During 1987, Rutherford Appleton Laboratories
at The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research establishment, Harwell, were
seeking volume supplies of a complex fire resistant profile assembly in
11 metre straight lengths and manufactured to critical dimensional limits.
Following delivery, they had to graphite coat the inner surfaces and insert
electronic components, prior to onward delivery to Switzerland for use
on the CERN underground Project , funded by many countries around the
world. This project is connected to space research and the separation
and analysis of atom particles. A spin off from this research has been
the successful development of such things as Body Scanners, in the medical
sector and Internet and mobile communications as we know them today. The
profiles had to fit within an outer ‘jacket’ or sleeve, which
then had to be fitted within a further containment sleeve - all made by
Copely Developments Ltd! All profiles had to be easily removed for adjustment
and maintenance. We developed an extrusion line exclusively for this project,
which was also used by The department of space research at The University
of Padua in Italy. On successful completion of the project, we received
public recognition within technical journals covering the project both
at home and overseas! The CERN Project continues to this day! |