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Roxtec Transit Designer helps to speed up the design process, designing

The Roxtec a multi-cable transit in minutes.

Transit Designer

A cable and pipe transit may be a small created this design tool. Its usefulness is component in a huge building, onboard re? ected in the number of users: a ship or an offshore unit, but it is nev- “We have more than 10,000 registered ertheless a key to operational reliabil- users in more than 100 countries. The ity. By offering the free, web-based tool number is increasing as professionals all

Roxtec Transit Designer, cable and pipe over the world realize they can design seal provider Roxtec is trying to make it transits in minutes,” said Roger Johans- easy for designers and engineers to en- son, Executive Vice President at Roxtec.

sure safety.

Sealing solutions for cable and pipe pen- Simple Input, Automatic Output etrations are important to protect against a Users enter cable schedule, sealing variety of risk factors. Roxtec seals offer requirements, installation preferences protection against ? re, gas, water, dust and preliminary opening sizes to ? nd and the risk of explosion as well as solu- the solution needed. The tool helps them tions for bonding, grounding and EMC. ? lter by application, certi? cate and re- and money to save by speeding up the entries and obtain suggestions for which

The combination of certi? ed protection quirements, and generates approved 3D entire process.” and how many Roxtec seals to use. “De- and ? exibility, with regards to new-build models and drawings as well as bills of Designers working with large projects signers can safely share their work on- or retro? t and to cables and pipes of dif- material and installation instructions. can use the batch import with auto vali- line with project teams anywhere in the ferent sizes, has made Roxtec successful. “Making sure that the team gets it all dation to create, update and even vali- world,” said Persson. “The tool can also

In order to help designers select the right from the start is a smart way to date thousands of cable and pipe transits be used of? ine, as long as the design most suitable solution and to simplify reduce project risks in all phases,” said simultaneously. The cabinet entry design is ? nalized online. And we are always the process of designing, purchasing and Mattias Persson, Application Specialist feature, for example, makes it easy to available through the chat function.” https://transitdesigner.roxtec.com installing multi-cable transits, Roxtec at Roxtec. “There is also a lot of time de? ne a surface for one or several cable 29th Annual Marine Money Week

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