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video and data applications in marine and
offshore environments.
With the required low smoke, zero halogen
(LSZH) construction, the Gepco brand ABS
cables are available in a wide variety of
cable types to cover applications such
as data or power control, microphone
or line level balanced audio, general
purpose audio, speaker, communications,
digital audio, high definition and standard
definition serial digital video, high resolution
analog video, broadband and baseband
analog video, networking, wireless systems,
VSAT, CCTV, security cameras and general
distribution.
Joe Zajac, sales and applications engineer
for Gepco brand products, commented:
“While designed for marine environments,
Gepco brand ABS shipboard cables are
manufactured with the same precision and
offer the same performance and features
as traditional Gepco brand cables such as
TactiCel™ strong cell technology for coax
cables and easy-strip foil shields for audio
cables.”
Pneumatic crimping
Fabco-Air's newly released 300 series power
crimping tools are said to offer high force
crimping with reliable precision, powered
by force-multiplying air cylinders.
Quick change jaws reduce set-up time
and can perform numerous manufacturing
functionswhileimprovingtheproductquality
and increasing productivity. Hand-held
and bench models are available to splice
wire rope and cable, crimp electrical parts,
swage mechanical fasteners or clamp and
hold assemblies.
Glass-sealed, fiber optic feed thru
Ametek SCP, a specialist in underwater
cable and connector solutions for military
and
commercial
applications,
has
developed the technology to produce a
glass-sealed fiber optic feed thru (FOFT) for
extreme high pressure, high temperature
applications.
Ametek developed the FOFT to meet the
harsh environments encountered during