FRÄNKISCHE Industrial Pipes
A World Full of Solutions: FIPSYSTEMS® Certified and Reliable Cable Protection for Rail Technologies
This article first appeared in the Railway-News Magazine Issue 3 2023.
FRÄNKISCHE Industrial Pipes has been manufacturing and developing highquality protection products for the industrial and automotive sectors for decades. Especially in the railroad sector, where millions of people are transported every day, it is essential that sensitive lines and cables function and cannot be damaged.
Cable protection experts from FRÄNKISCHE have therefore made it their business to develop high-quality cable protection products that are available in various material qualities for a wide range of requirements and also for retrofit installations.
FIPSYSTEMS® Products for Applications Inside and Outside Trains FIPSYSTEMS® cable protection solutions cater to various applications, both inside the vehicles and at trackside locations, including cabling in vehicles, energy supply and data lines, ticket machines, information systems, video surveillance systems, trackbed applications, railway barriers, rail sensors, signalling, monitoring and control systems.
FIPSYSTEMS® cable protection products protect cables and wires in railway and infrastructure applications against:
- hot and cold weather
- heavy rain
- snow and ice
- mechanical influences such as stone impacts
- rodent bites
- chemical influences
- abrasions and impacts
- UV radiation
FIPLOCK® ONE Fitting: The Revolution in Cable Protection
FIPLOCK® ONE sets a new standard in cable protection A World Full of Solutions: FIPSYSTEMS® Certified and Reliable Cable Protection for Rail Technologies FIPSYSTEMS® cable protection 126 by offering a pre-mounted fitting made from specially formulated polyamide 6. This ensures reliable connections between FIPLOCK® corrugated conduits with fine and coarse profiles, covering diameter 07 to diameter 48. The pre-installed seal in the connector body guarantees secure connections, meeting the highest IP-protection categories, including protection classes 66, 67, 68 and 69. With FIPLOCK® ONE, the fitting solution covers all application requirements, simplifying the installation process and reducing storage efforts, ultimately leading to cost savings. This innovative solution provides high weather resistance, dynamic load capacity, impact resistance and pull-out strength and meets the most stringent fire characteristic standards. Moreover, FIPLOCK® ONE fittings meet the highest fire protection requirements according to EN45545-2 with HL3 for R22 / R23.
ONE FITS ALL – a versatile and efficient cable protection solution.
