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EuroWire – March 2011 17
corporatenews
Draka Communications has completed
installation of an advanced fibre backbone
for the Rotterdam Exchange and World
Trade Centre, using its RiserNetXS
solution.
Designed for internationally operating
entrepreneurs, the original Exchange
WTC building dating back to the
mid-1930s was extended with a stylish
elliptical shaped tower in 1987. The 93m
high tower with its 25 floors and six
elevators is now fully equipped for the
future with a ready-to-connect backbone
of fibres for ultra-fast broadband
communications.
Draka engineered the RiserNetXS
technique to ease the task of modernising
older generation mid and high rise
buildings requiring dense concentrations
of broadband access points. The Draka
solution consists of a cable with a slim,
tough, flame retardant outer sheath and
dielectric reinforcement, housing flexible
micro-modules each with six Draka
BendBrightXS optical fibres. These internal
fibres are colour coded to facilitate
installation on each floor. This design
provides enhanced strain resistance
without compromising the benefits of
simple, direct, field termination.
A special feature of these indoor riser
cables is the optical fibre breakout unit
system that allows for fibre micro-module
retractions of up to 20m. The solution
makes use of window cuts along the cable
allowing individual fibre modules to be
cut and pulled back through an earlier
window on another floor level.
Colour identified fibres are then easily
pushed through separate microducts on
the new floor, ready to be brought to a
termination or distribution point within
the customer premises. The use of flexible
micro-modules provides easier storage,
faster installation and access to the fibres
without the need for special tools.
Draka BendBrightXS fibres are a key part
of this solution – they have the flexibility
to be pushed, pulled, bent, branched
and handled in ways that allow easy
manipulation for installation, without
degrading the transmission signal.
With ultra bend-insensitive fibres
making their way into some of the most
demanding Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU)
environments, these modern fibre
solutions offer an excellent ratio between
cost and bend loss performance.
Draka Holding NV – Netherlands
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Draka completes fibre
backbone in centre