Copper Cable Theft Solution - Identi-Coat paint for the protection of copper cables, reduces copper theft for the rail and telecommunications industries

Copper cable theft and vandalism have become everyday occurrences for the rail and telecommunications infrastructure. The high demand for copper and other metals such as lead, brass and bronze is one of the latest trends. Thieves are even risking their lives by attempting to steal live power lines from substations and trackside as well as chopping down utility poles to gain access to the wires. Utility companies and carriers alike are offering rewards for information leading to an arrest.

Promain’s Anti-Theft /Identification Paint

Indenti-Coat -A non-drying paint incorporating its own unique fingerprint system

Key features are:

• Simplicity is the key feature.
• A non-drying paint.
  
• Easy to apply by brush.
• A unique coding colour for your company.
• Contains tracer particles offering 6, 8 or 10 layers to your own unique colour combination - offering 37 million combinations.
• Clients can choose their own colour combination to reflect their corporate colour scheme. See illustration 1
• Custom codes are created for each customer. To ensure security of your unique code every code is certified and registered by Promain on the manufacturer’s database.
• Tracer particles are not visible to the naked eye.
• Optional features can be incorporated into the tracer particles – fluorescent and/ or magnetic.
• Anybody who can distinguish colours can be a field expert in identification.
• Simply to use UV light to make visual inspection to determine whether tracer particles are present.
• There is no requirement for the analysis to be undertaken by an independent laboratory, although Promain would be happy to arrange independent analysis if this is required.
• Flame retardant – see fire test (still awaiting fire test certificate).
• These are the most robust tracer particles currently available.
• A new unique code on the tracer particles can be produced in 30 days, followed by production time of the anti-theft coating of 14 days dependant upon size of batch.
• Biocompatible - meets standard for ISO 10993.