Client: MONOUTILITY THAT MANAGES THE WATER SERVICE AND THE PUBLIC CONTROL OF THE CORPORATE MEMBERS
Location: MILANO - ITALY
Application sector: AQUEDUCT
Objectives
The signs of decay and the corrosion of the standard metal structures were conditions that had to be solved because the particular environment needed to be non-contaminated: it’s an area where reverse osmosis takes place, where there are activated carbon fibers and oxidation systems.Considering that this water treatment plant is the Milan’s most important (over 2/3 of the total production), the structure replacements had to be made with no production shutdown and had to be adaptable to prior installations and pipes. Materials had to be resistant to environmental conditions, installation and servicing costs had to be reduced.
Solution
M.M. has designed new structures in accordance with norm EN ISO 14122 - 1,2,3,4 and their installation sequence. This allowed to install the structures without interfeering with the filtration activity and adapting them to the existing pipe blocks. They have been prefabricated and preassembled in order to reduce down to the bare minimum all the work on site. Structures have been built with composite pultruded profiles and glass fiber reinforced isophtalic resin gratings type SCH 38/38_ IFR. Particular attention has been paid to the stress resistance, to the environmental aggressive conditions and the safety aspect (yellow color of the parapets). M.M gratings are considered excellent insulators according to the EN 61340-2-3 and IEC 61340-4-5 norms of the electric field.
