INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION METHODS FROM THE NETHERLANDS

InterDam Merford BV

InterDam Merford offers fire- and blast walls- and doors for offshore / onshore applications. InterDam Merford provides standard and customised products including:

• Blast and fire resistant doors and walls, all with relevant Lloyds type approval certificates
• Cladding systems, weather tight and / or blast relief
• Spare parts for off- and onshore fire- and blast doors
• Other related products, such as acoustic enclosures and fire dampers

Blast/Fire resistant doors
InterDam Merford fire doors constitute of a heavy duty, fully certified range that covers fire ratings from A0 up to H120 including jet fire requirements. Doors are also able to withstand a blast overpressure (up to 2.5bar blast).

Doors will be pre-assembled as complete units and provided with heavy duty special in-house designed hardware. For example, to meet the specific Norsok requirements we have designed a special mechanical opening device that ensures a maximum opening force of 5 kilograms for heavy duty sliding doors, called the Ergo Latch©.

The door designs are versatile and can be adapted to meet our clients’ particular requirements. Early consultation can result in a detailed design best suited to the overall platform design philosophy.

Our door range consists of Lloyds / DNV approved:

• A 60 IDM single leaf hinged door
• A 60 IDM double leaf hinged door
• A 60 IDM single leaf sliding door
• H 120 IDM single leaf hinged door
• H 120 IDM single leaf sliding door
• H 120 IDM Double leaf hinged door

Blast/Fire resistant walls
Interdam Merford has a large variety of wall designs, consisting of a bolted wall design (IDM ProPanel) and a welded wall configuration (IDM Panel Welded). Both systems range from A0 up to H120 fire rating. To complete the range we also have our own design cladding system (blast relief), louvres and heat shields.

Advantages of the IDM ProPanel include:

• These wall types comprise thin gauged galvanized coil coated or stainless steel and pre-insulated elements shaped to offer an optimal span to weight ratio, and are bolted to the supporting structure.
• The systems quite easily allow for adoptions to deviations at site as no welding or any other hot work or painting are required. Therefore they are pre-eminently suited for refurbishment jobs.
• These wall types exhibit optimal weight efficiency by their corrugated shape, which can be engineered to suit any set of boundary conditions with regard to span, loading and available depth.
• The wall systems can easily be accommodated to withstand the specified blast overpressure. They are fully (seal) welded for 100% air, gas and water tightness.

Apart from these standard systems regularly modified types are designed to suit specific project requirements that cannot be met with standard systems, such as blast resistance, jet fire requirements etc.
 
Future

Due to the process of globalization and harmonization of quality and performance standards, these requirements are becoming more strict. Especially when safety comes into the picture. InterDam Merford is committed to continue improving its solutions and developing new ones; which will always comply with the latest regulations and needs of each market sector and industry.

A couple of highlights:

• A Standard range of blast resistant doors up to 2.5 bar blast overpressure
• Doors and walls applications for arctic circumstances