wiredInUSA March 2018

Indoor fiber safety

or apartments to allow for future fiber upgrades.

Emtelle has launched a new product to meet the latest indoor fire regulations.

Based on the QWKconnect pre- connectorized fiber microduct system, the new QWKconnect MDU is manufactured from low fire hazard (LFH) material, making it suitable for indoor use and giving excellent performance in a fire situation. The QWKconnect MDU uses QWKlink fiber fromthe Emtelle FibreFlowbrand, but comes pre-installed in an LFH microduct with the benefit of pre-installed fiber connectors on both ends, eliminating the need to splice or blow fibers for FTTX drop applications. The QWKconnect MDU fiber’s 1.1mm diameter reduces the cost and complexity of installation. “QWKconnect MDU allows us to offer our customers the most up-to-date technology in terms of both cost efficiency and industry regulations,” saidScottModha, international business development manager at Emtelle. “Our popular QWKconnect is proven in the benefits it offers to our customers and now we can offer an extra dimension to this through the fully LFH, versatile QWKconnect MDU for internal use.”

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“There is no other product on the market which provides such savings for an internal or ducted FTTH drop solution when quality needs to be high and installation needs to be cost effective, simple and reliable. You simply ‘fit and forget’,” said Emtelle’s technical engineer, Mark Graham. Tunnel-safety vision Ellis’s Centaur cable saddles have been installed to secure two separate high voltage cables in a power tunnel in the West Flemish region of Belgium. The Stevin project, which will feed the Belgian interior with wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy generated in a coastal region of the country, is being undertaken by Belgium’s electricity transmission system operator, Elia. Power is carried through the

The product also gives a future-proof, dedicated microduct pathway to premises

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