Posted 20 October 2021
Where people and property come first, the
Draka Firetuf cable range provides the ideal solution.
Draka Firetuf cable has
been installed and commissioned into a variety of buildings designed under fire
safety engineering principles. These buildings include mass transit stations
like London Underground, Heathrow Terminal 5, St Pancras Eurostar terminal.
Also Sports Stadia such as the Emirates stadium in London and shopping malls
including Westfield White City, St Davids Centre, Cardiff and Highcross,
Leicester. In centres of learning like universities and schools and any number
of hospital projects.
The full range of Firetuf is only available from FS Cables and
includes Fibre, Data, Coax and also the more commonly available Fire Alarm
cables.
For Fibre applications where mechanical
protection is required, a corrugated steel tape armoured versions are also
stocked alongside the unarmoured version. The added armour provides physical
protection to the cable against vandalism or rodent damage.
Firetuf Coax performs in a similar way to
RG59 which is widely used in the CCTV sector, this allows
continued monitoring of fire exits and evacuation routes in the event of a
fire.
Firetuf Data is a group of
high-performance fire survival data cables. The twisted
pair cables provide high data transmission rates and have been developed to
mimic Cat 5E cabling as closely as possible. Increasingly popular with system
integrators for BMS applications, the cables can be terminated using
traditional LAN Insulation Displacement Connectors (IDC) making them ideal for
use in horizontal backbone wiring systems in offices and public buildings.
Draka FT30 Fire Alarm Cable is designed and
manufactured to BS 7629-1 and is ideal
for fire alarms and emergency lighting in low risk applications. It offers as a
great alternative to FP200 Gold, is quick to strip and easy to install.
Draka FT120 Enhanced Fire Alarm Cable
is designed to meet London Underground (LU)
specification for fire performance this collection of cables is also popular on
over
ground railways, other transport systems and
other commercial applications where fire and smoke propagation are critical
factors.
Draka fibre is stocked on reel sizes of 2000m with other Draka cables stocked in 100m, 200m and 500m reels, delivered next working day
as standard to most of UK mainland – free on orders over £100.