2007-12-05
Draka has announced a number of landmark contract wins for the latest additions to its Firetuf range of OHLS [Zero Halogen, Low Smoke] fire performance cables. Major successes have been notched up for Firetuf Easystrip, Firetuf Connecta, Firetufplus and Firetuf EMC. These have included Europe’s current largest construction project, Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal Five; the new £360 million Diamond Light Source high-technology scientific research facility in Oxfordshire; the new Dublin Port Tunnel in Ireland; the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines for London Underground; and the O2 arena in Greenwich.
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Draka has announced a number of landmark contract wins for the latest additions to its Firetuf range of OHLS [Zero Halogen, Low Smoke] fire performance cables. Major successes have been notched up for Firetuf Easystrip, Firetuf Connecta, Firetufplus and Firetuf EMC. These have included Europe’s current largest construction project, Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal Five; the new £360 million Diamond Light Source high-technology scientific research facility in Oxfordshire; the new Dublin Port Tunnel in Ireland; the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines for London Underground; and the O2 arena in Greenwich.
One of the latest additions to the Firetuf range is Firetuf Easystrip, so called because tests have shown that it is the easiest cable of its type on the market to dress and offers the quickest sheath removal, ensuring that it has the fastest termination time. Firetuf Connecta can be supplied in customer-specified lengths, incorporating factory-fitted moulded sockets that eliminate the need for on-site joint forming.
Firetuf Easystrip offers superior resistance to kinking, making it almost impossible to
damage during installation. This is because Firetuf Easystrip has what is called a “filled” sheath that supports the insulated twisted cores during installation flexing, and provides significant additional protection during a fire. Draka claims that Firetuf Easystrip is the lightest and smallest diameter cable of its type on the market, capable of the smallest bending radius without deforming the cable. Its use has recently been approved by Tube Lines, which maintains 100 London Underground stations.
Firetuf Connecta is a fast-track solution that has a significant and positive impact on installation time. Quick-fit secondary outlets can be taken from the Connecta sockets to individual pre-installed fittings, and the cable maintains the integrity of the circuit even if a local device fails in the event of a fire. This ensures that escape routes either side of a failed luminaire, for example, remain illuminated rather than plunging those in the vicinity into panic-inducing darkness.
Firetufplus enhanced cable offers superior pliability, robustness and flame retardancy, and provides 60 minutes fire and mechanical protection, followed by 60 minutes of fire, mechanical impact and water protection. This exceeds the requirements of BS 5839 Clause 26.2e.
Firetuf EMC is a Standard grade cable that shares many of these premium-build specification features, and is particularly appropriate for airport environments where higher than normal levels of electro-magnetic radiation are present, rendering fire detection and alarm systems vulnerable to false alarms.
The latest addition to the Firetuf cable offering is Firetuf Powerplus, a new armoured power cable that provides enhanced circuit integrity performance to meet the demanding requirements of BS 7346-6:2005. Firetuf Powerplus utilises high-performance materials to achieve the maximum 120 minute rating when subjected to integrated testing involving flame irradiation exposure, direct impact and high-pressure water spray.
Derby-based Draka UK is the country’s leading designer and manufacturer of fire performance cables, zero halogen power cables and building wires. The company is part of Netherlands-based Draka Holdings NV, which has over 9,000 employees worldwide. Full details on Firetuf and other Draka products are available by telephone on +44 (0) 1332 345431, by fax on +44 (0) 1332 331237, and via email at firetuf@draka.com. The company’s website can be found at www.drakauk.com.
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Draka Cableteq/Low Voltage
DrakaUK Ltd.
Alfreton Road
Derby
DE21 4ZH
Tel: +44 (0)1332 345431
Fax: +44 (0)1332 331237
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