Cables and Cable Management
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Power Cables - Powering ahead with change
The cables sector which provides the main electrical supply is undergoing a series of changes with revised standards, new installation approaches and even new elements in the make-up of the cables themselves. Here, Dr Jeremy Hodge, Chief Executive of the British Approvals Service for Cables, assesses the shifting issues 
Power Cables - Cable glands: slipping through the safety net
Largely regarded as an everyday consumable for electrical contractors, you could be forgiven for choosing price over quality when it comes to cable glands. How different could one gland possibly be from another? The answer is dangerously different. With cheap, substandard imports flooding the market and no industry body regulating
Cabling - LSHF: Seeing through the smoke
With the increasing demand for ‘safe' buildings, more attention is being paid to the types of cables being installed, and the potential risks in the event of fire. It is now recognised that smoke and poisonous fumes are often a far greater risk to life and property than the fire
PADS approved MV power cable
Eland Cables has recently been PADS listed as a UK approved supplier to Network Rail infrastructure for MV Power cable. This follows its approval earlier in the year for bare conductor and its listing as a UK Network Rail approved supplier for PVC and LSZH sheathed screening conductor cable.
Eland Cables awarded ISO 14001 Environmental Certification
Eland Cables has achieved ISO 14001 accreditation, illustrating its current and future commitment to minimising environmental impact. The ISO 14001 international standard provides both a model for streamlining environmental management and guidelines to ensure environmental issues are considered within decision making practices.
Safety, Fire & Security - Selection is everything in fire performance
In a competitive market, mistakes can be costly. Pressure from time and resource constraints has never been greater, especially in the field of fire performance cables where increasing legislation can be confusing. Here, Graham Turner of AEI Cables examines the issues and focuses on the decision making process
First GigE cable for energy chains
At the last "Vision" trade show, GigE (Gigabit Ethernet) - as an alternative to FireWire, USB, and CameraLink - was referred to as the new future standard. The first camera manufacturers have already presented camera specific cables for the consumer market. However, the industrial market for visual automation demands that
New control cable family for the machine tool industry
Energy Chain and accessory expert igus have presented a new family of control cables at the Hanover Fair for use in energy chains across the machine tool industry. The oil-resistant "Chainflex" cables CF77 and CF78 have been developed for dynamic applications with high cycle rates under high loads.