Cablofil* basket tray has become the first steel wire tray cable management system to gain approval from WIMES (Water Industry Mechanical and Electrical Specification) for use in water industry applications.
Already a market leader in the electrical sector and now also used widely for mechanical installations, the Cablofil cable management system is the steel wire tray product that meets the strict criteria set by WIMES. WIMES will incorporate the specification criteria for steel wire tray containment for water industry applications into Issue 4 of WIMES 3.02 (LV Electrical Installations) when it is issued in 2011 and, in the meantime, the organisation has published interim specification requirements for steel wire cable tray which are effective as of March 2010.
Explains WIMES co-ordinator, Roger Marlow: “Cablofil presented a very convincing case for the use of steel wire tray containment to the WIMES Electrical Working Group and following some discussion we decided to approve steel wire tray cable management systems for water industry applications. However, only steel wire tray cable management systems that meet the criteria we have outlined are suitable for use in the water industry, so long as they are not prohibited by an individual water company’s particular specification.”
The criteria set by WIMES includes a stipulation that the steel wire tray must comply with the requirements of BS EN 61537: 2007 - Cable management and should be manufactured from 4 mm diameter (minimum) steel wires, welded together into a ‘mesh type’ construction. The requirements also state that only steel wire tray with a T-welded safety edge, such as that found on the Cablofil basket tray system, is approved for use in water industry applications and stresses that the steel wire tray cable management system must be erected in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions using only proprietary accessories and supports.
Comments managing director of Cablofil UK, Paul Courson: “Independent tests have demonstrated that the Cablofil steel wire tray cable management system is ideal for water industry applications and the range includes a wide range of materials and coatings to ensure that we have a basket tray system suitable for all water industry operating environments. We are delighted that Cablofil meets the strict criteria set by WIMES and we look forward to extending the flexibility, ease of use, speed of installation and cost reduction benefits of steel wire tray cable management to the water industry.”
* Cablofil is the registered trademark and company name of Cablofil UK which is part of Legrand. Now proven as a viable alternative to conventional sheet metal tray, Cablofil’s load-bearing wire cable tray is increasingly used as the system of choice for all types of modern commercial and industrial electrical installations with more than 80,000 miles of the system now installed around the world.