EoW November 2013

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New cables for tough conditions

Cable manufacturer and supplier Tratos Ltd has launched a series of cables specially designed to supply electricity to machines operating in tough drilling and underground environments across the world, including open-pit mining, tunnelling and mineshafts. Manufactured to withstand the kind of extreme conditions common in mining applications, the MTO® cables are resistant to extreme temperatures, sunlight, water, chemicals, oil and abrasion, and are available in voltages ranging from 600V up to 35kV. Tratos was recently commissioned by industrial company Takraf, a leading manufacturer of heavy surface mining and transportation equipment, to supply this top quality cable for use in an opencast mining site in Kosovo. Tratos manufactured and delivered two lengths of 2,100m MTO® console-cable reel for use on opencast mining excavators, and since its installation the cable has performed to an exceptional level. Reliable performance is synonymous with the Tratos name and the new mining and tunnelling cables are no different, being RoHS compliant and quality approved by numerous industry bodies worldwide. Due to specialist requirements, the new cables have been built to adhere to worldwide standards including AS/NZS, VDE, BS, UL, CSA, MSHA and OSHA. MTO® cables are also suitable for a variety of other applications such as loading and unloading trains and ships, and have been performing consistently in these areas since their launch. Tratos – Italy Website : www.tratos.eu

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▲ ▲ MTO cables – resistant to extreme temperatures

Cleaning up the data centres Fujikura Europe Ltd has launched its new One-Click™ Cleaner MPO designed specifically for cleaning MPO/MTP connectors and adapter mounted MPO/MTP connectors which are widely used in data centres and also in some telco operated infrastructure. The new product cleans MPO/MTP connector end-faces which have been exposed to loose contaminants, such as dirt and oil from an installers fingers. With just one simple action it is able to clean a variety of fibre counts up to 48 fibre MPO/MTP end faces and is capable of providing over 500 cleans per unit. The One-Click™ Cleaner MPO, is now included within a range of tools which are designed and built to clean an array of network connections. It has also been produced to be more ergonomic than the previous design of MPO cleaning tools by Fujikura, and is able to effectively remove contaminants to the same high standard. The cleaner is compliant with the EU/95/2002/EC directive (RoHS) since it is made of environmentally friendly materials. An adapter/dust cap is also supplied with the product for cleaning MPO/MTP connector plugs as well as the connectors themselves. Fujikura Europe Ltd – UK Website : www.fujikura.co.uk

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