Data Centres | Safely Sealing LV HV Cables & Electrical Equipment
Published 14 Jun 2021
Data Centres
Safely Sealing LV HV Cables & Electrical Equipment
Due to the ever-changing data centre environment Roxtec seals were installed on several centres built for a multi-national technology company throughout the USA.
With service continuity as a top priority, the company selected Roxtec system of cable transits as a cable sealing solution.
Roxtec seals would both protect their equipment and provide flexibility for continued growth. Site superintendents, project managers and installers of contractors Structure Tone, IES and Hunt Electric also consider Roxtec a best-fit solution for the industry. Jim Wagner, Senior Project Manager at Hunt Electric coments, “Roxtec is a great product, the best I have seen in the market based on flexibility.”
Roxtec Project facts
Project Description – Construction of data centre in multiple locations in the USA
Owner –Â Multinational technology company
Installations –Â Structure Tone, IES, and Hunt Electric
Applications –Â Walls, trenches and cable trays
Sealing Requirements – Fire-proof, watertight and air-tight
Future Capacity Included
The HVAC systems, power equipment and communications equipment must be updated continuously. Our openable and adaptable seals make it possible to leave room for future capacity. You can easily make changes and upgrades without cutting a new hole. This allows for a dustless re-entry into your contained sensitive environment. Roxtec offers a long-term partnership to protect your data centres and server halls against multiple risks such as fire, flooding and air leakage.
Unbeatable Sealing & Protection of Cables
Roxtec provided sealing solutions for both exterior and interior penetrations keeping water and fire from causing damage and downtime all while providing airtightness and increasing the efficiency of the data centre.
Contractor Approved
Roxtec seals are easy to install, adapt and reseal. Ross Catlett of IES states:
“It is significantly easier to install Roxtec than using solutions like foam and the bags that you have to pack and fill in.”
After participating in Roxtec’s training and becoming an approved installer he can now train new employees as they come onsite or continue on to future projects.
Why use Roxtec?
- Watertight firestop
- Air-flow management
- Easy to use and install
- Flexibility for changes
- Built-in spare capacity
- Dustless re-entry
Roxtec cable seals are used in cable vaults, duct banks, electrical substations, trenches and M&E building services protecting low, medium and high voltage power systems against numerous external risk factors:
- Fire – A60, H120 Class bulkhead sealing for offshore classification against jet-fire or spray and prevention of suffocating smoke spread
- Gas – ensure complete tightness against air and gas pressure or migration through cable ducts with DSEAR compliance
- Water – prevent flood and water penetration into substations and buildings – avoid humidity and partial discharge conditions
- Cables – withstand cable bending load in heavy power and high voltage cable seal applications
- Pressure – protect against catastrophic sudden or constant pressure
- Electrical – protect cables and electrical infrastructure against EMI, EMP and lightning strike effects
- Particles – control levels of of dirt, dust, chemical and fumigants from entering buildings, cable ducts and substations
- Blast – protect against vibration, shock-waves and the risk of explosion in industrial and hazardous area location
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