{"id":17165,"date":"2021-11-02T11:28:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=17165"},"modified":"2021-11-02T11:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:28:50","slug":"ellis-patents-puts-summit-tunnel-on-the-right-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/ellis-patents-puts-summit-tunnel-on-the-right-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellis Patents puts Summit Tunnel on the right track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cable cleat manufacturer and industry innovator, Ellis Patents has secured an order that has seen its Pegasus cable hangers hung at one metre intervals throughout the 1.6-mile length of one of the world\u2019s oldest railway tunnels.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17166 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-500x412.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/15.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Summit Tunnel, which runs beneath the Pennines between Littleborough in Greater Manchester and Walsden near Todmorden in West Yorkshire, was constructed between 1838 and 1841. At the time of its opening, it was the longest railway tunnel in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis Patents\u2019 Pegasus cable hangers were installed as part of a track renewal project being carried out in conjunction with Network Rail under the auspices of the Central Rail System Alliance (CRSA). Kelly Brown, Ellis Patents\u2019 head of sales, said: \u201cThe size of the railway structure in the UK is staggering. There\u2019s over 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and many thousands of signals, level crossing and stations \u2013 and huge swathes of it date back to the 19th century.\u201d \u201cWith that in mind every product we design and manufacture for the rail industry is developed with longevity as well as ease of installation, maintenance and renewal very much to the fore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As with all its products, Pegasus was designed and developed completely in-house by Ellis Patents. Featuring an aluminium spine that can support any number and combination of plastic cable hangers, the modular cable hanging system is stronger and lighter than any other similar products \u2013 and because it\u2019s been designed to be made to order it\u2019s also the most flexible solution available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraditionally cable hanging systems have been anything but convenient,\u201d continued Kelly. \u201cThey have come in set sizes and configurations; have weighed so much they needed at least two people to install them; and because they have been manufactured from galvanised steel they are subject to corrosion. In contrast, Pegasus is light, but exceedingly strong, corrosion and fire resistant and has all the necessary rail industry approvals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information,<br \/>\nvisit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellispatents.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ellispatents.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\nor call 01944 758395<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cable cleat manufacturer and industry innovator, Ellis Patents has secured an order that has seen its Pegasus cable hangers hung at one metre intervals throughout the 1.6-mile length of one of the world\u2019s oldest railway tunnels. The Summit Tunnel, which runs beneath the Pennines between Littleborough in Greater Manchester and Walsden near Todmorden in West [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"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":[2469],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertorial","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17165","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17167,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17165\/revisions\/17167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}