Pictured is Zaun’s ArmaWeave fencing that climbed a 50m-long 25 degree slope using full width panels as fitted by the accredited ArmaWeave installer Crime and Fire Defence Systems at an unnamed high security site. Zaun owner and co-founder Alastair Henman said: “The raking powers are such a big benefit over 358 and could help protect so many high security sites.”
The ArmaWeave fencing – which is unique to Zaun, as is the ability to rake it – is produced on the company’s mesh weaving machine at its West Midlands factory.
Henman added: “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.”
The manufacturer says that it limits the need for stepping panels on slopes and reduces installation costs compared with standard welded mesh, while still conforming to the highest rated standards for fencing products defending against forcible attack. The makers add that ArmaWeave’s properties add 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. ArmaWeave can be combined with other intruder systems, electronics and access control. The fence has been installed at water, gas, electricity and nuclear sites around the UK by Crime & Fire and the three other accredited ArmaWeave installers: specialist fencing installers Allen Fencing Limited and JB Corrie and prison fencing installer Binns Fencing, a Zaun subsidiary. Visit www.Zaun.co.uk.
