GRP tray system for Shoreham Harbour Gantries

Marshall-Tufflex’s corrosion resistant Glass Reinforced Polyester (GRP) cable management trays, have been used to carry all power and lighting services to an unloading station for Parker Steel at Shoreham Harbour in West Sussex.

With four 9m high x 120m long gantries plus cranes to power and suspended gantries to light, the mechanical and electrical services company, DW Electrical, needed cable trays for the entire length of the gantries that would not become corroded when in contact with sea spray.

Seeking an alternative to metal, DW Electrical chose Marshall-Tufflex’s GRP trays, which are corrosion resistant and equal in strength but up to 40% lighter than steel.

They are therefore far easier to handle and can help to reduce the overall weight of heavy structures.

Approximately 500 linear metres of Marshall-Tufflex GRP tray was supplied for the installation.

In using the GRP cable management system for the first time, Russell Gorringe of DW Electrical confirmed that the product performed to expectation: “It went in well and is a good product that meets the criteria we required. We shall use it again.”

To simplify installation, Marshall-Tufflex GRP products require fewer fasteners and benefit from interlocking and self-adjusting couplings for fast, on-site assembly without modification, earth bonding or de-burring.

Marshall-Tufflex GRP ladder and tray systems are developed for challenging environments such as rail, road and sea installations, swimming pools, petrochemical and processing plants, where extremes of weather and temperatures are commonplace.