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Panduit Cable Cleats for Short Circuit Protection – Stainless Steel Buckle Strap Cable Cleat

February 15th, 2021

Panduit Cable Cleats For Short Circuit Protection

Panduit Cable Cleats for Short Circuit Protection

Stainless Steel Buckle Strap Cleat

Panduit working with Thorne & Derrick, their UK Distributor, have an extensive line of cable cleat solutions that ensures cables remain contained in the event of a short circuit fault, minimising disruption and damage to personnel and property.

Panduit’s Cable Cleats are uniquely engineered for ease of installation in a range of applications and harsh environments. With a variety of cable cleats, Panduit has the right product to fit your needs while providing on the job productivity, reliability and safety.

The Stainless Steel Buckle Strap Cleat is an effective option for protecting against high short circuit fault current requirements in harsh environments. The cable strap is made of 316L stainless steel, has inherent cable range-taking, and is compatible with quad, trefoil, and multicore cables

Thorne & Derrick | Distributors

Network Infrastructure & Industrial Electrical Wiring

Should you require customer service, specification support or a competitive quotation please do not hesitate to contact us – extensive range of Cable Accessories, Protection & Management products available for LV MV HV Electrical Infrastructure projects in commercial, industrial and hazardous area sectors.

Panduit’s buckle strap cable cleats are a cost-efficient and robust option for restraining cables against the damaging effects of a short circuit fault.

Stainless Steel Buckle Strap Cable Cleat

Compatible with a variety of cable trays and LV MV HV cables
No sharp edges after tensioning with cut end locked inside buckle
Rounded edges prevent cable damage to soft sheath type LV MV HV cables
Buckle design provides low finished profile of the cable straps

The mounting brackets allow for installation on various cable tray styles, high resistance to lateral and axial movement and available in Stainless Steel 316 with custom bracket designs upon request.

Installation tools & accessories allow for properly tension and cut straps and a cushion sleeve provides protection between the strap and cable insulation.

Installing Panduit’s Buckle Strap Cable Cleat

The parts needed for installation using the mounting bracket are:

Buckle Strap
Ratchet
Mounting Bracket
Cushion Sleeve
Flat-head Screwdriver
BT2HTI Installation Tool
Safety Gloves

Cable Strap Installation Steps

Firstly prepare the cable strap for installation
Then prepare cushion sleeve for installation of the cable strap
Install cable strap over cushion sleeve and bracket
Use the cutting tool to tension and cut the cable strap
Fold over cut end of the strap and secure inside the buckle

Verisafe is an electrical safety product manufactured by Panduit that automatically isolates electrical control panels and distribution boards

Thorne & Derrick are Specialist Distributors to the UK and international industries to provide safe and reliable LV HV Electrical Cable & Power Distribution Systems up to 66kV – we are highly customer responsive and absolutely committed to providing a world-class service.

Contact our UK Power Team for competitive quotations, fast delivery from stock and technical support or training on all LV-HV products.

Panduit Cable Cleats for Short Circuit Protection of LV MV HV Cables

February 15th, 2021

Panduit Cable Cleats For Short Circuit Protection

Panduit Cable Cleats

Short Circuit Protection of LV MV HV Cables

Cable Cleats

Blog | Cable Cleats v Cable Strapping Bands | A White Paper by Panduit

Thorne & Derrick | Distributors

Network Infrastructure & Industrial Electrical Wiring

With a variety of cable cleats Panduit has the right products and tools to meet your needs:

Mounting brackets for LV MV HV cables
Stainless steel locking ties
Stainless steel aluminium and plastic cable clamps
Stainless steel straps and cable ties

What is a Short Circuit?

Short Circuit is caused by:

Low Resistance – connection between conductors that results in excessive current flow in the power source
Internal Effects – breakdown of equipment or conductors from deterioration
External Effects – insulation failure due to lightning surges, overloading equipment

Typical circuit breakers trip or interrupt a fault.

Breakers trip between 0.06 and 0.1 seconds
Max electromechanical stress occurs at or before 0.005 seconds
Resistance to electromechanical forces within 0.005 seconds

Panduit Cable Cleats

Provide a safe work environment
Prevent downtime and lost revenue
Reduce serious workplace injuries
Reduce collateral damage to equipment

Panduit test their cable cleats to the strictest and most globally recognised standards IEC 619194:2015. Panduit’s R&D team has created a simulation cable cleat programme which simulates the forces present in a short circuit preparing the cable cleats for testing against IEC 619194:2015 and validating compliance with the standard.

Choosing the right cable cleat can be a time consuming process.

Traditional Cable Cleat Selection Cleat Process

Customer sends parameters to the cable cleat manufacturer
The manufacturer’s engineering team performs calculations
Customer waits to hear from manufacturer
Manufacturer provides cable cleat recommendation
Customer selects cable cleat based recommendations

Panduit have released a new quick and easy cable cleat product selector app that streamlines the selection process. The only data required to be inputted is the cable cleat diameter and peak short circuit current requirement and the app will calculate and recommend Panduit cable cleats and provide IEC 619194:2015 cable spacing.

The cable cleat solutions are designed for a wide range of vertical markets including:

Petrochemical
Oil & Gas
Shipbuilding
Rail & Tunnel

Verisafe is an electrical safety product manufactured by Panduit that automatically isolates electrical control panels and distribution boards

Contact our UK Power Team for competitive quotations, fast delivery from stock and technical support or training on all LV-HV products.

Panduit at the Forefront of IEC 61914

February 15th, 2021

Panduit Cable Cleats For Short Circuit Protection

IEC 61914

Short Circuit Protection By Panduit

The below video by Panduit explains how a short circuit event should be avoided at all costs. However if they do occur regardless of how much prevention. When it does occur we need to ensure that the cables, infrastructure and facility are safe as well as the personnel by installing a proper cable cleat.

IEC 61914 2015 standard applies to cable cleats used in a cable tray to secure power cables. Standard outlines and structures how to properly test, design and install a cable cleat to prevent a short circuit.

Thorne & Derrick | Distributors

Network Infrastructure & Industrial Electrical Wiring

A short circuit event is ideally avoided at all costs. However they do occur regardless of how much prevention. When it does occur it is imperative that the cables, infrastructure and facilities are safe as well as the personnel by installing a proper cable cleat.

The IEC 61914: 2015 Standard applies to cable cleats in the cable tray that are used to secure power cables. The standard outlines and structures how to properly test, design and install a cable cleat to protect against a short circuit.

Panduit is on the leading edge for complying with IEC 61914 standard. Andy Booth Technical Engineer at Panduit has been nominated as the US representative on the IEC 61914 Committee for Cable Cleats. He says the end user has complete confidence that the Panduit products that they have not only been through the IEC 61914 standard testing but that somebody from Panduit actually sits on that actual committee.

Panduit keeps up to speed with the market needs through their R&D department. On one hand they listen to the customers to make sure they can provide the solutions from the market as they are asked for/needed and on the other hand making sure Panduit are future proofing by doing R&D for future problems says Henk Nouwen Senior BDM at Panduit.

Selecting a Panduit cable cleat solution gives the end user reassurance that it was engineered, tested and designed to meet the specifications of your application – as well as the insurance that in the event you do have a short circuit event you will be protected in your plant, equipment and personnel will be safe.

Verisafe is an electrical safety product manufactured by Panduit that automatically isolates electrical control panels and distribution boards

Contact our UK Power Team for competitive quotations, fast delivery from stock and technical support or training on all LV-HV products.

Panduit Cable Tie Hand Tools | Panduit GTH-E

February 15th, 2021

Panduit | Powering & Protecting Cables & Infrastructure

Cable Tie Hand Tools

Panduit GTH-E

Panduit offers the most preferred hand-operated tools in the industry for the safe and reliable of cable ties.

The GTH-E Ergonomic Cable Tie Hand Tool is easy to operate and has tool-controlled tension that provides a flush cut-off and speeds up installation to lower installed cost. Promotes worker safety, reduces downtime, and increases productivity.

For Standard, Heavy-Standard, Light-Heavy, and Heavy Cross Section Cable Ties. Red trigger handle and selector knob with dark gray plastic housing. Weight, 11.9 ounces (337.1 grams).

Thorne & Derrick | Distributors

Network Infrastructure & Industrial Electrical Wiring

Comfort, performance and durability are key features of the Panduit Cable Tie Hand Tools including the GTH-E. The GTS-E & GTH-E cable tie tool are lightweight and durable with an impact resistant resin housing. Other features include:

Slip-proof, soft handle with rear grip
Leverage strength of all fingers when engaging the trigger
Ergonomic design results in a lower grip force lessening impact to installer’s hand
Improved cable tie cutoff mechanism reduces kickback force from cutoff process
Easy to read tension setting label eliminates guesswork
Improved tensile control knob, improved accuracy & increased dependability
Half stop tension increments simplifies the tension setting process
Beveled tie entry speeds installation with quick side entry of a tie into the tool
Long narrow nose improves access to confined areas
GTS-E tool installs sub-miniature (8lbs) through standard (950lbs) cross section cable ties
GTH-E tool installs standard (50lbs) through heavy (175lbs) cross section cable ties
GS2B-E, GS4H-E and GS4EH-E metal housing cable tie tools
GS2B-E tool installs miniature (18lbs) through standard (50lbs) cross section cable ties
GS4H-E tool installs standard (50lbs) through heavy (175lbs) cross section cable ties
GS4EH-E tool installs light-heavy (120lbs) through extra-heavy (250lbs) cable ties

Cleats | Protection for LV MV HV Power Cables

Verisafe is an electrical safety product manufactured by Panduit that automatically isolates electrical control panels and distribution boards

Contact our UK Power Team for competitive quotations, fast delivery from stock and technical support or training on all LV-HV products.

Panduit Heat Trace Wave-Ty | Heat Trace Installation System

February 15th, 2021

Panduit | Powering & Protecting Cables & Infrastructure

Panduit Heat Trace Installation System

Panduit working with Thorne & Derrick, their solution for electric heat trace cable installation utilizes the Panduit Heat Trace Wave-TyTM as a part of the installation process.

Panduit’s Heat Trace Solution is for use in the installation of Mineral Insulated Electric Heat Trace (MIEHT) and eliminates some of the key problems with tie wire, mainly safety concerns and damaging of the MIEHT.

By using electric heat trace ties specifically sized for common industrial pipes, this approach allows the installer to quickly and safely install EHT in about one third of the time as typical tie wire.

Thorne & Derrick | Distributors

Network Infrastructure & Industrial Electrical Wiring

Productivity, Reliability, Safety

Panduit Heat Trace Wave Ty makes installation of electrical heat trace quicker and easier and significantly reduces the risk of injury due to puncture and repetitive motion.

Suitable for the following applications:

Oil & Gas
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)
Chemical Manufacturing
& other heavy industries

Primary application for mineral insulated heat trace is process temperature maintenance & freeze protection commonly installed with tie wire.

Panduit heat trave Wave Ty is faster to install by 2-3x than conventional tie wire.

Wave Ty has several key safety features rounded edges, recessed cut off and no exposed cut off (no hazards). Also no twisting or pulling which reduces the risk of RSI & CTS injury.

Installation tools include Panduit ST4MT, ST2MT & RT2HT.

Panduit ST4MT – new installation tool specifically designed for heat trace Wave Ty with a built in cutting lever for recessed cut off.

Panduit ST2MT – installation tool is used with standard extra heavy ty with manual tensioning controlled by the operator and uses a twist cut mechanism.

Panduit RT2HT – manual installation tool with side entry and feeding making it suitable for use with the extra heavy wave ty.

The heat trace Wave Ty packaging makes the product easy to handle and reduces the amount of waste on site.

Cleats | Protection for LV MV HV Power Cables

Verisafe is an electrical safety product manufactured by Panduit that automatically isolates electrical control panels and distribution boards

Thorne & Derrick are Specialist Distributors to the UK and international Offshore Wind & Renewable industry to provide safe and reliable LV HV Electrical Cable & Power Distribution Systems up to 66kV – we are highly customer responsive and absolutely committed to providing a world-class service.

Contact our UK Power Team for competitive quotations, fast delivery from stock and technical support or training on all LV-HV products.

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Panduit Cable Cleats for Short Circuit Protection – Stainless Steel Buckle Strap Cable Cleat

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IEC 61914

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