WCA September 2007

Industry news

Cables get the seal of approval

Safety is the name of the game for FS Cables, the official distributor of the Draka Firetuf range of data and coax cables, which have passed the requirements of LUL standard 2-01001-002. The LUL engineering standard is both stringent in its testing and internationally recognised as a benchmark for fire safety. The LUL standard comprises tests for flammability to BS4066: Part 3, smoke emission to BS EN 50268 and toxic fume emissions. In addition, both cables have been tested for and met fire resistance BS EN 50200:2000 and BS8434-2:2003 and achieved the required performance of class PH120 and 120 minutes survival time when tested to BS8434-2 for FR enhanced cables. The results demonstrate the Draka Firetuf data and coax cables ability for continued functionality in the event of fire and ‘rubber stamps’ them as the ideal cables for digital signalling and CCTV in tunnel and train station applications. The Firetuf data range has also proved to be the cables of choice in many

Ideal cables in tunnel and train station applications m

public buildings for BMS applications and critical communication systems where mass emergency evacuation is required. The low smoke Halogen free materials, combined with the highest level of fire

resistance, provide unrivalled safety performance.

FS Cables – UK Fax : +44 1727 824825 Email : info@fscables.com Website : www.fscables.com New committee chairman

Rosendahl and Nextrom at l Interwire

Karel Helsen has been elected as chairman of the new Deployment and Operations committee of the Brussels- based Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council. This newly created committee now combines the former Infrastructure and Architecture committees while adding an economics dimension that includes capital and operating expenditure models for active and passive technology, case studies and the evolution of FTTH technology deployment. Karel Helsen is currently director of marketing for Amsterdam-based optical fibre technology specialist Draka Comteq. Previously he was SVP Marketing and Sales for Global Crossing Europe, builder of the largest high performance optical broadband infrastructure in the world.

Rosendahl and Nextrom provide products and turnkey solutions in the fields of extrusion, SZ stranding, fibre optic, forming, welding and corrugation, combining leading-edge knowledge and state-of-the-art technology.

The companies attended Interwire in May 2007, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and reported good attendance and customer visits at their booth, with visitors from around the world, including from India and Korea. Several areas of interest were acknowledged, particularly in the field of hi-temp LAN applications, and SZ stranding and extrusion technology. Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 3113 5100 51 Email : office@rosendahlaustria.com Website : www.rosendahlaustria.com

Draka Comteq Optical Fibre – Netherlands Fax : +31 40 2923 866 Email : info@draka.com Website : www.draka.com

Turnkey solutions from Rosendahl and Nextrom m

Nextrom Oy – Finland Fax : +358 9 5025 3003 Email : info@nextrom.com Website : www.nextrom.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2007