Armorduct joins BEAMA
Armorduct, a manufacturer of standard and bespoke cable management systems, has joined BEAMA to help develop the trade association’s next best practice guide for cable containment design, specification and installation.
Says Dave Taylor Technical manager for Armorduct, “This next best practice guide will be a significant document because since the last version in 2014 there have some big changes in the standards.
“Large volumes of cabling run through buildings to provide both electrical and data connections but the heat of fire can cause cable housings to fail and hidden cables to fall and become a hazard.
“Since 2019 you have to adequately support all cables using non-combustible fixings to prevent premature collapse in the event of a fire, not just those on escape routes.
“It means that specifiers and installers must select high quality products that will perform if there is a fire. This guide will provide advice on preventing such premature collapse.”
Armorduct will also be involved in two further working groups as part of the cable management cable tray and trunking group. One will be involved in product fire resistance testing and the other in the development of the revised product standard BS EN 50085.
