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A prominent computer chip manufacturer experienced an electrical fire in the basement of their multi-story research development and testing laboratories. The intensity of the fire nearly destroyed their testing clean room and spread smoke and highly corrosive soot throughout the remaining facility, threatening the loss of multi-million dollar testing equipment and components. Exclusive NCRI
electronics technicians, including certified electronics engineers
and systems engineers, were brought on location to conduct the specialized
restoration process. Their assignment was to salvage the highly
sensitive equipment by cleaning it and preventing electronic corrosion
from the fire, smoke and residual post-fire humidity. With the establishment
of staging and process stations, the technicians cleaned circuit
boards, microchips, system components, spectrascopes and other highly
sensitive testing equipment. The enormous room-sized bake control
units used to do final pressure testing of the components had to
be cleaned using many of the same restoration methods. Even the
specialized anti-static honeycomb flooring was cleaned and deodorized,
restoring it to test room conditions. Within three weeks, they had
neutralized the static, removed the corrosive soot, decontaminated
the circuit boards and cleaned the entire area. More than 600 panels
had been saved from destruction, and costly equipment returned to
clean-room status, due to the efficient and specialized services
of NCRI's Electronics Restoration Division. |
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SOUTHERN MANUFACTURER COMPANY CALLS UPON NCRI FOR SOLUTION Pearl, Mississippi - This southeastern U.S. manufacturer of custom made saw blades was shut down temporarily when fire erupted in it's plant and spread black soot over all of the manufacturing equipment. With highly specialized CAD systems and design equipment, the concern was very high that the equipment could not be effectively cleaned and returned to operation in the needed timeframe. NCRI crews arrived on the scene on Friday, assessed the damage, and began dry ice blasting more than 70 pieces of manufacturing equipment to remove the soot and carbide buildup. NCRI's Electronics Restoration Specialists team went to work on the CAD System and the computer driven pieces of manufacturing equipment, with 100% success in the restoration of those units. By Monday morning, nearly all of the equipment had been restored and operations resumed. Crews followed up their restoration of the heavy machinery with a corrosion control application that will also serve to thwart future carbide buildup from normal day-to-day operations. |
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ARSONIST STRIKES EL DORADO, KSEL Dorado, Kansas - The fire alarm came in at 4 a.m. from this 24-hour major retail operation, after an arsonist struck with fury in this quiet midwest town. While it was a relatively small fire in the back of the major retail operation building, it spread a substantial amount of soot throughout the store, dusting everything with a fine black powder. The fire began in the bedding department, setting off ten major sprinkler heads in that zone of the building. The sprinklers quickly put the fire out, but also drenched contents in that area and sent water running through the aisles and other departments of the store. NCRI crews arrived and immediately extracted water and set up dehumidification equipment. With around the clock precision crew alignment, NCRI assisted the store in cleaning contents, completing the inventory of non-salvage items, electronics restoration, cleaning the air ducts, painting and restocking to have the store ready for reopening within 48 hours.
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HISTORIC MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THREATENED BY FIRE Founded in 1854, Hamline University, Minnesota's first university, suffered fire and smoke damage to its three-story campus library. Classes were halted and student research put on hold The fire was restricted to a TV control studio in the basement of the building, but the ventilation system carried smoke and soot throughout the building to the other floors. As a result, virtually everything inside the building needed to be professionally cleaned of the harmful soot and other contaminants. There were more than 750,000 pieces of information inside the library, including approximately 277,000 books. In addition, 165 computers suffered damage from the soot of the fire. The cleaning of the ventilation system, as well as cleaning of all of the books and computers, were completed in the first week by NCRI technicians working 16-hour days. Because of NCRI’s
rapid response, its knowledgeable technicians and the specialized
equipment in NCRI's inventory, not a single book or document in
the library was lost. |
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SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE CAUSES BIG LOSS TO TWIN TOWER HIGH RISE Detroit, Michigan - A break in a heavy cable supply source in the basement of a 10-story office complex sparked a small explosion and electrical fire that caused smoke and odor damage throughout the structure, as well as the adjacent twin tower. NCRI crews arrived on the scene to coordinate the electronics restoration and the cleaning of the air ventilation systems. With the use of forced air, negative air, contained zones and specialty cleaning units, the duct work throughout was restored to pristine condition, once again supplying non-contaminated air ventilation and circulation to the 3,500 employees of the office complex. Crews worked at non-peak-production times for the corporate tenant to cause the least amount of business interruption and the most efficient return of maximum production. Simultaneously,
NCRI electronics restoration specialists were restoring approximately
100 workstations, servers, printers, hubs and switches. Through
meticulous but methodical processing, each unit was restored to
full function, with all smoke particulate and odor removed. |
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SMOKE DAMAGE TO ELECTRONICS CLOSES TV/RADIO STATION Following the fire that caused almost three million dollars in damage to the building housing the multi-media departments of the Oklahoma Christian University, department staff feared all electronics would be lost. NCRI technicians determined the highly corrosive soot from the fire would begin to destroy the delicate circuitry of the computers, broadcasting equipment and all other electronics at the facility. Time was the critical factor. NCRI wasted no time bringing in semitrailer trucks full of specialized electronic cleaning equipment. NCRI’s trained electronic technicians dismantled hundreds of computers, broadcasting equipment and other electronics. Each item was carefully cleaned, dried and tested. After several
days of NCRI’s exhaustive effort, the majority of equipment was
restored and made ready for school use. |
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