ACO’s plastic pit family

ACO today, has one of the industry’s widest range of plastic cable pits, for both the electrical and communications industries. Robust, durable and UV stable, these enclosures offer an effective economic solution for light duty applications. The polyethylene material contains no toxic heavy metals and is therefore safe for the environment.

ACO’s plastic pit range comprises injection and rotational moulded bodies and for most sizes, new innovative product design has been used to overcome some of the mechanical weaknesses inherent to plastic. Ever since the introduction of plastic for these applications, manufacturers for years have experimented with ribs for increased strength but often walls would still distort when placed in unstable soils. ACO’s newly designed pits have straight sidewalls with moulded continuous ribs for the efficient transfer of loads without causing additional stresses to the structure. The designs have undergone a finite element analysis (FEA) to ensure the most effective design for their intended use and pits have been physically tested in an independent test laboratory.

For easy installation along cable routes, these pits are lightweight and easy to cut. The walls are designed with versatile cutoff points allowing contractors to either extend or reduce the depth of the enclosure to suit the depth/arrangement of the cables along the cable route.

‘The designs have undergone a finite element analysis (FEA) to ensure the most effective design for their intended use …’

Each pit is available with a choice of the industry’s widest range of lids and weather resistant access covers. There are also provisions in the wall for the quick fitting of locking brackets for ACO’s patented PowerLok® lid

For more information please contact:

John Sordo by email jsordo@acoaus.com.au or phone 02 4747 4000 or visit our web site: at www.acoaus.com.au