Can you give an example or examples of a plastic cable carrier being used in an extremely demanding environment?
Plastic cable carriers can be used in offshore applications such as oil rigs, as well as brick plants, coal-burning power plants, road construction vehicles, refuse incineration plants, tunnel drilling machines, steel mills, waste handling, mining, and more. They can handle heavy loads, high speeds and long distances.
One example is a long travel application over 1,447 feet on two ship-unloading cranes at a coal power plant in Malaysia. Plastic cable carriers were installed as a fully pre-harnessed system and supply energy and data to the trolley and cabin. The cranes unload up to 1,500 tons of coal per hour at docking stations on a man-made island situated roughly a mile offshore.
In the USA, Virginia International Terminals operates and maintains six cranes to handle containers and break-bulk cargo in its second largest ship-to-shore terminal. One of these cranes is a 30 year old Paceco crane.