RS Components has announced the extension its portfolio of high-quality fibre optic assemblies with the addition of 90 new products from Rosenberger.
Rosenberger provides innovative plug and cabling solutions across many sectors including telecommunications, data centres, broadcasting, building communication, industrial automation and Industry 4.0.
Industrial facilities are faced with a growing amount of data, enabled by increasing M2M communications. In a modern Industry 4.0 enabled factory, for example, information streams will come from many different sources, including quality checks via high-definition video, information from complex machine systems and mobile infotainment data. Rosenberger fibre-optic cable products offer the versatility and performance to handle these tasks.
The extensive Rosenberger portfolio offers a large variety of options including parallel optical link cable assemblies featuring a flame-retardant outer jacket and 50/125 μm OM3 fibres. The PreConnect high-density divider cable offers six channels with 12 fibres and is terminated with MTP to LC connectors. The range is ideal for use in communication cabling infrastructure applications in buildings such as offices and data centres where large amounts of data need to be transmitted quickly and securely.
The high-quality Rosenberger range conforms to ISO 9001:2008, as well as EN50173 and ISO/IEC11801 standards. It offers a variety of features including simplex and duplex communications channels; core diameters of E9/125 μm, 50/125 μm and 900 μm; fibre types including G652D, G657A, OM2, OM3 and OM4; and a range of cable length options up to 10 m.
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