Why is there a need for alternatives to Halogenated plastic materials?
For some applications there is a concern that halogenated plastic materials will release corrosive and toxic
gases if ignited in a fire. The corrosive element cable duct of these gases cable trunking has the potential to damage electronics
wherever the smoke travels, and the toxic element can be cable duct potentially hazardous to persons if they cannot easily
evacuate from the area.
Applications where corrosion potential is of particular concern include communications data centers and phone
switching stations with large amounts of expensive electronics cable trunking . As a case in point the fire called “the worst
disaster in telecommunications history” occurred on May 8th
1988 in a Hinsdale, IL Central Office facility for
Illinois Bell. The fire cut local service to 35,000 suburban Chicago cable channels phone customers and was estimated to have
cost many millions of dollars in recovery cost. In the after effects of the fire the central processor of the phone
switch, which was cable channels not directly involved in the fire, had to be replaced reportedly due to the effects of acid
corrosion.
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