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News Release
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Mike Petrasek
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michael.petrasek@bm.com
Cooper B-Line Cable Ladder Systems Can Reduce Structural Steel
Supports by up to 66 Percent
System reduces engineering complexity while saving procurement and installation costs.
HIGHLAND, IL, August 7, 2012 – Cooper B-Line, a leading global manufacturer of innovative,
labor saving support systems and enclosures, is helping to decrease cost and engineering
complexity by reducing the number of structural steel supports needed for cable ladder systems
in heavy industrial environments. Through extensive laboratory testing, Cooper B-Line has
determined that its metallic cable ladder systems are able to be supported by fewer structural
steel supports than are typically applied in heavy industrial environments.
Thanks to five key features, Cooper B-Line’s metallic cable ladder systems can reduce the
number of structural steel supports by up to 66 percent without diminishing the load carrying
capacity of the system.
The first key feature helping reduce the total number of supports is the cable ladder system’s IBeam side rail design. The unique feature allows the system to carry up to 2.3 times more load
than a traditional C-channel side rail. The second key feature is the product’s ability to maximize
options for proper materials selection, while meeting each application’s design criteria.
The product’s third and fourth key features involve its innovative splice plate design. Cooper BLine’s standard splice plates are designed to enhance the structural integrity of the system and
maximize splice to rail engagement for load carrying optimization. Patent-pending, specialty
splices also enhance structural integrity, while accommodating for thermal expansion and
contraction in variable climate applications. Finally, the fifth key feature is the design of its
fittings. Each features tangents up to 100mm to maximize the strength of the system.
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“Our engineering expertise and unique product features have allowed us to develop a cable
ladder system with industry-leading strength and stability that requires fewer structural support
materials,” said Daniel Castillo, President of Cooper B-Line. “Extensive laboratory testing
confirms that our cable ladder product effectively provides end users with a system to reduce
engineering complexity, procurement and installation costs, all while providing industry-leading
load carrying and service life performance.”
For more information on how to reduce structural steel supports for cable ladder systems or to
discover other cost-saving solutions, electrical and structural system designers can visit
www.cooperbline.com/oil-gas. The online resource includes additional assets like test reports,
recommended support drawings and a material and labor savings calculator.
About Cooper B-Line
Cooper B-Line, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), is a global manufacturer of
innovative solutions that deliver overall lower total installed cost. With numerous time-saving
designs, our broad offering of support systems, seismic bracing, electrical and electronic
enclosures provide customers with leading brands such as FLEXTRAY™, GRIP STRUT™,
ARISTA™, TOLCO™ and RUFF-IN. Customers in government and commercial construction,
oil and gas, mining, solar, communications, data centers, and HVACR markets have come to
rely on our products to help protect, enclose and support their facility subsystem infrastructures.
For more information, visit www.cooperbline.com.
About Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global electrical products manufacturer with 2011
revenues of $5.4 billion. Founded in 1833 Cooper's sustained success is attributable to a
constant focus on innovation and evolving business practices, while maintaining the highest
ethical standards and meeting customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions
with leading market positions and world-class products and brands, including Bussmann
electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment;
Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products.
With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long-term growth
trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability and
productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need
for improved electrical safety. In 2011 sixty-two percent of total sales were to customers in
the industrial and utility end-markets and forty percent of total sales were to customers outside
the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries as of 2011. For more
information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.
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