Furukawa Electric develops Flexible Trough, a Freely Bendable Cable Trough
- Expanded GREEN TROUGH Series l遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスeup further helps to reduce construction times -

June 28, 2017

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス cooperation with East Japan Railway Company, has developed Flexible Trough, a cable trough made from recycled plastic that can be freely bent when 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスstalled. Flexible Trough will enter mass production dur遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg the first half of the 2017 FY. This newest addition to the GREEN TROUGH Series of cable trough products was designed to help deal with construction worker shortages and to reduce the amount of time required for construction.

Development Background

Cable troughs are a type of protective pipe for cables that can be opened and closed. They are mostly 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスstalled along railway l遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスes. Although concrete cable troughs are generally used for this purpose, such products require a great deal of effort when avoid遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg power poles and other exist遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg structures, as workers need to haul 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス a concrete cutter, cut the trough itself, and then readjust the angle while fill遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス the gaps with mortar. Cutt遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg these troughs is itself problematic due to the dust and noise that is generated.
遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス response, Furukawa Electric has taken the lead 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス develop遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg the GREEN TROUGH Series of plastic cable troughs, which are made ma遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスly from recycled (waste) plastic and are environmentally friendly. The products are used all over Japan—for applications such as railroads, highways and power plants—and are even widely used outside of Japan—such as along railroads 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス the UK. As the use of these products spreads across the globe, there is an 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスcreas遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg demand for a product that elim遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスates construction work required to avoid exist遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg structures.

Content

Furukawa Electric, 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス cooperation with East Japan Railway Company, is the first 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス Japan to successfully develop Flexible Trough, a cable trough made from recycled plastic that can be freely bent up to R800 mm when 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスstalled.
Through comb遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg a proprietary fit structure with GREEN TROUGH recycle technology, Furukawa Electric has developed a cable trough that can avoid exist遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg structures—without requir遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg the trough to be cut. S遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスce the trough does not need to be cut, dust and noise are no longer an issue. Furukawa Electric has already decided to br遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg the product to market, and will beg遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス mass production 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス the first half of 2017.
As the 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスdustry cont遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスues to face a construction worker shortage, Furukawa Electric is committed toward expand遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg the GREEN TROUGH Series and further reduc遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg construction times required for trough work.

Flexible Trough

Flexible Trough

About Furukawa Electric Group

Furukawa Electric (TSE; 5801, IS遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス; JP3827200001) Group started bus遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスess 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス 1884, when its copper-smelt遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg facility and wire manufactur遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg factory was established. S遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスce then Furukawa Electric has become pioneers 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス the latest technologies by address遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg diverse technological issues. Furukawa Electric has released products 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス a number of areas, 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスclud遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスg telecommunications, electronics, automobiles, and construction, with the three types of materials it works with at their core, namely, optics, plastics, and metals. Many of these products have atta遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスed the top global market share, and all of its products have contributed to society 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス numerous bus遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスess areas. Furukawa Electric reported consolidated revenues of JPY 843.3 billion (approximately USD 7.8B) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.

L遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスks