Leading cable cleat manufacturer, Ellis Patents has received London Underground (LUL) approval for six of its product ranges. 

The North Yorkshire-based manufacturer, whose products are used in power generation, oil & gas, construction and HVAC installations across the world, put its Alpha, Emperor and Vulcan cleats, plus three specifically designed new ranges, through the stringent LUL Engineering Standard tests. 

All the products complied with standard 1-085 A2 for ‘Fire Safety Performance Materials’, having met the following parameters for electro-technical components

 - Limiting Oxygen Index to BS EN ISO 4589-2:1999
 - Smoke Emission to BS 6853:1999, Annex D.8.3
 - Toxic fume emission to NFX 70-100:2008
 

Richard Shaw, managing director of Ellis Patents, said: “London Underground projects are worth millions of pounds to the UK electrical industry every year and so gaining this approval puts us in an important shop window at a time when we are looking for new ways in which to expand our UK sales on the back of a record year of export success.” 

The Ellis Patents products to have received LUL standard 1-085 approval and been added to the London Underground products register are:

 - Alpha cable cleats – product register No 360
 - Emperor cable cleats – product register No 362
 - Vulcan VRT+  cable cleats –product register No 361
 - LUL version of the 1F one hole cable clamps – product register No 363
 - LUL version of the 2F two  hole cable clamps – product register No 364
 - LUL version of the new industrial cable clamps –  product register No 365

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