The team that broke the world land speed record for a steam-powered car visited SPIRAX SARCO as part of its UK tour.

As well as being one of the team's main sponsors, Spirax Sarco played a key role in the success by providing expert engineering advice on high-performance valves.


The company was involved with the project from its earliest stages, providing control valves and positioners for steam turbine and boiler prototype testing,


These tests revealed that the boiler design had a power output too low to enable the car to reach record-breaking speeds.


Spirax Sarco identified the problem as insufficient heat-transfer area within the boiler and helped to redesign the units.