2008-04-02
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Prysmian’s Technical Marketing Manager – Terry Journeaux explains
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| Prysmian’s Technical Marketing Manager – Terry Journeaux |
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The problem of faulty and potentially unsafe cable in the market is the subject of an ongoing information and awareness programme with stockists, installers and specifiers. Equally important is the accuracy of the information given to describe the performance of the cable. After all it is this information, rather than an analysis of the product, that the purchaser will rely upon to determine if the product is compliant with his requirements. Unfortunately, in the area of “low smoke halogen free” cables, the lack of agreed terminology to describe the required performance and the reliance on descriptive trade names has already led to the discovery of traditional pvc cables in the market being misrepresented through the product description as “low smoke halogen free” types.
There is now a general agreement on the terminology “low smoke” and “halogen free” which is preferred to the previous use of “zero halogen”. The term “halogen free” may be used to support environmental/ecological needs in meaning the essential absence of halogens in the components of the cable, in a similar manner to the use of terms such as “lead free” or “cadmium free”. However, most often it is used as part of a description of the total fire performance of a cable, in conjunction with “low smoke” to describe a cable giving low emission of smoke and halogen acid gas when burnt.
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Related contacts
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Prysmian Cables & Systems Limited, Marketing Department
Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 9YU
Tel: 023 8029 5029 Fax: 023 8029 5437 |
Prysmian Marketing Department
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