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Roxtec selected safety seal supplier by ENGIE Fabricom

Roxtec selected safety seal supplier by ENGIE Fabricom

Roxtec transits are used to seal hundreds of openings for cables and pipes onboard Dong Energy's Burbo Bank offshore wind farm substation. Substation building company ENGIE Fabricom uses Roxtec transits to optimize protection and ensure operational reliability.

"With Roxtec, you can be 100% sure"

Partners for protection

"The challenge is to keep out the sea atmosphere. With Roxtec, you have everything under control and can be 100% sure that rooms are separated also in case of fire," says Willy Martens, Area Sales Manager of ENGIE Fabricom.

Roxtec sealing solutions are used all over the substation to protect against fire, gas and water.

Roxtec RS seal in split plate for HV cables in floors, Roxtec Swan Neck with Roxtec R transit for cables on top steel deck, and Roxtec R transit for cables in container on top deck.

The transits are used for high voltage power cables as well as for signal and fiber optic cables and in control cabinets.

Roxtec GHM transit for LV cables in sandwich panel and Roxtec KFO, Roxtec ComSeal™ and Roxtec CF 32 for cables in cabinets.

The transits are also used for a wide range of pipe penetrations – from the air-conditioning to the fire-fighting system pipes.

Roxtec GHM transit for pipes in sandwich panel and Roxtec S transit for pipes for HVAC and cables, Roxtec RS seal for pipes for HVAC and Roxtec S transit for bus duct in floors.

"If you have a good product like Roxtec, you don't have to worry in the maintenance and warranty periods. I have not experienced any complaint for water getting into a system or into a substation," says Willy Martens.

Quality in every detail

The Burbo Bank offshore substation was built in Hoboken, Belgium. It will collect power from 32 wind turbines off the coast of Liverpool and supply renewable energy for at least 25 years. It is therefore crucial to ensure operational reliability. A stop in a 32-turbine windfarm can cost hundreds of thousands of euros just in power production losses. It is also costly to pay for a helicopter and technicians, and it is a real challenge to catch the maintenance weather window.

ENGIE Fabricom has even prepared for future needs and additional cable routing by installing Roxtec transits for 50 percent spare capacity.