SIMO Securon Alpha: a 6 ft knotted fence rated for 35 years or more

SIMO Securon Alpha is for perimeters you do not want to fence twice. It is the SIMO Securon grade with the longest rated life, 35 years or more.

• Solar parks and renewable energy sites, where replacing a fence mid-life across kilometres of boundary is not an option. See solar plant fencing.
• Factories, warehouses and data centres, with Alpha in the ZS-Knot 4 x 2 inch anti-climb grid, up to 8 ft, and RTHT barbed wire and concertina coil on top. See industrial fencing.
• Highway, railway and utility corridors: suitable for corridor fencing, built to your tender specification and drawing. See highway and railway fencing.
• Forest and wildlife boundaries, at 8 ft. See forest and wildlife fencing.
• Farmhouses, estates and farms where the owner would rather fence once: a 6 ft Alpha fence keeps nilgai and cattle out. See farm fencing.

Project buyers specify Alpha because every claim behind it can be checked:

• Strength. Q-Knot wire in Alpha is 1150 to 1300 MPa, up to three times the 400 to 550 MPa of conventional galvanised chain link.
• Fewer posts. Posts stand 5 to 6 m apart instead of 2.5 to 3 m for chain link, so a boundary needs around half the posts and installs about 40 percent faster than chain link.
• Testing. Alpha is tested at NABL-accredited laboratories: tensile strength to IS 1608 (Part 1), salt spray to IS 9844, coating composition by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and coating mass by gravimetric and gaseous volumetric methods. It is classified Class W10 to AS/NZS 4534:2006 and Class A to BS EN 10244-2:2001. See every test by grade and standard, and how a zinc-aluminium coating protects steel wire.
• The manufacturer. SIMO Securon is India’s first manufacturer of Q-Knot and ZS-Knot (Anti Climb) fencing with Zn-Al coating. Alpha is made at MIDC Butibori, Nagpur, by SIMO WiroTEK Private Limited (formerly SIMO Screens Private Limited), which holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certificates.
• Listed-company buyers. SIMO has supplied both Q-Knot and ZS-Knot to companies listed on an Indian stock exchange.

Test reports go to project buyers and consultants on request, through the form at the foot of this page.

SIMO Securon Alpha is rated for 35 years or more with correct installation, against 2 to 5 years for conventional galvanised chain link in Indian conditions. Three things back that figure:

1. Coating mass. Zn-Al 90/10, 240 GSM minimum: four to six times the 40 to 60 GSM on conventional galvanised wire.
2. Salt spray. Tested to 2,000 hours salt spray without red rust (IS 9844), at an NABL-accredited laboratory.
3. Correct installation. Posts free of rust, terminal and corner posts braced in concrete, and the fabric tensioned only once the concrete has cured. Store rolls closed, dry and off the ground, keep fertilisers and chemicals off the fence, and join rolls only by splicing and twisting the line wires, never by welding.

Rated life by product

Product	Rated life
SIMO Securon Alpha	35+ years
SIMO Securon Zeta Nova	20 years
SIMO Securon Pi	10 years
RTHT barbed wire, Zeta Nova grade	15+ years
Conventional galvanised chain link	2 to 5 years

SIMO Securon Alpha is rated for 35 years or more and Zeta Nova for 20 years. Both use Q-Knot wire of 1150 to 1300 MPa; Alpha carries at least twice the coating and is tested to a longer salt spray.

• Choose Alpha for the longest rated life: a long perimeter around a valuable asset, where replacing the fence mid-life is not an option.
• Choose Zeta Nova where a 20-year rated life fits the plan, or where you need a 5 ft fence: Alpha is not made at 5 ft.

Alpha is made in both SIMO Securon technologies: Q-Knot keeps animals out, and ZS-Knot keeps people out.

Alpha is made at 6 ft (1.8 m) as standard and to order at 8 ft (2.4 m), always in 50 m rolls. It is not made at 5 ft: for a 5 ft fence, choose the Zeta Nova knotted fence or the Pi knotted farm fence.

One kilometre of Alpha takes 20 rolls. An 8 ft fence needs custom posts, which are made for fence supply orders of 2 km running length and above. ZS-Knot in Alpha comes in 50 m rolls, on every grid.

Correct installation is a condition of Alpha’s rated life, so for most sites SIMO Securon recommends supply and install by its trained crews. Posts go every 5 to 6 m on QvikFixrr GI angle posts, terminal and corner posts are braced in concrete, and the fence is tensioned only once the concrete has cured. Post sizes and foundation depths are on the fence posts and fittings page.

There are three ways to buy: supply only, where your contractor installs and SIMO Securon trains the team on site; supply and install by SIMO Securon’s crews; or turnkey EPC, from site survey and design to installation, inspection and handover. See supply, installation and turnkey EPC.

Over the life of the fence, SIMO Securon Alpha against conventional galvanised chain link: Up to 10 percent more cost effective, and longer lasting. Chain link costs less to buy, but its posts stand 2.5 to 3 metres apart; Alpha’s stand 5 to 6 m apart, so a boundary needs around half the posts, with less digging and concrete, and installation runs about 40 percent faster.

The fencing cost estimator works out your quantities and sends your price on WhatsApp; how fencing cost is calculated explains the per km arithmetic, and knotted fence vs chain link compares the two in full.