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Design, Installation and Testing Cabling-installation projects incorporate far more than just pulling and terminating cables. Cabling systems must be specified and designed well ahead of time, taking into consideration the physical environment in which they are being placed. Cable installation is a critical aspect of these jobs, involving tools, equipment and techniques unto themselves. Cable certification is the final piece, ensuring an installed system is equipped to handle the applications that come its way.
Design, Installation and Testing News & Products
Fiber optic reel and case make cable transport, installation easier
(Sep 2, 2010)
The stackable reels have 1/8-inch steel frames and 5.25-inch access holes while rugged cases are also stackable.
Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier uses fiber-cable management
(Aug 31, 2010)
Millepede's Mille-Tie proved itself on the British Type 45 destroyer and is now being put into the QE aircraft carriers.
3-in-one pulling tape combines cable installation functions
(Aug 31, 2010)
L.H. Dottie Company is now offering its 3 in One - Premise Muletape.
AFL Telecommunications intros specialty fusion splicers
(Aug 30, 2010)
The ARCMaster specialty fiber fusion splicers are designed for factory, manufacturing, laboratory, and R&D applications.
Cable fault locator uses TDR technology
(Aug 24, 2010)
GAO Instruments has introduced a cable fault locator using TDR [time domain reflectometer] technology.
Snake Tray implements all-solar manufacturing
(Aug 24, 2010)
After installing hundreds of solar panels on the roof of its manufacturing plant, Snake Tray has gone off the grid.
Cable entry device protects against abrasion
(Aug 20, 2010)
The CED130 also provides cable management, organization and aesthetic appeal.
AV floor box features 2" knockouts for power, voice, data, AV connections
(Aug 19, 2010)
New from Thomas & Betts, the Steel City 665-AV2 floor box features two-inch knockouts that enable pre-terminated audio visual cables and connectors to be pulled through two-inch conduit.
SAP Americas HQ achieves LEED Platinum certification
(Aug 17, 2010)
The 200,000-square-foot building is currently the largest LEED Platinum-certified facility in the State of Pennsylvania.
Burndy expands Narrow Tongue connector offering
(Aug 13, 2010)
Connectors are marked with wire size, die index, and color coded bands to show correct number and location of crimps for proper installation.
The Cabling Blog
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
Another materials supplier raises prices for cable manufacturers
Today Dow Wire and Cable announced price increases on several cable-manufacturing compounds. The increases will take effect October 1 and affect Dow's customers in North and South America.Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) based specialty compounds,...
FEP supply situation - Let's blame China
For several years China's ravenous consumption rate of just about everything has made an impact on supply-and-demand levels of, well, just about everything. In the past we have reported about the price of copper being affected by China's consumption of...
Is a TIA Cat 7 standard on the horizon?
A source with connections to the Telecommunications Industry Association's TR-42 Engineering Committee says that sometime next year, the group may take up an issue it has long tabled - the development of specifications for Category 7 twisted-pair cabling...
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