Cable Raceways

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Raceways are enclosed channels of metallic (rigid steel or aluminum) or plastic (PVC or HDPE) materials designed to hold, hide, and protect wires and cables you don't want hanging and exposed out on walls or ceilings. Cable Raceways can be installed below the floor, above the ground, along a wall, or dropped from the ceiling. Most wire raceways can be painted for a customized or matching look.
Wire troughs are used to run wires between electrical devices, and provide the ideal solution for organizing cables or wires around your home and office.
Cable Raceways are also known as surface raceways, wire channels, cord channels, conduit, wire troughs, trunking, cable cover, and cable ducts.
Major brand names for cable raceways are Wiremold, Panduit, Hellermann-Tyton, Hubbell, Niedax-Kleinhuis, Thomas & Betts. |
Some Types of Plastic Cable Raceways:
1. Latching Raceways: non-metallic raceways perfect for commerical, industrial and residential environments, these rectangular channels come standard with a pre-applied adhesive backing, and offer a wide variety of accessories. They are also called one-piece-latching because one side acts like a hinge while the other side 'clicks' together to form the ideal raceway. Some of the most used latching raceways are 1-piece latching raceways which are functional, affordable and can be used in commercial, industrial and home environments because they are flexible and durable, and are made of flame resistant PVC.
2. Locking Channels and Wire Clips: A fast solution to routing and organizing exposed cables going to the phones, computers, printers and more. Wire channels are made from PVC, come in several dimensions and feature pre-installed adhesive backing which allows for an fast and easy installation.
3. Wire and Cord Channels: each comes with a pre-applied adhesive backing for a complete install. Depending on the diameter of your wire, the channels can be used for single cable applications such as a phone line, or for multiple cords found around televisions and appliances. Channels are made from self- extinguishing PVC and come in sections that are rounded in the outside. Wire channels come in white, but can be painted or stained to match your decor.
4. Wire Guard: An efficient, innovative and cost-effective system made from high impact PVC that protects wires and conceals them from the elements both indoors and outdoors. Ideal alternative for use with electrical and communications wiring and cabling.
5. Corner Duct Cable Raceways: An affordable alternative for concealing cables and wires that run between ceilings and walls or in between two walls. Its triangular form allows the duct to blend into walls and ceiling junctions providing a clean and finished appearance. Another benefit is that its snap on cover allows for easy and speedy installation. Corner Duct can be used as crown molding for home theater applications, comes with a pre-applied adhesive backing, and several accessories are available for a professional look. Ideal solution for applications in commercial, industrial as well as in residential environments since it offers accessories such as fittings, inside and outside corners, and tee reducers making it 100% customizable to your needs. Corner ducts are made of strong, durable, lightweight, UL 94-VO compliant PVC that can be painted with latex so that it can match perfectly with your walls, ceilings and baseboards.
6. Low Voltage Raceways: offer functional, attractive and durable ways to securely hide and route cables in commercial or residential environments. With their unique flip-open design, wire troughs are disigned for easy installation and cable access. Ideal to use in schools, hospitals, offices, and home theater applications.
7. J-Channel: The durable plastic construction is long wearing and provides great protection. The self-adhesive backing allows for mounting on furniture, baseboards and walls; while its open top at the top of the channel permits easy installation and access to cables.
8. EZ-Hidewire Raceway: is a special raceway that comes in spools offering you the benefit of allowing you to simply cut with scissors whenever you my need, making it 100% cutomizable. This makes it a very economical solution to organize your computer, telephone, and other electronic wires and cables both in residential and commercial environments. Since it is made of durable, lightweight polypropylene, the EZ Hidewire can be painted or stained to match your decor.
9. Hinged Raceways: is a low voltage raceway made with flame resistant PVC that is ideal to route and protect cables such as shielded and unshielded twisted pairs, fiber optic, coaxial among others. Because there are many accessories available such as ceiling entries, end caps, 3-way tees, inside corners, outside corners, hinged raceways can be used to accommodate all your needs. Also, since you can paint it with latex, hinged raceways can match your decor and become almost invisible.
10. Raceway On A Roll: is a unique low cost cable management system made of rigid PVC that is used for concealing all types of wires and cables. Like the EZ Hidewire raceway, this rol can be cut with scissors to make each raceway the right length for you., Installation is simple because of the pre-installed adhesive backing and it can always match your color scheme since it is latex paintable.
11. Pan Way Cable Raceways: are non-metallic multi-channel capable raceway ideal to protect, route, and conceal data, voice, video, fiber optic and power cables with a rating of up to 600 volts. A benefit of the multi-channel design is that it allows you to divide cable runs or separate cables according to their types. Pan Way raceways are made from impact resistant material that will not peel or corrode.
Some Types of Metallic Raceways:
1. Pan-Way Metallic Raceways: are raceways that provide maximum flexibility for routing, concealing, and protecting high performance copper, voice, video, fiber-optic and electrical wiring. Pan Way metallic cable raceway provides a full line of accessories that are designed to maintain proper bend radius control, channel capacity and separation in applications requiring both data cabling and power wiring. These raceway systems may be single or mulit-channel.
2. Kleinhuis Industrial Raceways: typically used to route cables around machines, these cable raceways are available in pre-galvanized steel, stainless steel, and with or without a power coat finish. An assortment of fittings inclucing 3-way T's, 45° and 90° turns for a complete matching raceway system.
3. T & B Surface Raceways: available in 3 different sizes, these cable raceways are ideal for conductor needs. The Thomas & Betts raceways have many faceplates to fit a large variety of power, data and telecom neets. Low voltage separators are also available for voice-data applications.
4. Aluminum Raceways: provide an adaptable solution for just about any application. Because these channels are made of anodized aluminum raceways are suitable for both low voltage wires as well as power cords. Aluminum raceways conceal and protect power and data cables, while allowing you to attach prewired receptacles. They offer a full line of fittings that allows the system to be fully customizable. Another benefit of aluminum cable raceways is that they are also available to install single or double gang boxes and plates in both deep wall and shallow/standard wall mounts. Aluminum raceways are ideal to guide telecommunications and power cables close to each workstation n schools, hospitals, offices, and laboratories.
Cable Raceway Uses:
Surface raceways are perfect for commerical, industrial and residential environments. They are used as a fast solution to routing and organizing exposed cables going to the phone, computer, printer and more. Depending on the raceway you choose, you may be able to use them for indoor and outdoor applications, and since you can paint them to what ever color you like, they will blend in to any environment.
Wire Duct
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Wire Ducts also known as wire troughs, wire-ways, wire raceways or wire channels are unbending trays used as raceways when you need to insert, drop or pull cables or wires out of a duct. These wiring ducts are made of high impact, self extinguishing rigid PVC, and are available in different models and colors.
Benefits of Wire Duct:
Wire troughs offer high heat deflection that minimizes distortion at high temperatures. In most cases, wire ways come pre-drilled so they can fix to wall and enclosures, other options include adhesive backing.
Wire channels have an integral flexible vinyl lining inside their walls for high friction surfaces, the rounded plastic fingers give cable support and are able to snap-off for terminated wires to be re-routed easily.
Uses of Wiring Duct:
Wire Ducts are used in electrical enclosures to help protect and route cable and wires. These enclosures can be found in both in home and office environments. |
Types of Wire Duct:
1. Economical Wire Duct: Inexpensive and quality alternative for organizing your wires. You can choose between solid wall and slotted ducts to best suit your application.
3. Narrow Slot Wire Duct: Used with high density wiring set-ups, the narrow slots offer multiple access points for small diameter wires.
4. Closed Slot Wire Duct: Providing amazing cable retention while providing openings for applications where wires need to be routed.
5. Solid Slot Wire Duct: Is a closed up duct that protects cables and makes for a cleaner appearance. Perfect for use where no break-outs are required.
6. Noryl Ducts: High quality wire duct made from a low smoke, zero halogen material.
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