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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2009 59
Yangzhou Qunye Electrical
Machinery Factory has developed
and produced machine spools for
cable and lines for twenty years.
The company’s main products
include the PND series double line
high speed spools, the PN series
punching-type machine spools,
plastic spools and spool tools
produced to conform with national
and international standards,
certificated by ISO 9001, 2000.
Non-standard products are available
to customer specification.
Yangzhou Qunye Electrical
Machinery Factory – China
Fax: +86 514 738 3456
Email:
Website:
Draka Communications has launched a
Cat.6 cable containing a copper core
and four optical fibres that are integrated
into the outer diameter of the cable. A
new Cat.7 hybrid cable is also available.
Originally designed for the Scandinavian
FTTH market, the new cable core
consists of a U/UTP Cat.6 design with
an additional slot. Within the fifth slot is
a 1.8mm thick fibre optic cable with four
BendBright-XS fibres.
When upgrading to FTTH connectivity, a
ripcord allows the fibre component to be
easily detached from the copper data
cable to be mounted into a patch panel
or a termination box.
Optionally, the new cable is also
available with respective connectors or
termination boxes already assembled.
Many telecommunication companies are
investing in new FTTH networks that will
eventually lead to a growing need for
fibre optic cables within buildings.
Scandinavia has passed the first
regulation stipulating that within new
buildings, or for renovated residential
buildings, a fibre optic termination is
obligatory.
Cable solutions for high-end applications
used in other European markets such as
Cat.7 S/FTP are also part of Draka’s
product range. The other new cable core
consists of a proven Cat.7 S/FTP design
of the Draka Universal Cabling (UC)
brand. In addition to the four pairs, the
fibre optic cable in this case is the
central element.
To meet the demand for reduced
bending radii in the closer confines of
buildings, only single-mode Draka fibres
complying with ITU-T standard G.657.B
are applied. They are fully backward
compatible with existing fibres com-
plying with ITU-T G.652.D as currently
used in many FTTH installations, with
much higher bend-insensitivity.
Draka Holdings NV –
The Netherlands
Fax: +31 2056 89899
Email:
Website:
Reels and spools Combined copper and optical
fibre in a single cable
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