15 October 2018

Patching work on enclosures is eight times faster with a new cable organiser, says Rittal.

Its Network Cable Organiser (NCO), measuring 482.6mm (19 inches), occupies 1U and contains 24 CAT 6, Class E patch cables or fibre-optic cables, each 1.6m long (sufficient for 23U).

It is, says Rittal, a modular sheet metal unit comprising individual cassettes, each with an integrated pulley which allows surplus cable to be drawn in automatically. As a result says the company, each cable is available in the perfect length, eliminating the need for stock.

As well as an overview of what is connected where, Rittal cites these benefits: more efficient airflow cooling because excess cable is contained; requires 1U per switch; cable management panels are not needed; flat cables save two-thirds of space; tool-free mounting; and ideal for retrofitting into 800 mm racks Rittal says that the NCO can either be fitted with a cassette with a Cat6 patch cable or a fibre-optic patch cable and all but eliminates the need for documentation

All switch ports are physically assigned to a cassette which, it is claimed, enables an engineer to replace a switch in three minutes without documentation.