IN - Installation of the Econoclave at your facility

While Econoclaves are easy to install, most customers still prefer that ASC install the autoclave at their facility. There are a couple of installation options that you might want to consider.

• IN1 ASC provides an installation expert to supervise customer’s employees and/or contractor installation.
• IN2 ASC is responsible for installing the autoclave and auxiliary systems (see description below)

IN1 –Supervision by ASC field installation expert

This option is less expensive than the full installation as it provides a single expert to supervise the installation effort by the customer’s employees and/or locally procured mechanical and electrical contractors.

The installation effort can require as little as 3-5 days on small Econoclaves up to 5-6 weeks for large and complex units.

The option includes:

• ASC field installation expert for a fixed number of days on-site at your facility.
• Round-trip air-fare
• Rental vehicle, hotel, and subsistence for the duration of the stay.

IN2 –Installation of autoclave at customer facility

This option provides all material and labor required to install the autoclave at your facility:

Includes: (If you want ASC to take on additional tasks, please contact an ASC sales engineer for a custom installation package)

• Mechanical and electrical between the following:
  • Autoclave to water tank
    • Main and auxiliary water supply/return piping
    • Conduit, wire, and connections
  • Autoclave to compressed air utilities (see assumptions)
    • Piping and supports as required
  • Autoclave to pressurized nitrogen utilities
    • Piping and supports as required
  • Water tank to plant water utilities
    • Piping and supports as required
  • Vacuum vent from pump and vent manifold to building vent or building exterior
    • Piping and supports as required
  • Autoclave silencer to customer’s roof and/or wall penetration.
    • Piping and supports, assuming
  • Expansion-anchor lagging of autoclave to concrete floor.
  • For pit mounted autoclaves with BR (bridge) option:
    • Bridge placement, lagging, and concrete fill if required.
    • Air-over-oil tank placement
      • Piping
    • Conduit, wire, and connections.
    • Floor-mounted control enclosure
      • Placement
      • Conduit and wire
• Mechanical labor to install the autoclave, air-fare, travel time, hotel and subsistence costs.
• Electrical labor to install the autoclave, air-fare, travel time, hotel and subsistence costs.
• All material except where identified in the Excludes section.
• Rental vehicle(s) and lift equipment as required.

Assumptions: (The standard IN2 option is based on the following assumptions. If you prefer ASC to take on some of these items, please call ASC for a custom installation package.) Water, compressed air, and pressurized nitrogen utilizes are within 10 ft. of autoclave.

• Electrical service disconnect is terminated within 10 ft. of autoclave or customer lands electrical conductors into ASC’s power enclosure.
• If cooling tower is placed on the customer’s roof, ASC assumes that customer will have placed this tower prior to ASC’s arrival.
• Cooling tower is within 30 ft (pipe length) of water tank.
• Exhaust piping will not exceed 30 ft. (pipe length)
• Vacuum vent pipe is no longer than 30 ft. from autoclave
• Customer provides 480V power to job-site for welding and other electrical work.
• Customer provides waste bin and removal, unless specifically included.

Exclusions: (The standard IN2 option has the following exclusions, which might be offered optionally. If you prefer ASC to take on some of these items, please call ASC for a custom installation package.)

• Transportation of autoclave to customer site (see TR option)
• Rigging of autoclave into pit and/or final location (see RG option)
• Any and all civil work, including foundations, saddle grouting, walls, wall penetrations, roof penetrations, and roof sealing.
• Pit ladders, railings, pit sump pump, and pit amendments.
• Startup and training (see ST option)
• Tower rigging and crane-assisted placement on roof (see Assumptions)

TR - Transportation of Econoclave to your facility

Although many customers arrange and procure their own transportation, ASC can quote transportation of your Econoclave from ASC’s plant to your facility.

ASC will utilize one of our preferred shippers to deliver the Econoclave to your facility. The transportation option includes all costs, including insurance and ASC’s markup. For cases of ocean transportation, ASC can quote CIF Port of entry or DDU to your factory.

Note: ASC will utilize our standard markup for transportation costs, so it will always be more cost-effective for you to purchase transportation directly from a carrier rather than from ASC provide this.

RG - Offload and Rigging of the Econoclave at your facility

Many customers prefer to handle rigging with their preferred local contractors, however on turnkey projects and on larger Econoclave deliveries, customers often select the ASC rigging option in order to provide a sole-source responsibility for the effort.

The RIG option provides all costs to offload the autoclave from the truck at your facility and rig the autoclave into its final resting place in your plant. ASC will typically utilize our own personnel as well as local crane and rigging personnel as required.

For larger autoclave, this option also includes leveling of the autoclave in the pit prior to installation.

VT - VacTrap ™ chilled resin traps

For composite curing applications with high volatile content (ie. high-temperature polyimides), we recommend chilled VacTrap ™ assemblies instead of the conventional ambient temperature filter traps. The VacTrap will be much more effective condensing volatiles and solvents during high-temperature curing operations.

The VacTrap is an ASC designed modular vacuum system that utilizes conventional stainless-steel ball valves, a proprietary custom aluminum trap blocks, and a chiller.