METZ CONNECT News

The world of office and industrial cabling is growing ever closer. While the Ethernet used to be the standard for data and voice transmission only in office environments in the past, it is now increasingly used for industrial applications. For this, the cULus listing is increasingly required.

METZ CONNECT has been offering fiber optic outdoor cables by the meter since August. Outside cables, like the well-known universal cables, are available as gel-filled loose tube cables with 1x4, 1x12, 1x24 and 4x12 fibers. As with all METZ CONNECT cables, the fiber types OS2, OM3 and OM4 are insensitive to bending.

Industry 4.0 is already a reality in many areas. The basic prerequisite for this is digital device data. They form the basis for consistent and virtual engineering. Tomorrow's designer can access standardized and fully digitized device data from METZ CONNECT for his entire value chain, i.e. from product creation to production. With the high-quality and refined EPLAN article data, design and manufacture of the control cabinet can save up to 30 % in costs.

The twisted pair/copper cabling and RJ45 connectors are continuing to gain attractiveness

In many buildings, similar to private residential buildings, it appears that less network cabling based on twisted- pair installation cables and RJ45 connectors is required. The connection for conventional network devices for only a data transmission is either conducted by a wireless network or replaced by fibre optic cabling. On the other hand, there are numerous current and future applications that make copper cabling indispensable through the ability to simultaneously transmit data and power. Last but not least, the Wireless Access Point (WAP) itself needs a connection to the network in order to cover the range of mobile end devices in all areas, provide the full performance and be supplied with power via Power over Ethernet (PoE) at the same time.