wiredInUSA March 2019

New cables meet latest protocol

Submarine network for Sunshine Coast

CC-Link IE protocol guarantees high speed, and is compatible with the IEEE Ethernet standard. Leoni has been certified by the CLPA (CC-Link Partner Association) for two new CC-Link IE field cables. These cables guarantee high speeds at the field level and support all key network protocols with respect to Industry 4.0. The CC-Link IE cables are for the industrial Ethernet versions of the CC-Link fieldbus, and the only protocol to date that provides gigabit bandwidth as an open network. Large data volumes can be transmitted at high speed. The cables are constructed in the same way as Profinet cables in their respective categories (category 5e and category 6A). Fitted with four twisted pairs and a PVC outer jacket, the cables are flexible and flame-retardant in compliance with IEC 60332-1-2. CLPA certification was carried out at Leoni’s facility in Changzhou, China, where a CLPA delegation presented the product test certificates in an official ceremony. Certification ceremony in Changzhou - Leoni AG

The Sunshine Coast Council in Australia has announced that construction is under way on its submarine cable landing station, a major land-based facility for the Sunshine Coast International Broadband Submarine Cable network. The cable landing station will help deliver data and telecommunications connection to Asia from the east coast of Australia, via an undersea fiber optic cable. The landing station is part of an international cable network part-funded by the Queensland government’s Jobs and Regional Growth Fund and the Sunshine Coast Council. RTI Connectivity is building a 9,700km submarine cable, between Japan, Guam and Australia (JGA), and a 550km branch to connect the JGA cable to the new landing station at Maroochydore.

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