus approach in its latest development of 20 homes in South Devon, and has specified bespoke solar cylinders from McDonald Engineers to supply the hot water.
McDonald Engineers UK has successfully completed the contract to design, manufacture and supply 140 under sink hot water cylinders for a luxury housing development in Battersea, London.
McDonald Engineers UK has upstaged the competition by manufacturing two copper Calorifiers for ‘The Queens Theatre’ in London with a U-Tube battery and bespoke finish as specified by the client.
The two 550 litre Calorifiers required for the prestigious theatre, which has played host to Les Misérables since 2004, were powered via a 120kW U-Tube Battery complete with lifting ring to allow the heating element to be easily removed for maintenance or indeed replaced.
That was the question asked at a recent Research Conference and the answer, provided by Professor Marc Solioz of Russia’s Tomsk State University, was an emphatic ‘no’.
In fact, his presentation showed that the antimicrobial properties of copper could actually potentially be improved.
He presented results of laboratory research from around the world which unanimously showed that pathogens coming into contact with a copper surface, such as a door handle or light switch, were rapidly destroyed.
Recent research has proven that a copper cylinder with an Integron finned copper coil can provide savings of £227 per year compared to a standard stainless steel hot water cylinder.
The research was carried out at McDonald Engineers UK Testing Facilities to analyse the time it took for a 210 litre unvented cylinder from 13°C to 55°C.
McDonald Engineers UK have demonstrated its unique ability to deliver complex hot water storage solutions, by designing and manufacturing a 450litre buffer vessel which featured a 20 metre square heat pump coil for a Housing Association in Leicestershire.
The project specification also demanded the cylinder achieve a capacity of 450 litres but also fit through the doorway of the existing plant room.
The Housing Association approached around 10 companies in the UK and McDonald Engineers UK were the only ones who said “YES WE CAN!”
McDonald Engineers’ MINImac cylinder has demonstrated its ability to provide a direct replacement for Spartan Tanks which were commonly installed in high rise buildings or where a gravity system was in use and where space was restricted.
The MINImac system works like the Spartan tank and allows the secondary hot water system to feed, fill and vent the primary central heating system.
