Non-Fluids Pipes - Cable Ducting and Telecommunications

The non-fluid, non-critical containment requirements of these products mean that polymer compound costs and production costs can be minimised. Underground cable and telecommunication ducts are produced as variants of minimum mechanical specification drainage pipes. Where high flexibility is required, to allow cabling around tortuous paths in equipment and buildings, then corrugated pipes are used. Since there is no fluid flow 

The rapid growth in demand for cable networks to provide TV, telephone and computer communication links has created a great new investment in underground pipe utilities for this purpose. 

The dominant material selected for cable ducting has been uPVC. In buildings and transport systems the better fire resistance characteristics of PVC are an advantage but in below ground applications, use of PE and PP materials are growing in importance. 

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