Digitalisation and automation in virtually all sectors of industry are increasing demand for electrical cabling. LANZ based in Oensingen, Switzerland, is a major provider of cable routing and cable tray solutions for wide-ranging applications from data centres, offices and workplaces to solar installations, pipelines, tunnels and other industrial infrastructure.
Magnelis® offers a more resilient and more sustainable solution, that has now been packaged up into LANZ’s exciting new EcoShield® portfolio. [Copyright: LANZ]
“Lower carbon and more sustainable solutions are becoming increasingly important to our customers and wholesale partners,” says Philippe Baur, CEO of LANZ, “as companies and public bodies seek more sustainable standards in their construction and infrastructure projects. ArcelorMittal’s innovative steel portfolio and collaborative approach have helped us to address these requirements, which has resulted in our launch of EcoShield®.”
LANZ is a major provider of cable routing and cable tray solutions for wide-ranging applications from data centres, offices and workplaces to solar installations, pipelines, tunnels and other industrial infrastructure. [Copyright: LANZ]
In September 2024 LANZ formally launched its new EcoShield® product portfolio based entirely on ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products’ Magnelis® steel offering. Magnelis® is a metallic coating with a unique zinc-aluminium-magnesium composition. It offers excellent corrosion resistance, at least three times better than post-galvanised steel in outdoor applications. This enables outstanding resistance in harsh and extreme environments with high moisture, chloride or ammonia conditions.
The unique self-healing property of Magnelis® brings longer life and robustness to LANZ’s cable trays. [Copyright: LANZ]
Philippe Baur explains: “Magnelis® also has a unique self-healing property that repairs cut edges through the migration of corrosion products formed from the Zn-Al-Mg coating. This brings longer life and robustness to LANZ’s cable trays, and means that its products can be cut and assembled on site by contractors without the need for zinc reapplication by dipping or spraying. Through its production process Magnelis® is inherently lighter and thinner, typically weighing 310-430 g/m2 compared to 800-1,000 g/m2 for conventional post-galvanised steel cable trays. This reduces the amount of zinc used as well as intermediate transport, thereby significantly reducing time, costs and carbon emissions. Moreover, we are very happy with the product’s behaviour during processing. Punching, bending, cutting - everything runs smoothly.”
Magnelis® is the best alternative to post-galvanised steel. [Copyright: ArcelorMittal]
For the 46,000 m2 Metro-Campus in Zurich, Switzerland, constructed by Green.ch AG, LANZ has supplied the cable routing solutions for the high-performance Data Centre M, which is providing the data handling capacity for cloud providers, companies and system integrators based at the state-of-the-art campus. [Copyright: LANZ]
In Rümlang, Switzerland, LANZ has installed EcoShield® cable trays, covers and multi-tray cable routing for customer Eberhard, for a large-scale solar photovoltaic system built on its warehouse roof. [Copyright: LANZ]
LANZ was originally introduced to ArcelorMittal's products through mutual partner SSC Debrunner Metallservice AG, who has played an important part in LANZ transitioning to Magnelis® steel applications since 2019.
“Magnelis® is clearly a great solution for LANZ’s customers,” says Joel Leutwiler, Key Account Manager at Debrunner Metallservice. “It offers them a more resilient and more sustainable solution, that has now been packaged up into their exciting new EcoShield® portfolio. We are working closely with LANZ and ArcelorMittal’s R&D teams to develop further advances and applications for Magnelis®.”
Joel Leutwiler, Key Account Manager at Debrunner Metallservice [Copyright: SSC Debrunner Metallservice AG]
Philippe Baur adds: “The OCAS research centre of ArcelorMittal located in Ghent (Belgium) is currently investigating how to downweight the cable trays whilst retaining their structural strength thanks to higher steel grades and optimised design choices. In addition to this strong partnership to foster innovation, we truly appreciate the excellent technical, logistical and marketing support from Debrunner Metallservice and ArcelorMittal.”
Philippe Baur, CEO of LANZ [Copyright: LANZ]
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