Cabling

Flexicon has supplied telephone company Telstra with Cockatoo proof flexible conduit to protect power cables supplying telephones in the Australian outback from attack. Telstra is the largest provider of local and long distance telephone services, mobile services, dialup, wireless, DSL and cable internet access in Australia. The company found that Cockatoos in the South East Australian outback were chewing through the existing conduit between their phone booths and the solar panels that supply...

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Draka’s Firetuf Connecta system has been chosen for the extension to the Docklands Light Railway [DLR] from King George V station to the new Woolwich Arsenal station. The decision ensures the integrity of the emergency lighting in the tunnel – which runs as deep as 35 metres under the River Thames – that is the major element of the £180 million, 2.5km extension due for completion in early 2009. Designed specifically for tunnel lighting and power applications where vital fire safety circuits are...

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Sleepy Hollow, a quaint village in Kane County, is more committed than most to environmental preservation. This commitment stems from the village’s origins as a plot of land bought in 1953 with the buildings created around the natural contours without destroying a single tree. Consequently, when a problem arose in 2006 with a 5,000-foot stretch of power lines along Sleepy Hollow Road, the prospect of trimming back some of the tree branches as a potential solution was not an attractive one. ...

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