Conduits cope with Cornish climates
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Kopex International product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Mar 27, 2002
Electrical services at Cornwall's Eden Project rely on leaded steel conduit with kraft paper lining from Kopex.
While the elegantly framed biomes of Cornwall's Eden Project are a very visible element to the botanical experiment recognised across Europe, the equipment required to maintain their internal atmosphere, and that of the Visitors Centre, will remain hidden from view.
As part of this high profile and extremely demanding project, LS1 pliable conduit from the range of Kopex International has been employed by MJN Colston Electrical for much of its work within the plant rooms at the St Austell site.
The leaded steel conduit with kraft paper lining has been specified to provide protection for crucial power and control cabling on the project's array of air handling units, pumps, motors and other mechanical equipment.
The Project Manager for MJN Colston Electrical, Chris Hart, comments: "We choose Kopex conduits because they are not only the biggest name in the industry but also the product range offers competitive pricing and total reliability.
They never fail".
Constructed deep within a worked out China Clay pit, The Eden Project represents a challenging environment for all of the equipment installed there.
The plant rooms are generating a range of hot, humid and aggressive climatic conditions while there is also the expectation of exposure to robust usage during an extended working life.
Responding to this, the Kopex conduits are not only able to oscillate up to 30mm either side of their rest position, in protecting the wiring they contain, but are also able to withstand quite substantial impacts.
Importantly, the LS1 conduits can be bent by hand and will retain that shape once formed.
The conduits provide levels of shielding against EMI, RFI and EMP interference to permit designers to comply with the EMC directives.
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