EOW March 2014

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Easy-peel plenum and riser ribbon cables

entry, and faster fibre access through easy-peel ribbon technology. The patented Easy Split and Peel ribbon design, a key differentiating factor, eliminates the need for special tools, allowing the installer to peel back the ribbon quickly and easily by hand to expose the underlying colour-coded fibres. The exclusive ribbon design increases the speed with which the number of fibres can be either fusion spliced or terminated with MPO splice-on connectors for real-time and on-site cable builds. The ribbon cables test equally well with all splice-on connector types and all conventional industry standard connectors. Sumitomo Electric Lightwave – USA Website : www.sumitomoelectric.com

Sumitomo has introduced new, flexible, all-dielectric indoor-outdoor riser, indoor riser, and indoor plenum ribbon cables for faster installation, easier connectivity, and space saving, as required by high-density networks in the migration from 10Gb/s to 40 and 100Gb/s. The new cables expand the fourth level data centre and network solutions product line for its integrated, end-to-end optical fibre infrastructure product offerings. Prompted by the growing need to upgrade an existing data centre or network infrastructure quickly, efficiently and cost effectively with immediate scalability, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave designed the cables to allow for fast 12 fibre mass fusion splicing, quicker and easier cable Electric Lightwave

Reducing energy loss

Tata Steel subsidiary Cogent Power has unveiled a range of new electrical steel products designed to reduce electricity losses by 20 to 30 per cent, compared with conventional grain-orientated grades. The new products are being made at Cogent Power’s Orb works in South Wales, UK. Orb produces cold rolled grain-orientated electrical steel for electricity transformers. As global demand for electricity continues to grow, so does the requirement from the industry for products that enable electricity to be generated and transmitted more efficiently. The new grades – M080-23DR, M085-23DR, M090-27DR and M095-27DR – enable the production of highly efficient steel cores housed within the transformers used in energy transmission networks. Stuart Wilkie, managing director of Cogent Power, said: “These new high-grade products will make a significant contribution to the preservation of natural resources by reducing the energy lost in the generation and transmission of electricity. They benefit our customers and the whole of society.” The launch of the new grades follows the integration in 2011 of Tata Steel’s electrical steels production route. The Orb plant receives hot rolled coil from the company’s steelworks at IJmuiden in the Netherlands. Cogent Power – UK Website : www.cogent-power.co.uk

New design for inspection system

cracks are not 100 per cent detectable by common top-view or side-view CCD. Ching Chan explains that by applying the wheel crack inspection system, indications or cracks at head side or flange rim will be reflected on the cone mirror, and identified as non-conforming by the software. Defects on zinc plating surfaces can also be detected using this CCM system. Ching Chan Optical Technology Co Ltd – Taiwan Website : www.ccm3s.com

Ching Chan Optical Technology Co Ltd, a manufacturer of fastener sorting machines for fasteners that recently celebrated its 20 th anniversary, has launched an improved design for its wheel crack inspection system. The CCM wheel crack (also known as head open crack) inspection system is patented in Germany, China and Taiwan, and is capable of inspecting screw head open cracks caused by the wiring process or during the moulding process.

Ching Chan says that these types of

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