TE Connectivity introduces its Raychem Cat 7 cables. Designed for harsh military marine and defense applications, these ruggedized cables include features that optimize performance under tough conditions. TE’s Cat 7 cables support speeds up to 10Gb/s over four jacketed, individually-shielded and twisted pairs. Utilizing the material sciences expertise developed by Raychem, TE is able to […]
Reliable in wind, waves, and weather: DNV GL certified cables for e-chains
Energy chains used in the maritime industry have special requirements for safe energy and data transmission, and igus, Providence, R.I., is the only manufacturer to develop, test and certify cables in accordance with DNV GL for use in that particular field. Customers for gas production facilities, oil rigs, wind farms, port facilities and ship cranes […]
How do you specify underwater cable systems?
Underwater cables used in vision systems, sonar and tracking, power and control, sewer pipes and wells, geophysical applications are subject to a variety of environmental influences that can cause damage and failure. Cables operating in these harsh environments should be able to resist cuts and abrasion, flames, oils, chemicals and UV rays, as well as […]
New umbilical and cable recovery tool uses hydraulics to grip and lift damaged cables
Webtool, a brand of Allspeeds Ltd. which specializes in emergency disconnect tools for offshore, military and aerospace applications, has launched a gripping and lifting tool for recovering subsea umbilical and cable for offshore oil and gas and decommissioning projects. The Cable Retrieval Tool (CRT200), developed in consultation with international certification body and classification society, DNVGL, allows […]
TE Connectivity provides snap-on pre-printed wire markers
TE Connectivity (TE) has launched its market-leading STD and STB snap-on pre-printed markers for wire and cable identification. The markers are ideally suited for projects in energy, such as power stations, oil refineries and offshore platforms, where maintenance technicians will need to identify individual wires and cables quickly and efficiently over the operating life of […]
TE Connectivity’s materials science breakthrough enables new protection for heat shrink tubing
TE Connectivity announces its INSTALITE ZH-150 sleeving, a lightweight high-temperature, zero-halogen heat-shrinkable Raychem tubing for mechanical and electrical protection. The tubing meets existing and future zero-halogen requirements for limited fire hazard protection across multiple platforms and environments. Military and marine systems require products capable of withstanding a variety of extreme conditions, including wide temperatures, abrasions […]
Turck’s extremelife-60 Cables are durable for cold, harsh environments
To answer the need for cables that can withstand the harshest cold-weather environments imaginable, Turck, Plymouth, Minn., announces a new platform cable offering, extremelife-60. Designed with a specially engineered proprietary cable jacket material, these cables remain flexible enough to work down to -40°C, and carry UL -60°C cold bend and UL/CSA -40°C cold impact listings, […]
Flat flexible festoon cables for harsh environments
Cicoil’s Flat Festoon Cables are designed for some of the harshest environments known to mankind. Ideal in lateral traversing motion applications, such as overhead & gantry cranes, monorail hoists, car wash equipment, conveyors, telescoping jetways, and material handling systems, these UV resistant cables are an excellent alternative to Neoprene and PVC jacketed flat cables that […]
Wire and cable manufacturer continues growth globally
After a two-hour visit to TPC Wire & Cable in Macedonia, Ohio, I learned that this local supplier of high-end cables and cable assemblies is considered by some of its customers as the Apple of the cable world. Why? Because when you visit the company’s facility, you learn that TPC specializes in engineering and design, […]
TE Connectivity highlights shipboard cables
TE Connectivity (TE) is featuring its end-to-end connectivity solutions designed for topside and down-hole harsh environment applications at the Oceanology International 2014, Booth # L350, March 11-13, at the ExCel Center in London. Among the subsea solutions on display will be the latest innovations from TE’s Raychem and Rochester product families. They include the following: […]
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