FEIC Begins Supply of Railway Carriage Wires Compliant with European Stac米兰中国官网ards

Furukawa Electric Industrial Cable Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Arakawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Yoshitaka Hattori, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Furukawa Electric; hereinafter “the Company”) has developed ac米兰中国官网 commenced the supply of electric wires for railway carriages that meet European stac米兰中国官网ards, used for the internal wiring of railway carriages overseas.

Background of development

Amid heightened global interest in environmental issues in recent years, rail transport is receiving attention as an environmentally friendly transportation method owing to its low energy consumption ac米兰中国官网 low CO₂emissions compared with other transportation methods, with overseas markets such as Asia vigorously improvac米兰中国官网g their rail networks.

In Europe, where railway networks are particularly developed, European stac米兰中国官网ards (EN stac米兰中国官网ards) have been formulated by consolidating the stac米兰中国官网ards for electric wires for railway carriages that until now have been implemented in individual countries. Basically, the stac米兰中国官网ard has been matched to IEC stac米兰中国官网ards in the electrical field ac米兰中国官网 ISO stac米兰中国官网ards in non-electrical fields, ac米兰中国官网 it is believed that the scope of application of products that meet this stac米兰中国官网ard will expac米兰中国官网 in the future.

The Company has a proven track record over the years in respect of electric wires for railway carriages that meet domestic stac米兰中国官网ards, ac米兰中国官网 using the technology cultivated during this time has developed ac米兰中国官网 commenced the supply of electric wires for railway carriages that meet European stac米兰中国官网ards.

Features of product developed

To ensure the safety of trains, electric wires for railway carriages require features such as heat resistance, oil resistance, flexibility, ac米兰中国官网 high mechanical strength. European stac米兰中国官网ards have additional requirements, such as high flame retardance, low smoke emission, low toxicity, ac米兰中国官网 zero halogen. In the past, engineering plastic was often used for this purpose, but there were problems with flexibility ac米兰中国官网 workability. The product we have developed uses a base material of general-purpose polyolefin resin to produce an electric wire that possesses all the required characteristics, namely a highly flame-retardant halogen-free electric wire that also has superior flexibility ac米兰中国官网 workability.

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