Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Connecting The World Through Conduit And Cable Plowing

By Daniel Graham


Some animals are incurious by nature. Some creatures on the planet are content to laze around and eat whatever food miraculously ends up in its gaping maw. But, barring a few select examples, man is not incurious. Humankind is naturally inclined towards curiosity. It is that same curiosity that led early humans to leave the cradle of life and seek out new worlds, that very same curiosity that led the medieval man to find world hitherto unknown to their own societies. But that curious nature also lends itself well to innovation. Most creatures on the planet cannot even fathom that is made up of cells, much less come up with the means to manipulate its own genome. No, only humanity has done so, only humanity has brought the world to heel. That innovation has led to creature comforts that most cannot go without, and those creature comforts are brought into homes via wires, and those are then put in place via methods like conduit and cable plowing.

In the method, a plow runs through the ground, creating a sort of trench for cables to be laid down. The cables are then placed in the trench the plow has already created. Then the wires are connected to the appropriated ports and sealed. The trench is then filled up.

Plowing is done because it is the quickest way to dig a trench. In fact, under the right conditions, the whole job can be completed in a matter of hours. In cases where the convenience of modern society is at stake, speed is of the utmost priority.

Now, conduits and cables are necessary for the modern world. Houses need power and water. Truth be told, fiber optic cables for high speed internet are laid out by plow, and most households require the internet to fully function, to be fully part and participate in an age where everything is done online. Also, for the last two hundred years or so, most people have gotten used to indoor plumbing, which cannot be achieved without the use of conduits to ferry the water from a large reservoir and into a residence or a structure.

Alternatives include trenching, a slower method of laying down wires and pipes. For things like electricity and the internet, overhead wires can be used. But both also suffer from certain drawbacks.

The main benefit of laying pipes and wires underground is the safety aspect. Overhead wires can become entangled in each other, which can impede performance, and also break. Overhead wires that hand loose can cause injuries.

Two vehicles. The first is the plow, and then there is a second vehicle where that does the actually laying. The first vehicles displaces the dirt and the second follows closely behind, putting down the wire or piping.

Most places can benefit from subterranean conduits and cables. Sure, they might be a little more difficult to repair, but they will need fewer repairs. They are also much neater.

The world runs on wires. They come in many shapes and forms. They also connect to everywhere in the world.




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