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wiredInUSA - August 2016
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Data center system
Panduit has launched its HD Flex 2.0
fiber cabling system specifically for
high-performance data centers.
The latest addition to its fire solutions
portfolio has been designed for ease of
integration with fiber infrastructure by
accommodating fiber cassettes and fiber
adapter panels (FAPs) with different port
counts within the same enclosure and
panel.
The 6-port or 12-port cassettes and
FAPs can be deployed in virtually any
combination to achieve up to 144-fibers
(LC) or 864-fibers (MPO) per rack unit. This
solution enables port migration from 10G
to 25/40/50/100G in the same RU space
without replacing existing fibers.
Marc Naese, senior vice president of
Panduit’s data center business unit, said:
“Today’s IT managers are increasingly
tasked with providing higher data speeds
while controlling costs by maximizing return
on assets.
“Panduit’s HD Flex fiber cabling system
achieves both. It is designed for optimum
serviceability
and
manageability,
providing the scalability to increase density
as business demands evolve.”
Stephen Morris, senior product manager
at Panduit EMEA, DC Connectivity
Solutions stated: “HD Flex 2.0 provides DC
managers with new options to provision
for future higher bandwidth migration
paths, logically replicate switch/server
ports, scale the network, increase speed of
deployment and maximize up-time.”
Standout printing
Linx Printing Technologies has developed
a white cable ink for the cable and wire
market, offering excellent adhesion to all
types of polyethylene (PE) while providing
effective standout on darker products.
The many different varieties of PE create
a challenge for printing inks and, typically,
in order for them to adhere to the
material and avoid removal by rubbing or
scratching, initial treatment of the surface
is required. Treatment can be by methods
such as heat, corona or plasma, which
raises the surface polarity and improves
adhesion, but this requires an additional
process on the production line which is
often not appropriate or convenient.
Linx’s 1320 ink formulation eliminates this
requirement and is able to deliver a clear
code that is difficult to remove and also
withstands transference during cable
winding applications.
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Panduit has launched the HD Flex 2.0 fiber cabling system
for high-performance data centers