The Yellow Jacket Difference

  • Safety and Ease of Use – Designed In
    • Skid resistant surfaces: diamond plate or “sandpaper”
    • Highly visible – distinctive yellow and black
  • Always Easy to Load
    • Hinged  top lid –  lift open the lid and lay the cables into the system
    • Top channel – start cable at one end and walk through the channel opening
    • Open bottom channel – just lay the cable protector over existing cables
  • Quick, Simple Assembly
    • Drop one cable protector or ramp over the other and “step into place”
    • Form cable runs of any length
  • Superior Materials: made using the Castathane™ process
      • Produces cast molded dense, heavy, extremely durable polyurethanes
      • See Superior Materials for full explanation
  • The technology:
      • Connectors
        • dog bone
          • Original, designed by Yellow Jacket, Inc.™ and licensed to others
          • Designed for use on extra heavy duty cable protectors like the Yellow Jacket® Classic
          • Releases under pressure so it will not break.  Heavy duty Yellow Jacket cable protectors less likely to separate under pressure due to their design
          • Most popular cable protector connector in use
          • Used on Yellow Jacket® Classic, Bumble Bee®, FOX™ and DO- Max™
        • T-bone™
          • Designed for use in lighter weight cable protectors like the Bumble Bee.
          • Forms very tight connection to keep lighter weight protectors from separating under pressure
          • Shorter, reduced trip hazard
          • Used on Bumble Bee®
        • Hour Glass™
          • Newest connector technology from Yellow Jacket, Inc.
          • Works well for both light weight and heavy duty cable protectors
          • Combines the best attributes of the dog-bone and T-bone connectors
          • Rounded connection forms tight, break resistance connection
          • Shorter for reduced trip hazard
          • Used on Yellow Jacket® AMS™ and DO Lite™
      • Advanced Modular System™
          • Holds an unlimited number of cables
          • Fully expandable ADA compatible access ramps – any width, any length
          • Ramps lock onto main section with Hipersnap™ locking device
          • All connectors are concealed – reduces trip hazard
          • No side rails on ADA compatible ramps – reduces trip hazard and provides widest angle of approach on the market
          • Form Superfloor™, truly flat stable surface, by connecting several AMS based systems together
          • AMS technology is the basis of Yellow Jacket® AMS™ cable protectors and WASP™ AMS™ ADA compatible special access ramps.
      • Ramps
        • Roman Arch Construction for Extra Heavy Duty applications
          • Forms suction cup and holds cable protector in place
          • Long leading edge handles wear and tear of bus and truck traffic
          • Used in the Yellow Jacket® Classic, Yellow Jacket® AMS™ and DO-Max™
        • Egg Crate Construction for Heavy Duty applications
          • Saves weight and cost
          • Used in Bumble Bee®
      • Locking devices
        • Hipersnap™
          • Unique technology that locks expandable cable protector systems and accessories together
          • Devices using Hipersnap™ technology “snap together and stay together”
          • Forms extremely stable cable protectors and ramps
          • Used in Yellow Jacket® AMS™ cable protectors and WASP™ AMS™ ADA compatible special access ramps.
      • Zero Tapered Side Ramps – Barrier Free Access for ADA Ramps
        • Newest technology in ADA compatible special access ramps
        • Provides widest (180 degree) angle of approach
        • Eliminates side rails – significantly reducing the trip hazard they present
        • Reduces the number of parts needed for special access ramp systems
        • Used in WASP™ AMS™ ADA compatible access ramps
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