OREANDA-NEWS. June 01, 2012. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Photovoltec Inc. (head office: Ibaraki City, Osaka; Representative Director: Sadao Nishijima), and Hirata Industries, Ltd. (head office: Osaka City; President and Representative Director: Ken Inoue) have jointly developed parts for attaching pipes used with solar power generation systems to house roofs.
 
Background and description

PF (Plastic flexible) conduits have mainly been used with solar power generation systems for houses. Furukawa Electric has released the highly durable Plafleky PFD High-Quality Black, which is well suited for black roofs and is widely appreciated, yet there has been no dedicated part for roof-attachment of PF pipes, and demand has persisted for easy-to-handle affixing parts that do not harm the roof. Therefore, jointly with Photovoltec Inc., a company strongly experienced in roofs for Japanese houses and outstanding in design and construction, and Hirata Industries, Ltd., which handles a range of processed sheet metal products for houses, we have developed roof-affixing parts (note 1). Two types are available to suit the type of roof: one for Color Best roofing materials and the other for Japanese and Western roofing tiles, in four sizes from ц16 to ц36. The scheduled release date is May 28. These products will be exhibited at JECA FAIR 2012, the 60th Electrical Construction Equipment and Materials Fair, to be held in Osaka starting May 30.

(note 1)The patents relating to the product (no. 4878402 and no. 4885321) are jointly owned by Photovoltec Inc., Hirata Industries Ltd., and our subsidiary Furukawa Industrial Plastics Co., Ltd., or by our company and Furukawa Industrial Plastics Co., Ltd.