Supply of Single Axis Seismic Shake Table to University of Sheffield for Nuclear AMRC

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The University of Sheffield awarded a contract to Servotest Testing Systems Limited for the supply of a purposed single-axis seismic shake table system on behalf of the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), Castings Group at Catcliffe, South Yorkshire.

The hydraulic, single-axis vertical stroke seismic shake table is intended for testing and qualifying electronic devices, small electrical sub-systems, and small mechanical components with masses between 1 kg and 100 kg, at accelerations between 6 G and 35 G with 5% damping, in accordance with RCC-E and IEEE344 standards.

The supplier is required to provide a turn-key solution including all necessary hardware and software, and a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) plan prior to delivery.

The equipment will primarily support Research & Development projects and services to the UK supply chain for robustness testing in the nuclear and other regulated sectors.

The contract value is £274,900.