An intruder resistant fence can now be raked across undulations in ground levels, after manufacturer Zaun developed an installation method to make use of the properties of the fabric. The ArmaWeave fencing – which is unique to Zaun, as is the ability to rake it – is produced on waht it thought to be the world’s largest mesh weaving machine at the company’s West Midlands factory.
It limits the need for stepping panels on slopes and reduces installation costs it is claimed compared with standard welded mesh systems, while still conforming to the highest rated standards for fencing products defending against forcible attack, the company says.
Zaun co-founder and director Alastair Henman says: ‘We had to invest in the weaving machine ahead of the sales in the belief we could produce an innovative product installers, specifiers and high security facility managers would want.’
ArmaWeave was used for an upscaling in UK data centre capacity, with almost 650m of 3.6m high ArmaWeave Plus fencing system installed at a new data centre in the Home Counties. Tens of thousands of metres have also been installed at water, gas, electricity and nuclear sites around the UK.
ArmaWeave’s makers say that it adds resistance to cutting attacks with hand, powered and non-contact tools. The tight mesh pattern provides no climbing aids, again limiting the potential for intrusion.
In addition, Zaun has supplied 250m of enhanced 2.4m high ArmaWeave and just under 100m of SR1 rated 358 fencing around an internal compound. The total order, including security gates and bollards, could reach £700,000. In the UK, the data centre market has sustained double digit growth since 2012, fuelled by strong demand from the technology, media and telecom industries and a growth in hybrid cloud services.
ArmaWeave can be combined with other intruder systems, electronics and access control to create integrated fencing, the firm says. The mesh pattern provides no climbing aids, again limiting the potential for intrusion. ArmaWeave has been approved for use with a range of microphonic PID cables after testing for many months at an MoD facility.
