From the roll: The flame-retardant, lightweight Draka UCHome fibre idrop 250 drag & blow

With the Draka UCHome fibre idrop 250 drag & blow BBXS LSZH-FR B2ca, the Multimedia Solutions BU (MMS) of the Prysmian Group is launching a new central core cable. MMS has wound the new addition onto reels. Network technicians can install the extremely flexible fibre optic cable with aramid roving and FireRes® jacket using blow-in technology or lay it as usual. The highly ... Read more

More safety through prevention: fire protection in railway tunnels

Fire-resistant cables and lines make an important contribution to fire safety in railway tunnels. Since the consequences of tunnel fires can be devastating, preventive fire protection measures play an essential role in tunnel construction. This is the subject of our article "Cables as preventive fire protection", published in "EI - DER EISENBAHNINGENIEUR" Fire-resistant cables and conduits Statistically, railways are among the safest ... Read more

Copper cable, buried cable or twisted pair cable? Keeping an overview in the cable jungle

Whether it is patch cable, buried cable or twisted pair cable - in all these cases it can be copper data cable, but not everyone necessarily is.

Depending on the area of application and industry, different terms have become established in linguistic jargon for the same type of cable. What the electrician may more often call installation cable, some manufacturers call copper data cable. We would like to untangle the cable jumble and shed some light on the subject. What is behind the individual terms? How are they categorised? At the core is ... Read more

The new Draka R01 and R02 fire protection cables

The Multimedia Solutions (MMS) BU of the Prysmian Group is expanding its UCFIBRE product family with two more fire-resistant fibre optic data cables Draka R01 and R02. They are suitable for universal use, both indoors for building cabling and for demanding outdoor applications. The two central tube cables each consist of 2 up to 24 glass fibres and a FireRes® jacket. Both ... Read more

Single Pair Ethernet - Technology for the Future

The Industrial Internet of Things is increasingly determining the processes of numerous industries. Single Pair Ethernet forms the future-oriented data infrastructure for this. More than 32 leading technology companies have joined forces in the SPE System Alliance to establish SPE on the market. Together we drive the technology forward and benefit from the strengths of our partners. Learn more about SPE and ... Readmore

Wiring in the home: Draka in conversation with "Living Spaces

The use of intelligent technology in one's own four walls is steadily increasing and smart homes are becoming more and more popular. In an interview with our partner "Lebensräume", Olaf Baxmann, Area Sales Manager Northern Germany of the BU MMS/Prysmian Group for Draka-Kabel, provides basic information on the topic of data and network technology for a future-proof residential building structure. What do we need in order to achieve the best possible performance ... Read more

Currently in the Lanline: "PoE conquers building technology".

Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) infrastructures are well on their way to becoming a dominant technology. They combine data communication and power supply via a single Ethernet cable. Among PoE applications, smart lighting solutions in particular are becoming more and more common. Here, Cat.7A, Cat.8.2 and Cat.7 long reach cables in AWG22 from Draka can offer maximum PoE efficiency. In the current issue of LANline, Zoran Borcic, Product Manager ... Read more

Congratulations to "Living Spaces" for the SmartHome Germany Award 2021

Our official partner "Lebensräume" has won 1st place in the SmartHome Awards Germany 2021 in the category "Best Product" for its "Smart Home Configurator". We would like to offer our warmest congratulations. As a supplier of the associated smart home cables, we are delighted to be part of the award.The prize is well-deserved. Because the online "Living Spaces" configurator makes the planning of an individual Smart Home ... Read more

Connect Com AG relies on Draka data cables

Connect Com AG has implemented the cabling of its new company building in Rothenburg near Lucerne with Draka copper and fibre optic cables. Part of the company's internal cabling solution are the UC1500 SS22 and UC900 SS23 copper cable models as well as the fibre optic cables of the microduct Sirocco High Density (HD) cable series. The high availability, fast data transmission and their fail-safety as well as fire safety and packing density of the ... Read more

New web catalogue for Draka cables

Data cable new web catalogue

The new web catalogue of the Multimedia Solutions BU (MMS) of the Prysmian Group is now online at https://www.draka-cable.com/anwendungen/. By simply clicking on the respective product category of copper, fibre optic and industrial data cables as well as home cabling, studio and ship cables, users can access a detailed overview of the individual cable models. Innovative filter, search and comparison functions make it easy to quickly find cables and additional information. The ... Read more