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Thorne & Derrick, along with
Bombardier Transportation, is supplying
the Silver Fox Fox-in-a-Box Cable
Label System for use on the London
Underground (LUL) SSR Contract –
reportedly the largest metro re-signalling
contract ever undertaken in the world.
The system, from the leading UK
manufacturer of labelling solutions, Silver
Fox, is based around the Fox-in-a-Box
thermal printer using the Labacus
Innovator Professional Software.
This printer can provide complex
and multiple cable labels, split cable
labels, cross-ferruling and the variable
replication of cells.
Thorne & Derrick is a national distributor
and worldwide exporter of cable
installation, cable jointing and electrical
equipment for industrial and hazardous
areas; the £354m contract for SSR
automatic train control (ATC) signalling
upgrade for LUL was awarded to
Bombardier Transportation in June 2011.
At the heart of the new system is
Bombardier’s proven CITYFLO 650 ATC
system which uses communication-based
train control technology. It is similar to the
system in operation on Shenzhen Metro
Line 3 in China and also the one operating
on the Metro de Madrid Lines 1 and 6 in
Spain.
The LUL contract is for the signalling
renewal and provision of an ATC system
for the four sub-surface lines, which carry
some 1.3m passengers a day. Together,
the lines comprise 40 per cent of the LUL
network and carry 25 per cent of the total
ridership.
By 2018, Bombardier will equip the
310km of track line (40km in tunnels), 113
stations, 191 trainsets, 49 engineering
trains and six heritage trains, followed by
a two-year warranty period.
As part of this project, Silver Fox LSZH
(low smoke zero halogen) tie on cable
labels are being used to label both low
and high voltage power cables on the
LUL rail network. LUL has adopted a
red-on-white cable label for high voltage
cables and black-on-white cable label for
low voltage cables.
Silver Fox – UK
Website:
Silver Fox lining to re-signalling contract
New chief executive takes the reins
Beck and Pollitzer, based in Kent, UK, has appointed Andrew Hodgson as the new
chief executive officer. He replaced Tony Percival who has retired after more than
30 years in the industry.
Mr Hodgson joined the company from Sulzer Dowding & Mills, where was
managing director and had responsibility for 23 sites in the UK and two joint
ventures overseas. Prior to this he worked as a director for Flowserve Corporation.
As CEO of Beck and Pollitzer, he will oversee all areas of the business in both the
UK and the 13 countries in which it operates worldwide.
Beck and Pollitzer – UK Website: