AGM/Aquatech Pressmain ensure patients and staff at London Hospital keep warm this winter.

As everyone is aware our remarkable NHS was 70 last year, AGM/Aquatech Pressmain have been privileged to supply their equipment to our hospitals for 45 of those years. Recently replacing a 14 year old Aquatech 2ET45-C1-E pressurisation unit with it’s modern equivalent the Aquatech Pressmain AP3 pressurisation unit.

The pressurisation unit is installed on the heating services and automatically maintains the correct pressure for the system. As illustrated by the age of the equipment before replacement, Aquatech Pressmain design and build high quality reliable products. Installed, serviced and maintained by AGM Services.

The Facilities Management have the peace of mind of a reliable pressurisation unit and 24/7 call out of AGM Service Engineers should they need them.

Should you require this level of quality and reliability please contact our Sales or Projects Departments on 01206 215100.

Aquatronic Group Management Service Engineers install equipment to guarantee clean drinking water, food and education for children in remote Uganda.

During their successful trip to install a pump for a well and solar panels at a school last year, our adventurous AGM Service Engineers Melvin and Phil conducted surveys in order to prepare for another two projects next Spring.

At a farm they are hoping to install a small solar well for land irrigation so they can grow maze and in a remote village where most of the children are orphans, they plan to install a solar pump and water storage tanks. Hopefully this will ensure a regular, safe, close water supply and the infrastructure to start another school.

The project to supply these fundamental life needs is co-ordinated by The Beacon Fellowship in Loughborough. Melvin and Phil have been only too happy to give their time and expertise and Aquatronic Group Management Plc are delighted to support them by donating equipment.

AGM were asked by CBRE Managed services Ltd, to provide a reliable and robust solution for the bank’s Head Office in London. They required continuous low temperature hot water for the heating system along with a continuous, chilled water supply to the air conditioning in the server rooms.

To guarantee this level of continuous service, and considering the limitations of the space available in the plant room, AGM used their own Aquatech Pressmain brand of products. Providing a solution of two AP7 pressurisation units, one running, one in duty standby mode for the hot water and another two set up in the same way for the chilled water system. All four units are in use ensuring equal wear, controlled by a changeover panel.

The four units are housed in a bespoke framework designed and manufactured by AGM to fit in the restricted space within the plant room, at the same time ensuring easy access for maintenance.

AGM installed the units and they will be maintained by them under their maintenance contact with 24/7 call out.

If you have a project which needs this level of service and would like AGM to help, please contact the project department on 01206 215176.

We take clean running water for granted but in Uganda this is a luxury. Phil and Melvin Cotton, two experienced AGM service engineers undertook the 22 hour journey to The Alpha and Omega School in Entebbe Uganda and used their skills and AGM equipment to make life better for 350 children.

During their four day stay they fitted solar panels to the school roof to power the solar pump, donated to AGM which they fitted to an 11 meter deep well in the school grounds. This means the children no longer have to undertake the dangerous walk to springs or miss lessons to get water.

Melvin and Phil were also able to transform one young man’s fortunes by buying him a pig and were obviously taken by the positive attitude of the people who’s daily lives are dominated by the need to find food and water.

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Background : The heating, chilled and condense systems were all fitted with Warmac spill type units approx. 20 years old. Whilst the units had been very reliable in operation, due to their age and lack of BMS compatibility we were contacted in order to quote for modern replacement units.

Solution : We specified 3 custom built Aquatech Pressmain SB5 pressurisation units for the 3 systems. To reduce the cost to the customer 2 of the units were specified with GRP spill tanks. The units were designed specifically to fit into the available space on site and to minimise the alterations required to the connecting pipework. The units were installed over 2 weekends to minimise the disruption to the end user.

Background : The site had experienced multiple failures on the outgoing boosted pipework to the fire hydrant system causing major loss of water and loss of the fire hose-reel system to the prison.

Issues : On investigation it was found that the flexible pipework connector was operating at the limit of its pressure rating and had been installed in such a way as to cause the connector to rub against a raised edge on the PVC flange and cause premature failure of the connector. A temporary repair was carried out to enable the system to operate.

Solution : With the assistance of a specialist manufacturer we specified and installed a custom designed,  25.0 Bar rated, stainless steel flexible connector and also replaced a 2.5m length of PVC-U pipework with 25.0 Bar rated stainless steel. The new pipework was reinsulated and trace heating refitted to match the existing pipework.