RF & Radiation Shielding Services.
- Pre‑construction inspections for RF and radiation shielding projects involve a detailed evaluation of the job site and surrounding areas prior to the start of physical work. These inspections document existing structural, environmental, and electromagnetic conditions—typically through photographs, video, and survey data—to establish a baseline. This ensures compatibility with shielding designs, verifies code and permit compliance, identifies RF leakage risks, and mitigates third‑party and regulatory liability.
- New installations include the assembly and installation of RF and radiation shielding systems such as shielded rooms, enclosures, barriers, waveguide penetrations, and specialty shielding components. Installations are performed to ensure structural integrity, proper grounding and bonding, continuous shielding performance, and compliance with applicable RF, EMI, EMC, and radiation attenuation standards.
- Shielding modifications involve altering existing RF or radiation shielding systems to improve attenuation performance, accommodate new equipment, address leakage points, or adapt to changes in facility layout or operational requirements. Modifications are executed while maintaining shielding continuity and electromagnetic integrity.
- Shielding repairs restore compromised RF or radiation shielding systems caused by wear, damage, corrosion, penetration changes, or structural movement. These repairs ensure shielding effectiveness is maintained and that leakage paths, seams, doors, filters, and joints perform to original or upgraded specifications.
- Shielding Effectiveness (SE) Testing verifies the ability of a shielding system or enclosure to attenuate radio frequency energy and electromagnetic interference. Testing is conducted in accordance with project or industry standards and measured in decibels (dB). Results confirm compliance for RF control, EMI mitigation, radiation containment, and operational certification.
- Shielding removal involves the controlled disassembly and extraction of RF or radiation shielding systems. Due to the interconnected nature of shielding components, removal requires expert knowledge of original installation methods to prevent structural damage, ensure personnel safety, and preserve reusable shielding materials.
- Shielded enclosure relocation is the professional decommissioning, disassembly, transportation, and reinstallation of RF or radiation‑shielded rooms and enclosures. This process is commonly applied to modular RF shielded rooms, MRI suites, anechoic chambers, and EMC test environments. Relocation preserves shielding performance while avoiding the cost of constructing new facilities.
- RF and radiation shielding projects frequently involve dense and heavy materials such as steel panels, copper sheets, lead-lined components, and modular shielding assemblies. Heavy material movement is conducted using appropriate mechanical equipment—including forklifts, pallet jacks, dollies, and hoists—to ensure safety and prevent structural or shielding damage.
- Rigging services support the safe lifting, positioning, and installation of large or heavy shielding components using cranes, hoists, slings, chains, and certified lifting apparatus. Proper rigging is essential for positioning shielded panels, ceiling systems, doors, and large enclosure assemblies in confined or high‑risk environments.
- Metal fabrication supports the construction and customization of RF and radiation shielding components, including panels, frames, doors, brackets, penetrations, and specialty assemblies. Fabrication processes ensure precise fitment, electrical continuity, and long‑term shielding performance.
- Welding is used to join shielding components and structural assemblies, ensuring mechanical strength and electromagnetic continuity. Weld integrity is critical to minimizing RF leakage and maintaining radiation attenuation. Welding Capabilities Include:
- Aluminum (lightweight RF shielding applications)
- Carbon Steel (structural shielding and supports)
- Stainless Steel (corrosion‑resistant and clean‑room environments)
- Soldering is a precision joining process used in RF and shielding applications where electrical conductivity and low‑resistance connections are critical. It is commonly applied to seams, grounding connections, mesh shielding, copper interfaces, and electronics‑related shielding components without melting the base materials.