Friday, June 8, 2012

Fiber Optics used in Harsh Environments

Optical Cable Corporation’s (OCC®) provides fiber optic products for (the most extreme) harsh environments.

“Networks in the oil and gas industry must contend with incredibly harsh physical and environmental conditions that you just don’t find in many other environments,” says Rick Hobbs, Director of Business Development. “OCC’s fiber optic cables and connectivity components allow systems to continue to run and data to transfer in environments where other systems fail.” Some of their products include:

•    Harsh environment connectors MHC® II, EZ-Mate, M83526, F-Link and R-Jack
•    DX, BX, HD & HC cable series
•    Fibreguard and ZDMB6B enclosures
•    MARS™ Reels and cartridge systems

“OCC’s experience in engineering and manufacturing fiber optic cables, connectors and enclosures designed for the toughest environments means that our products deliver exceptional performance on or off the rig,” concludes Hobbs.


 
The OCC EZ-MATE™ family of hermaphroditic-style fiber optic connectors provides the most comprehensive solution to fiber inter-connect in harsh, deployable or mobilized communications systems. The EZ-MATE family of fiber optic deployable inter-connect provides end users with the same proven technology used in advanced military communication systems, but with simplified (EZ-MATE) mating interfaces capable of “blind mate” and/or applications that require thousands of mating cycles.

In addition to the EZ-MATE user-friendly interface, the connector system is designed to resist extreme harsh mechanical and environmental conditions including high vibration, mechanical and thermal shock, and fluid immersion and will continue to operate under extreme tension loading (with use of OCC tactical cable).

Integrators can select from four different families (channel counts), which allows end users maximum flexibility when selecting the correct channel count for the application. Each of the four families features a diverse set of receptacle configurations designed to solve almost any panel or enclosure application.

Why Hermaphroditic Connectors?

Hermaphroditic connectors are designed for quick deployment and gender-independent connectivity, allowing the end user to unreel fiber cable without regard for male or female ends. The hermaphroditic design enables the transmission path to maintain polarity even with multiple cable segments daisy-chained together to extend the distance of the deployable system.

Applications
• Ship-to-Shore Communications Umbilical Connect
• Mobile Emergency Telecommunications Stations
• Mobile Tactical Shelters
• United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Military Tactical Deployments
• Mobile or Remote Broadcast
• Oil and Gas Industries(Brass and Stainless Steel material options)

Company Web-site:   www.occfiber.com




No comments:

Post a Comment