Chemring Energetics UK

Chemring Energetics UK (CEUK) provides equipment based on energetic, explosive, and propellant materials for the defence, security, and commercial markets worldwide. 
Commissioned to assist at their weapons research and development site in South-West Scotland, MMengineering supported throughout the design and install of 21 bespoke blast doors capable of withstanding regular major blasts, during a major upgrade to onsite safety facilities.

Typical blast defence is a health and safety feature we hope we’ll never have to call on, but must stand in the face of blasts and save lives when needed. Designing blast protection for a weapons testing facility opened a whole new set of requirements, as our blast doors needed to withstand a daily battering of high velocity explosions while remaining fully defensive and fully operable.

CEUK’s site presented further challenges, as any designs would need to be retrofitted into an existing structure. In an ideal world, structure and blast doors are designed hand in hand for a seamless defensive combination.

Rising to the challenge, the MM Engineering team worked alongside the client’s appointed blast consultant to design new fixing arrangements including bespoke saddle fixings installed across many of the 21 designed double and single blast doors, to transfer a prediluted blast load out through the fixings and into the supporting substrate that surrounded our doors, dissipating the load and maintaining structural integrity and a fully operable site. 

Having worked closely with the client’s appointed blast consultants throughout the design phase, the MM Engineering team undertook the following stages of construction and install: creating, testing, transporting and installing all 21 doors at the Ayrshire site.

Completed in Spring 2024, the CEUK project shows the full capabilities of UK designed and manufactured blast defence, pushing the limits of what can be achieved.

Our in-house expertise enable us to deliver the full scope of a blast mitigation project, from initial specifications through to design, manufacture, testing and install. We work closely with each client to streamline the delivery of their project from start to finish, on time and on budget.