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Wire Rope Systems

altHolgate Infrastructure & Motorway Services is Ireland's leading Wire Rope Barrier specialist offering high quality installations, maintenance and repair service for wire rope barrier   systems along Ireland's road network.

We provide a range of wire rope solutions from N2 to H1 containment with working widths  from W4 to W6.

The systems provided have been developed originally for the Swedish road network by our partners Blue Systems AB.

altMaintenance & Emergency Repairs

The Holgate Safence product range is always identifiable by the blue plastic caps on the post.

Holgate provides a rapid response for emergency repairs and maintenance training for County Councils and Toll consortium's. When repairing the system only components approved by Safence should be used as to allow copies of components may endanger lives and removes all liability for performance.

Contact Holgate immediately if you are offered uncertified components that may be imitations.

'Please do not compromise on Safety'

EN 1317 CLASSIFICATIONS:

Containment Level Vehicle Impact Test
  Test Impact
Speed (km/h)
Impact Angle (degrees) Vehicle
Mass (t)
Vehicle
Type
Normal Containment
N1
N2

TB 31
TB 32

80
110

20
20

1.5
1.5

Car
Car
Higher Containment
H1
H2
H3

TB 42
TB 51
TB 61

70
70
80

15
15
20

10.0
13.0
16.0

Rigid HCV
Bus
Rigid HCV
Very High Containment
H4a
H4b

TB 71
TB 81

65
65

20
20

30.0
30.0

Rigid HCV
Articulated HCV

 

Impact Severity Level Index Values
  ASI
(Aceleration Severity Index)
THIV
(Theoretical Head Impact Velocity)
PHD
(Post Head Decleration)
A
B
< 1.0
< 1.4
< 33 km/h
< 33 km/h
< 20g
< 20g

 

Class of Working Width Level of Working Width
W1 < 0.6m
W2 < 0.8m
W3 < 1.0m
W4 < 1.3m
W5 < 1.7m
W6 < 2.1m
W7 < 2.5m
W8 < 3.5m