Alton Towers Resort Looks To Control Techniques For Total Reliability CONTROL TECHNIQUES
Mr Critchley was facing some issues on product support for existing drives in the air handling plant for the Splash Landings Hotel and the Alton Towers Waterpark. “It is crucial to keep both the temperature and humidity of the waterpark constant at 29-30˚C and around 70% RH to make the environment comfortable for children and adults alike and to prevent excessive condensation,” he says, “so the close control of the air handling plant is essential. When we had some technical problems with the fan drives on the air handling plant, we were unable to get the kind of support we needed from several drives suppliers – and, as a breakdown potentially directly impacts on the comfort and convenience of hotel visitors, this was totally unacceptable. Since switching to Control Techniques drives we’ve experienced no failures and feel secure that by working with their distributor Lockwell we have access to 24 hour service and support, 7 days a week if any issues should arise. All our key electrical staff have been trained in the use of Control Techniques drives and they are now our standard product. As drives reach the end of their life, we replace them with either Commander SK general purpose drives or Affinity HVAC drives.”
Around 20% of the drives at the Splash Landings Hotel and the Alton Towers Hotel which control the fans in the air handling plant and the pumps for the hot water supply have now been replaced in the rolling replacement programme.
The air handling plant has had nine of its twelve fan drives replaced with 22 kW Control Techniques Commander SK drives, each with additional I/O modules fitted for input from sensors around the complex. “We supply Alton Towers with complete kits,” explains Rob Scott, Business Development Manager of Lockwell’s Stafford branch. “They come complete with mounting plate, NEMA termination box, drive and I/O module and a LogicStick for ease of programming.”
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23 January 2012
