Client: REGIONAL RAILWASY AND STATION MANAGMENT COMPANY
Location: MILAN - ITALY
Application sector: RAILWAY LINE
Objectives
The customer required a customized FRP product compatible with the presence of high/medium power cables. Any danger in case of cable falls on the fence must have been avoided. The reduction of servicing costs or their complete cancellation together with an architectural assimilation to the exsisting steel ones, subject to galvanic corrosion.
Solution
For the architectural assimilation to the exsisting fences, M.M. has designed a new customized mold for the exact reproduction of the mesh dimensions 200x60/30 required by the customer’s standards. The result was a product with the same shape and color, a perfect reproduction of customer’s standard. It has also been possible to install the panels on the exsisting poles. The power and magnetic sources that are typical in the railway field make the FRP dielectric fences particularly suitable for this installation and are certainly preferable to steel ones. The test on the dielectric rigidity with rated tension that has been carried out accordingly to the ASTM D 149-97-a norm has ascertained a power absorbtion of only 300μA which guarantees a high electric risk protection. Considering the insulating properties, the fencing requires no grounding. The results of the ageging and cycle exposure tests made respectively accordingly to the ASTM G154-06 and UNI EN ISO 9142/04 norms, guarantee a high resistance to meteorological agents and show that the dimensions, color and mechanical properties do not change in the years.
