Labelling telecom cables makes life easier
January 2014
Enclosures, Cabling & Connectors
Twisted and tangled cables are a nightmare for those responsible for identifying, maintaining and installing telecom system components such as horizontal links, backbone cables, faceplates, outlets and termination hardware. Though largely invisible to the average person, in a building these cables connect telephones, alarms, servers, computers and video images.
Shrink tubes and colour-coded self-laminating wire wraps from industrial printer manufacturer, K-Sun, are the solution to marking and identifying wires and cables. The shrink tubes are made from polyolefin, a specially formulated cross-linked material with high flexibility, low recovery temperature, 3:1 shrink ratio, thin walls and high flame resistance. They provide a permanent label that tightly adheres to the wire. Portable or desktop K-Sun printers make it easy to create clear identifying information using text, numbers and graphics. Users slip the shrink tube over the end of a cable or wire using a heat gun to shrink the tube. The result is a tight fitting, permanent label. There are no adhesives that might fail or tags that can get pulled off. The thin wall makes the shrink tube pliable and it can flex along with whatever it encases.
While shrink tubes can only be applied before a wire is terminated, self-laminating wire wraps are ideal for labelling wires that are terminated. Labels wrap around wires as narrow as 1,95 mm. A clear tail that wraps over the printed portion of the label provides long-lasting protection.
For more information contact Gavin Pletschke, Aspercon, +27 (0)11 918 8340, [email protected], www.aspercon.co.za
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