Structured cabling specifications ensure you purchase and install the right product for every job. Most significant installations of structured cabling begin with written specifications for each ...

Many electricians have broadened their work model in recent years to include coaxial and Ethernet wiring for communications and data networks. This is usually seen as a good move, given the fact that ...

Plastic optical fiber cables present growth opportunities in automotive, industrial, and smart infrastructure sectors due to ...

Fiber optics is a branch of optical technology that is concerned with the transmission of data as light impulses along a thin flexible glass or plastic fiber. There are two basic types of optical ...

The following terms were defined with the assistance of Panduit Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wiring and network cabling products and Jeff Hecht, noted optical networking consultant and ...

Sumitomo Electric Industries has developed a multi-core optical fiber (MCF) including 8 cores within in the standard 125-μm cladding suitable for optical interconnects, and realized an ...

A new type of optical fiber filled with nothing but thin air has been found to be particularly effective for carrying out quantum key distribution (QKD), a security protocol that is in principle ...

Failures can occur in the electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers that control, protect and isolate electrical equipment in electrical power systems, also known as switchgear. When a ...