{"id":10472,"date":"2016-10-03T10:07:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T10:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=10472"},"modified":"2016-10-03T10:07:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T10:07:50","slug":"marshall-tufflex-solves-historic-museums-exhibition-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/marshall-tufflex-solves-historic-museums-exhibition-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall-Tufflex solves historic museum\u2019s exhibition challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Cambridge\u2019s historic Fitzwilliam Museum required a flexible power delivery system for temporary exhibition galleries it turned to cable management solutions manufacturer Marshall-Tufflex and its MT32 prefabricated modular wiring system.<\/h5>\n

The Fitzwilliam Museum, founded in 1816, is the principal museum of the University of Cambridge and a leading centre for art historical research and conservation. In addition to permanent galleries, the museum has two galleries for temporary exhibitions. With each exhibition requiring a different display layout, power supplies have to be regularly reconfigured.<\/p>\n

Previously the museum\u2019s in-house facilities team hardwired power cables to plug into floor sockets using extension leads, a costly and time-consuming process. The museum needed a flexible power delivery system that avoided trailing extension leads. Identifying the need for a plug and play, pre-wired underfloor distribution system to supply power, Marshall-Tufflex\u2019s MT32 system ticked all the boxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at a few different plug and play systems but none of them were flush enough to the wall for the display cabinets to be positioned,\u201d said Darren Potter, Chief Technician of Facilities at the Fitzwilliam Museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also wanted a simple system in order to adjust the lids to correspond with the plug-in-lengths with ease. We have experienced one change of exhibition so far and ordered extra lengths for this purpose. It\u2019s early days but we are happy with the result and in the longer term we hope to save money as well as time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The museum also required trunking that would not only match the light oak floor (the trunking sits on the floor at skirting level within the gallery) but would also meet Historic England approval as the building and its galleries are Grade I listed.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarshall-Tufflex\u2019s Sterling Profile in Light Oak was the closest match. We also chose Sterling Profile 3 as it had square edges rather than bevelled ones, making it easier for us to fit the trunking flush into the skirting void behind the wall,\u201d said Darren.<\/p>\n

The completed installation complied with the strict specification requirements of the Fitzwilliam Museum and Historic England, providing a cost-effective solution for future layout changes.<\/p>\n

Marshall-Tufflex\u2019s MT32 power delivery system and Sterling Profile 3 in Light Oak were supplied by Newey & Eyre, Cambridge.<\/p>\n

www.marshall-tufflex.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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When Cambridge\u2019s historic Fitzwilliam Museum required a flexible power delivery system for temporary exhibition galleries it turned to cable management solutions manufacturer Marshall-Tufflex and its MT32 prefabricated modular wiring system. The Fitzwilliam Museum, founded in 1816, is the principal museum of the University of Cambridge and a leading centre for art historical research and conservation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[609],"tags":[1564,381,1560,1561,742,1562,1563],"class_list":["post-10472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-installation-news","tag-darren-potter","tag-marshall-tufflex","tag-modular-wiring","tag-mt32","tag-newey-eyre","tag-the-fitzwilliam-museum","tag-trunking","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/attachment-1-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10475,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions\/10475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}