Barnshaw Section Benders have been involved in several large-scale energy and renewables
projects, and the latest work supplied to Cardiff is no exception. This prestigious
job involved Barnshaws Structural Division working with ASD Westok and Fisher
Engineering, which is a part of Severfield-Rowen PLC.
Working
together with ASD Westok, Barnshaws were asked to produce some of the deepest
cellular beams ever requested. The
largest being a 1594mm deep beam, which is formed from one of the biggest
universal beam sections that Tata produce- 1016 x 305 x 438kg Ub’s. Not only were the beams large in terms of
depth, they were also large in length with upwards of 23m of bar to be
curved.
On
top of the curves for ASD Westok, Barnshaws have also been curving a number of
bars direct for Fisher Engineering, which includes a variety of sections and
sizes ranging from 457mm deep universal beams, to 400mm deep rectangular hollow
section (RHS). Both cellular beams and sections have taken Barnshaws expert
benders 3-4 months to form and together they weighed approximately 500 tonnes.
Barnshaws
have a strong relationship with ASD Westok, and the early consultations enabled
the client to see that Barnshaws was willing to invest heavily in order to meet
their requirements. Barnshaws have invested
more than £70,000 on new equipment and tooling, which means that the company
can now curve the largest cellular beams available. Through continuous
collaboration with Severfield – Rowen PLC, Barnshaws have a long history of
producing work that otherwise would have been impossible.
