An industrial film produced by the British Gas Engineering Research Station that looks at the work of the test facility at Bishop Auckland in County Durham. The facility is equipped to carry out various tests for safety and reliability including evaluation, calibration and assisting in the development of components in the gas industry. The films follows the procedures carried out in preparing for a specific test. Title: An outstation of British Gas Engineering Research Station. ERS. The...

An industrial film produced by the British Gas Engineering Research Station that looks at the work of the test facility at Bishop Auckland in County Durham. The facility is equipped to carry out various tests for safety and reliability including evaluation, calibration and assisting in the development of components in the gas industry. The films follows the procedures carried out in preparing for a specific test. Title: An outstation of British Gas Engineering Research Station. ERS. The film opens on general views of the British Gas test station at Bishop Auckland showing various gas pipes and valves. At one end of the site stands a building where engineers work and information is gathered. The film changes to a graphic of the United Kingdom and the gas pipeline network. At Bishop Auckland a junction for two North Sea gas pipelines is shown and the reason for setting the site here. Another graphic shows the site set up with a compressor station, ground installation and the Bishop Auckland test facility. The camera pans past a large ‘Test Area’ sign set up on site behind which is the storage area for various types of pipe. The film cuts to show a number of turbine meter pipes inside a meter building. Outside a view of a high-pressure regulator beside which stands an engineer in a hard hat recording information onto a clipboard. At another part of the site a different engineer tests a 600mm ultrasonic flow meter followed by another view of a high-pressure regulator. The film cuts to a series of graphic images that show how gas is pumped into and around the test site through two flow loops. The sequence ends on a general view of the test facility building and a number of men walking past. The film then shows how a typical test is carried out. It begins with a man in an office writing details of the test request in a ledger followed by an engineer calibrating a six-inch turbine regulator. Sitting at his drawing board a draftsman works out how the test is to be carried out and the spools and fittings which are required. Out on site another engineer looks over a number of pipes and spools.   The film cuts to an engineer standing over a large section of pipework calibrating an instrument. The film cuts to a pair of hands calibrating a temperature calibrator. In an office a man looks over results from a Digiquartz pressure transmitter from which information is being printed. Back outside two engineers work to set up equipment to start a new test. One of the men attaches a line to a Liquid Nitrogen tank which is used to clean lines. On a shed a man turns on an air-compressor while out on site another engineer uses an air tool to screw or unscrew a large bolt on a section of piping. A view of a temporary pressure transmitter is shown followed by an engineer plugging a cable from the transmitter into a control board. In the office a man programs the test console to record the data. General views shows various recording devices including UV recording, seven-track tape recording and a counter reader. At a console an engineer programs in the appropriate data-set and the test is ready to begin. A man speaking to grid-control via telephone gets permission to go online. At a console the block valves are opened releasing gas into the test facility. Outside the control valve is seen rising, releasing water to control the temperature of the gas. The results from the test come out of a printer. The film ends on a general view of the site as the narrator describes the future test plans at the facility. End credit: An outstation of British Gas Engineering Research Station. ERS.