Case Study: NSF 61 Ladder System
One of our sales people had got in touch with a municipal water treatment plant manager in the Canadian province of Manitoba back in 2013. The manager was not aware of fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) but did have a pain point: his metal ladders were rusting and this rust was getting into the potable water tanks. We had a solution: FRP ladders will never rust and can easily be manufactured to be NSF 61 safe for potable water applications. Certifications can be supplied on request. In this case, the customer had specifications for a metal ladder that would be suitable for his application. We took those drawings and in conjunction with our engineering partners, developed drawings for a custom ladder system. This system had to be designed to allow workers to have free movement in a confined space, and that was not a problem, but it did mean that a cage was not required.
Drawings were supplied to the customer after a PO was received. We offer drawings with two revisions as part of the purchase order. The first drawings were sufficient and fabrication commenced. The ladders were delivered ahead of schedule and the customer was more than satisfied.
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