Palt Information

The Palt Company has created Preventative Maintenance program for Santa Barbara Research Center. Palt has also created certification programs for FLIR, CREE Lighting, Santa Barbara Focal Plane and other cleanroom clients. The Palt Company was involved in commissioning, air and water from work generated by the military starting in 1982 (VAFB SLC-2, SLC-4e, SLC-6, SBRC, Martin Marietta). In 1986 Palt was admitted into the Associated Air Balance Council. In 2000, The Palt Company started a Mechanical Engineering firm (Palt Waytek and Associates). This caused a conflict of interest and Palt resigned from the AABC. Palt Company has written supplemental specifications to enhance the processes of the mechanical engineers have provided. This includes detailed air duct leakage testing, specific contractor responsibilities, protocols, air quality procedures, building flush out procedures to name a few. The AABC Air Balancer of the Year award was for the creation and development for a stand-alone real time air flow monitoring system (R-828) used at Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-4e. Palt was contracted to do the installation and certification of over 100 24"x24" stainless steel Ulpa-Filters in the 18 level launch tower. The problem was a stable air flow to do the filter leak check certification. The tower was a four sided structure with a front hammerhead door going the full length of the 150' tower. In the stage that the certification was to be performed the Air Force instructed the contractor to keep the front hammerhead door open. This data acquition system would show the certifiers when the airflow through the filters were falling out of specification allowing them to not waste time repeating tests. The airflow was controlled by 2- 100hp supply air fans with inlet vanes.