Case Study

Temporary Hire Solution Provides Effective Fume Control during Cruise Liner Maintenance Works

Defence

On this particular project, A&P Group had a cruise liner scheduled to dock for three weeks at Falmouth to carry out maintenance. Activities included hot works such as welding, cutting and grinding.

Our client, A&P Group is one of the largest ship repair and conversions specialists in the UK

Challenge

During planning, it was identified a large amount of hot works were due to be carried out deep within the ship, presenting a health and safety challenge. Fumes from activities such as burning, cutting and grinding can quickly build up creating hazy, uncomfortable working conditions, and exposure to these fumes can lead to serious health affects for workers such as irritation of throat and lungs, asthma, and metal fume fever.

With a good standing relationship with RVT Group, the Project Manager reached out for our expertise. One of our Defence consultants visited Falmouth to provide a free hazard control assessment.

Solution

RVT Group put together a solution that ensured A&P were protecting its people, the surrounding environment, and complying with legislation. After agreeing the solution and set up with A&P, RVT Group engineers carried out the installation.

The solution consisted of the VENTEX® Centrifugal Fan 200S-HP and DUSTEX® SuperFilta 40. A&P wanted to minimise downtime as much as possible whilst the cruiser was docked, this solution supported this as the DUSTEX® SuperFilta 40 features pulse-jet technology that means it self cleans, removing the need to manually change the filters.

With an effective fume extraction system in place, RVT Group successfully supported A&P with the hot works carried out.

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