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Trunking for Education Environments

Trunking for Education Environments
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Trunking for Education Environments

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Overview: Marshall-Tufflex offers a variety of trunking systems tailored for educational settings such as classrooms, laboratories, and computer suites. These systems are available in PVC-U, steel, and aluminium, ensuring compliance with current standards and regulations for cable management.
Trunking Systems:
  • Compact 2 Trunking: Features two compartments, suitable for areas with height restrictions, available with antimicrobial properties and customizable colors.
  • Mono Plus 20 Trunking: An economical three-compartment system available in PVC-U and aluminium, with antimicrobial options.
  • Sterling Profile 1: Known for its ease of use and cost-effectiveness, this system includes three compartments.
  • Odyssey Trunking: Offers a unique curved profile for high-traffic areas, providing enhanced mechanical strength and aesthetics.
  • Twin Plus Trunking: A high-capacity system with two large compartments, ideal for extensive data cabling.
  • Bench Trunking: Designed for laboratory and workshop environments, providing segregated services to desks and benches.
  • Metal Trunking Systems: Made from aluminium and steel, these systems offer excellent EMI screening and mechanical strength.
Special Solutions: Custom solutions are available for unique architectural designs, such as curved trunking systems, as demonstrated in a case study at Tretherras School.
Material Performance:
  • Aluminium: Offers high fire resistance and excellent EMI screening, and is recyclable.
  • Steel: Provides strong fire resistance and EMI screening, and is recyclable.
  • PVC-U: Difficult to ignite, produces low smoke, is recyclable, and can be coated for EMI screening.
Environmental Commitment: Marshall-Tufflex is dedicated to sustainability, complying with BS EN ISO 14001:2004 and participating in Vinyl 2010. Their products are fully recyclable.
Additional Products:
  • MT32 Power Connection System: A pre-wired, pre-tested cabling solution for quick installation.
  • Antimicrobial Trunking: Designed to inhibit bacterial growth, suitable for high-risk environments like school laboratories.
Bio Trunking Solutions: These solutions incorporate antimicrobial properties that prevent 99.9% of harmful bacteria growth, with the formulation integral to the PVC-U material for lasting effectiveness.
DDA Regulations: To comply with Part M of the UK Building Regulations for Visual Impairment, face plates must contrast with their background. Marshall-Tufflex provides colored lids, flush mounting plates, adaptors, and Odyssey colored accessory boxes to meet these requirements.
Screening for Data Systems: A unique conductive spray coating is used for electromagnetic screening, protecting data and communications from interference without reducing cable capacity. This coating offers excellent long-term performance and superior scratch and wear resistance.
Contact Information: Marshall-Tufflex Ltd is based in Hastings, East Sussex, UK, with a technical hotline and a distributor in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Core Electrical Ltd, located in Dublin.
Quality and Environmental Management: The company is committed to quality and customer satisfaction, recognized by the British Standards Institution for BS EN ISO 9001:2000, and adheres to environmental standards, recognized for BS EN ISO 14001:2004.
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Trunking for Education Environments Perimeter Trunking for the Education Environment Classrooms Laboratories Computer Suites Contents PVC-U & Aluminium PVC-U & Aluminium Odyssey Trunking Twin Plus Trunking PVC-U & Aluminium PVC-U & Aluminium Metal Trunking Systems Mono Plus 20 Trunking Bench Trunking Aluminium & Steel Special Solutions Other services and products - MT32 Power Connection System - Antimicrobial Trunking - Part M (DDA) compliance - Screening for data Material Performance

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Building Schools for the Future Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the largest ever Government-financed education building program. The project, managed by Partnership for Schools (PfS) is to rebuild and renew the majority of England's 3,500 Local Authority secondary schools by the year 2019. Running parallel to BSF is a second PfS program to deliver 400 new academies with a further building program to follow for the nation’s primary schools. The need within this program for new and increased capability cable management products that enable the distribution of power and high speed data services,...

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Trunking for Education Environments Compact 2 Trunking 130mm x 50mm A compact two compartment system suited to fit within areas that have trunking height restrictions and where the physical outside dimensions are very important, for example to negotiate above or below radiators and window sills. Cable Capacity: Cat 6 UTP (Based on Ø 6.5mm cable) COMPARTMENT 45% 100% A *B (with accs box) B (without accs box) One full size and one half size compartment. Suitable for height restricted applications. Separate lid access to each compartment. Can be fed from larger trunking system for increased cable...

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Cable Capacity: Cat 6 UTP (Based on Ø 6.5mm cable) COMPARTMENT 45% 100% This is a popular and stylish looking trunking system that is easy and cost effective to use and often favoured by electrical contractors and installers. Sterling Profile 1 has been tried and tested within the educational environment over many years. A *B (with accs box) B (without accs box) Three segregated compartments. Separate lid access to each compartment. 167 Can be fed from larger trunking systems for increased cable distribution. MT32 pre-wired, pre-tested power connection optional (see page 9). Data Information: Available...

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Trunking for Education Environments Twin Plus Trunking 210mm x 57mm Separate lid access to each compartment. Two large segregated compartments. For schools, colleges and universities requiring large quantities of Cat 6 data cabling throughout classrooms and computer suites, this high capacity, segregated, two compartment containment system looks good and incorporates 50mm bend radius fittings that exceed international standard requirements. Cable Capacity: Cat 6 UTP (Based on Ø 6.5mm cable) COMPARTMENT 45% 100% Extra depth for increased cable capacity. MT32 pre-wired, pre-tested power connection...

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Special Solutions for Schools, Colleges and Universities Marshall-Tufflex recognises that a growing number of school buildings need a bespoke or one-off solution. Architects are designing more imaginative buildings and solutions for cable management are becoming an integral design element. Curved trunking for rounded buildings or pre-wired units ready for installation are an example of bespoke products designed to solve a specific problem that a client is facing. We work with architects, design teams, main contractors and electrical contractors to understand what issues they need to address. The...

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Environmental Marshall-Tufflex actively pursues a comprehensive programme to develop material formulations based on environmentally acceptable materials, whilst still maintaining and, where possible, improving on long-term performance properties. Jim Fletcher, Managing Director Marshall-Tufflex is recognised by the BSI as a firm of Assessed Capability to BS EN ISO 14001:2004. Carbon assessment RECYCLING The Carbon Trust was set up by Government in 2001 as an independent company. Their mission is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions...

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Other services and products from Marshall-Tufflex Marshall-Tufflex offer many other products and services designed to meet regulations and to assist contractors with speed of installation. For further details, please contact our Technical Department on +44 (0) 1424 856688. MT32 Power Connection The revolutionary MT32 Power Connection system is a pre-wired & pretested cabling solution with a unique, compact, 32Amp connector for ring and radial circuits. The system offers unprecedented speed of installation of complete cabling runs from power source to final accessory, outlet or application. Antimicrobial...

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Churchfields Industrial Estate United Kingdom Quality Management Systems: Marshall-Tufflex is totally committed to quality and customer satisfaction and the Company is recognised by the British Standards Institution as a firm of Assessed Environmental Management PVC-U is a proven superior material and offers major environmental benefits. BSI as a firm of Assessed Capability to Northern Ireland distributor 17b Goldenbridge Industrial Estate Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore In pursuance of our policy of continued product improvement Marshall-Tufflex reserve the right to change the design or specification...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.