
Celebrating 40 years of worry-free solutions
This 11-meter-high door in this video was designed and built for the European Space Agency – ESA in the Netherlands. This year, we are celebrating our 40th anniversary with eight highlights every five weeks until the end of the year.
According to our welding specialist Sebastiaan Koopmans, finishing an RF-shielded door requires special skills: “A regular household door fits into a wooden or metal frame. The ‘knives’ on our doors need to fit exactly into the copper ‘fingers’ of the door frame after welding the parts together. Therefore, they must be sharp but not too sharp to wear the copper fingers. Just like a good kitchen knife. I test the welding edges of the door knives manually but safely: when they feel smooth enough, they get my green light.”
His working method may require some extra work, but it pays off.
Sebastiaan: “Maybe I’m a bit obsessed with perfection, but sometimes I’m shocked by the parts made by other companies. And especially with tempest shield rooms, the isolation at the door can make the difference between success or failure.”
The next time you visit our production facility, ask for Sebastiaan. He would love to show you the difference between good and great.