Busy, busy, busy here at JM Dixon Associates. Current jobs being worked on include:
Great feedback from our clients after a succesful lift carried out on the top sections of one of their still columns. The column sections were lifted from thier position onto trestles ready for inspection and maintainance. JM Dixon designed the lifting beams, tailing and trestles all of which performed perfectly and aided a smooth lift all round.
JM Dixon Associates have this week been working on the design of a Gauger’s platform as part of a new tank build for which we are carrying out the design work. A full design check to EN 1993-1 was carried out to verify the structural integrity of the platform.
Sad to hear the news of the final demise for ALGOR. Once a leading FEA software brand it was consumed by Autodesk in their Simulation Mechanical package which has now been shelved in favour of lesser ‘FEA lite’ products which (in our opinion) set a dangerous precedent for spitting out results at the press of a button without any understanding of the FE method.
http://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/simulation-mechanical/overview
Another job completed for J.M. Dixon Associates Ltd who this week finished up the design of a rolling ladder for a 42m diameter floating roof. Our draughtsman Jason has put together a video showcasing the final design complete with self levelling treads; all modelled using Autodesk Inventor 2017.
JM Dixon Associates this week completed verification to PD5500 for a replacement reactor vessel containing multiple nozzles in the top head some of which infringed on the knuckle region and therefore placed them outside the limits of the nominated design code. The clients required nozzle arrangements were successfully verified through the Limit Load design by analysis approach applied using our specialist FEA software. The analysis report was successfully signed off by the nominated third party insurance company and the vessel design was approved.
JM Dixon Associates’ have today launched their all new web site. The site now reflects the full capabilities of the company and is presented in a fresh, modern and user friendly design. There is now in-depth content on the type of services offered, case studies and galleries showing off the company’s vast portfolio of work along side all the latest news and updates.
We designed and detailed 4 columns in total in sizes up to 5 metres in diameter and 40 metres tall. The designs included ladders and platforming and a transport study.
We carried out the re-design of the roof in line with current standards and guidelines, increased pontoon size etc. We used our own in house program for this as well as FEA on the entire roof in each of the required cases.
We produced design calculations and fabrication drawings for 16 storage tanks. These tanks had to be fabricated at the docks in Perth then transferred onto a low loader which was then taken by barge around the coast and then across to Barrow Island. This meant that several cases of transport loads had to be considered for the tanks including designing the supporting structures.
