TrenchBox
The Trench Safety System – A composite alternative to traditional steel trench support products, TrenchBox is a simple, robust, fixed length, fixed width earth retaining structure designed to protect personnel working in a trench environment.
TrenchBox enables quick and easy ingress and egress of the trench to fix couplers, check and adjust pipe levels, etc. safe in the knowledge that operatives are well protected should the trench walls collapse.
Independently tested by an external materials assurance company, TrenchBox, surpassed all expectations - A 2.0 m long box withstood an incredible 6,656 kN/m2 UDL on its longest side.
TrenchBox is:
- Ideal for use when installing Cess and 6ft Track Drainage systems,
- Ideal for use when installing Drainage and Cable Management System Under Track Crossings (UTX’s),
- Non-conductive and lighter than traditional steel products, weighing just 264 Kg’s @ 2.0 m long x 0.8 m wide x 1.57 m deep,
- Available as two standard sizes, TBS1350 or TBS2000,
- Manufactured to any width, length or depth to suit your requirements,
- Depth adjustable on site using additional sections if required,
- Supplied complete with access pole and step irons for ease of entry/exit,
- Easily movable with factory fitted lifting points.
Testing
In 2018, Lucideon Ltd, a UKAS accredited testing house undertook load testing to ascertain the structural performance of TrenchBox.
- Maximum permissible uniformly distributed load (UDL), point load and line load were all tested for.
- A maximum deflection limit of 3-5 mm was set for the testing
The full test report is available below in the Product Technical Data section.
Product Technical Data
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