Redstone Arsenal: Hyper-Velocity Range Facility

Nashville Machine Company dis-assembled, shipped and reassembled over 120 over-sized, over-length truckloads of the largest Light Gas Gun in the world.  This included the 3 guns (254, 133 and 90 mm), associated Flight Range, inustrumentation and ancillary equipment.  Delco Electronics in Santa Barbara, California formerly operated the Santa Barbara facility for the Strategic Defense Command.  Nashville Machine Co. relocated the facility to the Redstone Arsenal to be operated by the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

Nashville Machine Company re-commissioned and test fired each of the Ranges as well as providing the mechanical and electrical services to the equipment.

The ranges were capable of firing test projectiles and vehicle models at speeds of up to 25,000 ft per second for Military Studies in lethality, radar, and Target Descrimination.

Nashville's new District Energy Plant (NDES)

NDES, recently completed, serves thirty-nine buildings in the downtown Nashville area.  Built with an exterior brick to match and blend in with the downtown architecture, the plant provides 23,400-tons of cooling and 268,000 pounds of steam an hour for heating, utilizing electricity and natural gas as fuel sources.

These clean sources of energy replace the old NTTC plant whose primary source of fuel was the city's garbage.

The plant started up and commissioned in early 2004, finished construction seven months ahead of schedule. Nashville Machine Company acted as the general and mechanical contractor for the project.

Nashville Machine Company's crews run 42" chilled water piping as well as 20" steam and condensate piping to tie into the city distribution system.