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Cable labels take the heat

“The internal frame was designed, fabricated and installed around a tubular steel skeleton. A tubular steel secondary frame carried the many brackets to which the stainless steel ‘skin’ was attached using C50L fasteners,” explainedJohnRickers, systems development manager at Alcoa Fastening Systems. “The C50L’s powerful clamp strength combined with Huck’s hydraulic tooling enabled the sheet to be immediately shaped into place during installation, thus eliminating the additional time it would have taken using a conventional nut and bolt system. Not only did the solution meet the mechanical requirements of holding everything in place, but the fasteners were quick and easy to install.” David Tyas, managing director at Permalok Fastening Systems, added: “The C50L lockbolt is historically a heavy industry fastener, and this application showcases the enormous strength of the product – as shown in its ability to bend the sheets to the supporting frame – and the ease with which it can be installed. It is also interesting to see how the fastener has been incorporated into the aesthetics of the sculptures.”

UK labelling manufacturer Silver Fox has reported positive results from recent high temperature tests on its printed labels. The tests, carried out by the UKAS certified Environmental Test Services over a three-month period, were performed in accordance with the test specification MIL-STD-202G, method 108A. The resulting certificate relates to the white, yellow, blue and red Fox-Flo UV-stable LSZH tie-on cable label. When tested, Silver Fox’s Fox-Flo labels showed no change after being subjected to a temperature of 70ºC for 500 hours. The labels continued to perform well when subjected to a temperature of 85ºC and at 100ºC for 500 hours, with only the white label becoming “a shade darker” according to testers, with the same observation after exposure to 100ºC for 1,000 hours. Nick Michaelson, CEO of Silver Fox, said: “These labels are used in the energy, power, rail and data and telecoms industries worldwide, often in demanding conditions where they can experience high temperatures, so it’s important that the labels are tested thoroughly to ensure that they’ll perform well under ‘real world’ conditions.”

Offshore fasteners

Measurement technology is being adopted across a number of major offshore oil and gas projects in an effort to extend the life of essential platforms. Work is underway on the re-fit of measurement fasteners on existing

C50L ® fastener is a key component in amajor Scottish construction project. Photographs courtesy of www.afshuck.net

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