Cabling systems
Conventional technical installations are all too often incompatible with the varied demands placed on modern buildings: Clients and investors demand economy and energy efficiency, while tenants want maximum flexibility, and installation engineers systems that can be easily adapted to different requirements. Even at the project planning and implementation stages, the right approach has to be selected. Installations with flat cables leave nothing to chance.
General advantages
The tenants in a building – and thus their needs – will often change in the course of the building’s useful life. Modern technical installations are designed to cope with this. The great advantage of a flat cable system is that connections can be established or relocated at any point and at any time – and without cable breaks! And all this with considerably reduced installation times.
Safety
No breaks are required in the flat cable at any point for extensions. Fewer contact points and less cable overall mean fewer potential risks. The quantity of cable is reduced, so the thermal load can be reduced.
Advantages for clients/investors
Flexible installations can be adapted more easily to the changing requirements of the tenants – requirements that often don’t yet exist when the building is under construction. With a basic system of flat cables, technical installations will be ready to deal with the requirements of future tenants. Smaller adjustments generate less work, noise and dust. Even in locations where workstations have to be frequently refitted, flat cable installations can be adapted with a minimum of effort.
Advantages for planners
Flat cable systems are especially suitable in situations in which connection points cannot be defined in advance. The installation outlay is significantly reduced in cases where many connections are required in close mutual proximity. High quality planning sets the course for future use, and can react flexibly to short-term changes during the set-up phase – because with flat cable installation, the planner as well is playing it safe.
Advantages for the electrical contractor
Less cable breaks and less wiring means fewer potential sources of faults. Thanks to the cable’s asymmetric profile, the risk of incorrect connections can be practically excluded. The modular system also supports the electrical contractor when he is working to deadlines: He can pre-assemble entire batteries of sockets or lamp connections in his workshop and install the ready-to-use flat cable on location in next to no time. All in all, he saves himself a lot of time and thus money – i.e. his profits.
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