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and in the future. The study features
in-depth profiles of more than 25 key industry
players and case studies of more than 30
notable high-voltage submarine cable
projects. Market forecasts are provided
for submarine cable projects up to 2021,
segmented by world region and including
three different growth scenarios.
Full report and ordering details are
available on the Reportlinker.com website.
Tornado jobs boost
A wire fencing manufacturer in the UK
has invested £1 million in machinery and
employed seven new members of staff
as part of plans to launch its new fencing,
Torus, a high-pressure bonded knot fencing
with the strength to withstand the most
extreme environments.
Tornado Wire, which employs 75 people,
develops fencing products for the
agricultural, equestrian and industrial
markets and was the first company to
manufacture high tensile fencing in the UK.
Kenny Campbell, managing director at
Tornado Wire, said: “Tornado Wire is a
progressive business that is always looking
at ways to innovate.
“It is a testament to the company that,
even as the economy continues to flatline,
we are in a strong position to create new
jobs and further our program of investment
into new products like Torus.”
Wire mesh cable support
Chatsworth Products Inc (CPI) has launched
its OnTrac™ wire mesh cable tray system
for supporting and distributing network
cabling.
By creating point-to-point pathways for
network cables, CPI’s OnTrac system
provides a pathway solution for large
quantities of cables to equipment
cabinets and racks in data centers,
equipment rooms and office spaces. Highly
flexible, OnTrac can be positioned above
drop ceilings, under access floors, against
walls or to the tops of racks and cabinets,
and can be cut and formed to create
smooth curved transitions around building
structures and obstacles.
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All fiber links have a margin for additional
attenuation, but this can result in a weak
spot when it comes to early fiber issues and
detection. The Lanode range addresses this
and other optical monitoring issues.
The OM1 optical power meter constantly
monitors the optical power level in a live
optical network. It is inserted between the
link receiver, or the input of a WDM system,
and the dark fiber.
The OM2 optical spectrum analyzer is used
to measure and visualize the wavelength
within a DWDM cable, and may generate
network alarms depending on a number
of wavelength related issues. The OM2 is
used in combination with the OM3 optical
tap coupler module. The passive coupler is
inserted into the data path and extracts 1
percent of the light to its monitor port.
The FM100 fiber monitor is a real-time
optical fiber network monitoring and testing
system, able to detect fiber damages, fiber
cuts and fiber degradation over time.
The system performs active (live) fiber
monitoring by using a WDM coupler to
separate measurement data from live data
traffic.
Finally, the LP1 line protection constantly
monitors the optical power levels of two
separate fiber optic cables. When the
power levels drop below a user-defined
threshold the internal optical switch
re-routes the data to the alternative back-
up fiber.
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This Pike Research report provides a
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supply chain dynamics, both currently