Emtelle är stolta över att kunna presentera vårt nya team i Sverige

Hans Fredlund

Kommer från en anställning hos Eurolan där han har varit de sista 2,5 åren som KAM på telecom i hela Sverige.

Innan har han varit på Ericsson i Hudiksvall i 16år

Hans kommer att ta sig an Stockholm och Nord Sverige

Henrik Björk

Kommer från en anställning hos Elektroskandia som KAM på telecom i Sverige och har varit där i 8 år.

Henrik kommer att ta sig an Göteborg och den västra sidan av Sverige, samt Telia Skanova

Sammen med

Fredrik Pihl i Syd Sverige

Backoffice Elin Jönsson som sitter i Sønder Felding

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EMTELLE
DEFENDING EMTELLE’S INTELLECTUAL PROPOERTY
25TH APRIL 2016

Emtelle is aware of comments in a recent NASDAQ filing made with regards to a patent infringement dispute currently being considered by Stockholm District Court. On 26th January 2015 Emtelle and its licensee, Emtelle Scandinavia A/S, initiated proceedings in the Stockholm District Court requesting, amongst other things, that the court establish that Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems AB (“Hexatronic”): had infringed Emtelle’s patent; should no longer be allowed to use this design of fibre unit; and pay damages to compensate for losses resulting from the infringement.
In March 2015, Hexatronic, which claims that the patent is invalid and should be revoked, conceded that it did infringe the patent, although it subsequently sought to withdraw that admission. Emtelle contests that the patent is invalid, and has in the alternative proposed certain limitations of the patent. The District Court has not taken any position in relation to these limitations.
In the most recent development Hexatronic submitted a request to the District Court arguing that the infringement case should be deferred pending determination of the validity of Emtelle’s patent. On 1st April 2016 the District Court agreed with Emtelle that this request should be rejected and that the infringement case will proceed accordingly. Emtelle welcomes this development and looks forward to a satisfactory conclusion of the legal proceedings.

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Emtelle has just received the “Gold” accreditation from EcoVadis. This award ranks the CSR profile of Emtelle in the top tier of more than 20,000 companies who EcoVadis annually asses. Another example of how Emtelle’s Corporate Social Responsibility is rooted in their core business.

At the request of several customers, Emtelle has been assessed by EcoVadis for the company’s approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. EcoVadis is an international consulting firm that helps companies monitor the CSR profile of their suppliers, across 150 branches in 110 countries. It assesses their CSR profile from 21 CSR criteria and is divided into four themes: employment, fair business practices, sustainable procurement and the environment.

“We now have Emtelle´s CSR efforts put under scrutiny by an independent party and we are proud to be among the top of the assessed companies. CSR is a natural part of our core business – and EcoVadis’ assessment helps our customers to get evidence that Emtelle is a responsible business partner”

 John Bathgate, Quality Manager, Emtelle

For more information on Emtelle’s CSR efforts, visit http://www.emtelle.com/about-emtelle/emtelle-environmental-responsibility/

You can read more about EcoVadis and principles behind the evaluation here: http://www.ecovadis.com/

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Background

Since its original invention in the mid-1980s some degree of confusion has surrounded fibre or cable blowing and even the technique of cable pushing. In this article we attempt to clarify the different variations on the process, to differentiate between blowing fibre (units) and blowing cable, to look at the effects of pushing with blowing and to examine how the process can be optimised.

Researchers at British Telecom Research Laboratories in the UK during the early 1980s  discovered the phenomenon of ‘viscous drag’, the distributed force which creates minimal strain or compression since it acts along the whole length of the cable when a high speed, turbulent air flow is applied.  Previous installation methods, which push or pull the cable from one end lead to ‘locking forces’ around bends that can defeat conventional installations, especially where the routes are long or tortuous.

As the inventor, British Telecommunications, (BT), held the original patents on fibre blowing. BT’s ‘process’ patent used examples that were mainly very small cables, typically up to 2mm in diameter. However, the patent claims were not limited to this class of cable, and their patents were subsequently determined by the courts to cover the full range of cable blowing techniques where a non-parachute system is used. BT has actively asserted its patent rights and developed relationships with many industrial partners, however, with the master patents expiring by around 2004, blowing per se was opened up to all. Of course companies (including BT) have taken out product and improvement patents. Currently it is understood that a BT licence is only needed if their specific product and refinement patents are exploited and/or the licensee wants a know-how transfer.

Product Types

The original ‘blown products’ would today be classified as ‘fibre units’, not as cables as they did not contain any additional strength elements. The distinction between optical cables suitable for blowing (so called microduct optical fibre cables) and optical fibre units has been formalized by IEC and described in their publications IEC 60794-5-10 covering ‘Outdoor microduct optical fibre cable, microducts and protected microducts for installation by blowing’ and IEC 60794-5-20 covering ‘Outdoor microduct fibre unit, microducts and protected microducts for installation by blowing’.

Note that it is outdoor products that have been globally standardized, indoor ones have not due to the differing international fire standards. In practical terms, fibre units have to be kept in their covering microducts or in their relevant joints whilst microduct optical fibre cable can be stored outside of a closure or outside the microduct.  On the flip-side, MOFC’s are larger and heavier than fibre units so the user has a decision to make on functionality versus ease of use.

Get the scoop on the differences between Protected and uprotected microduct here

How to get the best from Blowing

The science of blowing is now well understood but the challenge has been to get cable providers, equipment makers and users to act on it! Let’s start with the more obvious points. So consider air pressure. What’s matters is not simply the air pressure at the start of the route, rather it’s the change in pressure with distance along the route; this is known as the ‘pressure gradient’. It can be compared with the voltage in an electric circuit; the voltage or potential difference drives the circuit in the same way that the pressure gradient drives a blown cable installation. We have a pressure gradient as high pressure (in the blowing head) decays to atmospheric pressure at the route end. So the magnitude of the pressure gradient depends on the pressure at the start of the route and the route length.

Sometimes users ask if a compressor’s air volume output is important. The answer is ‘yes’ and ‘no’. This is because if the required blowing head pressure can be maintained, there is one and only one air flow rate that exists for that duct and route. Again this situation is similar to electric circuits; voltage and circuit resistance give a single value of current; in blowing a pressure gradient and the duct/route give a single volume air flow. So users need to determine what head pressure they need to install their cables and the kind of ducts and routes they want to use – this will tell them what compressor air volume output they need.

“Now to the more interesting points. Do larger or smaller cables blow better, especially if they have the same weight – and let’s assume they are both equally stiff? The answer is that, everything else being equal, it’s the larger cable that installs better – at least up to a certain point where the cable diameter reaches around 80% of the microduct diameter. The upper limit is a practical value because beyond this point, bends, and microduct and cable tolerances can cause the cable to seize in the duct”.

So now we need to think about factors that are obstructing the cable installation. This is principally the friction between the cable and duct and the weight of the cable. Multiplying these two parameters together gives the force acting against the installation. So reducing both to the minimum assists blowing. Duct producers have led the way here but some cables, especially indoor ones still show high friction levels.

Finally, there is one factor that both help and hinder cable blowing. This is the issue of cable stiffness which arises because all ‘blown’ cables require some degree of pushing to get them to the point where the blowing force is high enough to take over. In a relatively straight route a high stiffness cable works better than a flexible cable, but in a route with many tight bends a more flexible cable works better. In the real world it’s not realistic for users to specify the stiffness they want depending on the routes that have to install. However cable providers could assist users by stating their cable’s stiffness so that predicted install capability can be predicted using blowing models.

What does the Future have in store?

Although cable blowing is now the predominant fibre installation method in many parts of the World there are still issues that can be improved. Firstly, cable jackets can be modified to increase the positive effects of viscous drag; this is especially true for indoor cables where the materials used to meet fire standards generally have high friction values. Secondly, there is a growing trend to make cables smaller – which as we’ve seen counts against installation ease – but if coupled with a significant weight reduction gives an overall improvement

Then of course there is the whole issue of blowing equipment that has the potential for automation and ease of use optimisation, but that is another story!

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Emtelle are proud to announce, that after an extensive assessment, the company has been awarded a recognised qualification from RISQS, meaning Emtelle are now ‘RISQS qualified”

Achieving this recognised qualification from RISQS -an industry owned supplier qualification scheme- allows Emtelle to be formally recognised as capable providers of products and services to the rail industry.

RISQS – a third party qualification assessment of a supplier’s capability to supply products and services – is the single entry point for suppliers to the rail industry. Buyers of products and services throughout the GB rail industry use RISQS as its supplier qualification service. This means RISQS supports companies such as Network Rail, Transport for London, passenger and freight operating companies, rolling stock organisations, main infrastructure contractors, and many other buying organisations, in the management of supply chain risk. RISQS organisation are managed by Achilles Group LTD, which increases the market reach between trading partners, by creating and managing, a global network of combined industry communities.

Emtelle highly regards their responsibility as a high quality product and service provider to the market place, and therefore, were happy to be thoroughly assessed by RISQS, to ensure the industry can easily recognise Emtelle as a competent supplier of high standard products within the rail industry. Such organisations can therefore be confident in using Emtelle’s products and services, knowing that the company qualifies with rail industry requirements.

“Emtelle has over 30 years of striving for excellence. The results of our RISQS assessment is further proof of this and is another step in us moving towards supplying our leading-edge solutions to the rail industry.”

Simon Wade, Sales Manager (Rail/FTTx), Emtelle UK Ltd

For more information on the products and services Emtelle provides, visit the rail sector section.

You can read more about RISQS and the principles behind the award here: http://www.risqs.org/

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As expected, 2016 has been an exciting year so far for Emtelle, and what a great way to introduce our brand new innovative and instantaneous products to the market through some of the leading worldwide exhibitions.

Key products introduced by Emtelle this year and have been showcased are:

Tube bundle with 7,12,19 or 24  X 4/2.1mm Microducts, reducing installation time, and maintenance cost.

No blowing required and adapted for low cost construction techniques such as narrow trenching or shallow depth burial.

Read more here

Allows for an unlimited variation of microducts to be contained within a tight sheath.

The microducts are free to move inside, allowing the whole tube bundle to be flexed , formed & manipulated into microtrenches.

Read more here

Ideal solution to use with Microtrenching

Read more here

Can be delivered on long lengths on a drum or in a coil, allowing easy delivery to site and quick installation.

The added strength of this product allows it to be buried at half the depth, with “as dug” material used as back fill”.

Read more here

A duct with fibre pre-installed and can be connectorised at one end or both ends.

No fibre splicing required.

Cost (and space) effective

Here’s a look back on a selection of events we exhibited at:

FTTH Council Europe, Luxembourg

The 2016 FTTH Conference, in Luxembourg, once again was a success and enabled Emtelle to exhibit as a Gold Sponsor this year, showcasing new products. With over 3,000 participants from 96 countries, the largest FTTH event in the world allowed us to meet with current customers, introduce ourselves to new customers, and keep updated with FTTH industry’s latest trends, products and solutions. Our updated stand design enabled to make Emtelle’s presence more known within the exhibition, and already have ideas on how to improve our stand for the 2017 FTTH conference in Marseilles.

We also ran a competition for visitors who visited our stand to #challengeus with a fibre problem in which entrants would have a chance to win an iPad.

Another success for Emtelle in Luxembourg was our International Business Development Manager, Colin Kirkpatrick who presented a detailed and useful presentation on “12 steps to overcome the financial and technical challenges of the customer connection”. If you missed this presentation, don’t worry, you can sign up and listen to this webinar here.

Angacom, Cologne

With over 18,000 visitors ANGACOM, the leading business platform for broadband operators and content providers, this was a highly regarded event for Emtelle. A great exhibition that again enabled us to meet with current, and prospective clients, from not only Europe, but all over the world. Our business development manager, again gave his presentation on  “12 steps to overcome the financial and technical challenges of the customer connection”. View his presentation here.

FTTH Connect, Nashville

Another first for Emtelle was us exhibiting in Nashville, and again it was a great success. With an event that attracts more than 1,300 FTTH professionals, & an exhibition and conference set up, our Emtelle staff were able to meet current and prospective customers whilst exhibiting, yet still gained extensive knowledge from leading industry experts within the conference.

We had a great presentation that we played on a loop on the stand which showcased Emtelle products such as Vertex, Multifu, & G/K/C-STAR reinforced products. View the presentation here.Our Emtelle staff have already began follow up meetings with current & new customers met at Nashville, and look forward to building these relationships further through meetings, and hopefully meeting again at ISE Expo, in Texas.

Connected Britain, London

Emtelle’s first year as a sponsor at Connected Britain in June 2016, brought us together with various people, on all levels, within the telecommunications sector. The event enabled our Emtelle Sales Team to engage with and build on current & prospective customer relationships, along with various press publications. The event received great coverage and we were delighted to be interviewed by Total Telecom. View our interview here.

Infrarail, London

An extremely busy 3 day event that enabled Emtelle to gain interest in Emtelle fibre solutions – not just from the Rail industry either! An interesting mix of visitors to our stand including, clients, contractors, consultants and even competitors, both UK & international! Emtelle are looking forward to exhibiting at Railtex 2017, 9-11^th May 2017 in Birmingham.

And this is only the 1^st half of 2016! We are already planning the next half, our 2017 exhibitions and how to launch even more innovative & instantaneous products. To be the first to hear about our upcoming products sign up to our newsletter here.

And finally, from all of us at Emtelle, we hope you have a fantastic summer and a successful remainder of the year, and hope to see you at even more worldwide exhibitions.

If you would like more information on Emtelle, our new products, upcoming exhibitions or anything further please contact us on +44 (0)1450 364000 or on info@emtelle.com

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3 opportunities to join us -we are growing and looking for great candidates:

Vacancy for Account Manager – Telecommunications

Emtelle is a world class provider of infrastructure solutions covering the telecommunications, electricity and water industries.  Our Hawick and Jedburgh factories, located in the Scottish Borders, are centre’s of expertise for duct and sub duct, optical cable, air blown fibre and other extruded polymer products.  This is a well-established company which enjoys growth year upon year.

We now have a fantastic new sales opportunity to work with our telecommunications customers.   The Account Manager will be required to plan and implement sales to targeted strategic accounts within the sector.  The candidate will ideally have experience in the Telecoms and / or Datacomms market.

This newly created role is one you will be urged to make your own where the core workload will involve the following key responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain major account relationships
• Identify key areas of influence within the defined accounts, identify decision makers, and ensure they are aware of the benefits and business advantages presented by Emtelle
• Acquire new key accounts based on defined strategy
• Lead and drive the follow-up and closing of major deals through business development
• Continuously analyse the market with regards to opportunities and projects which are relevant for Emtelle
• Define immediate target accounts and a longer term development plan
• Together with the Business Development team, put forward a comprehensive account strategy to reach and exceed sales target
• Produce reports on sales results
• Forecasting and business planning
• Investigate and respond to competitive threats

Requirements:

• Proven track record in business development and key account management within the telecommunications market and in B2B is essential
• Proven Key Account Sales experience
• Experience in dealing with end users and big accounts is essential
• Knowledge of the relevant vertical market is highly advantageous
• Ability to build and maintain strong business relationships
• Very strong communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to understand financial data
• The ability to demonstrate a strong sales background, both in closing new business and maintaining existing client base.

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The closing date for all vacancies will be Monday 1 August 2016.   Completed applications/CVs should be sent to David Parsons, Sales Director UK and Ireland, Emtelle, Haughhead, Hawick TD9 8LF or electronically to Davidp@Emtelle.com.

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Emtelle are not only committed to creating innovative products and serving our customers in the best possible way, Emtelle regard their environmental responsibility just as highly, and applies the same level of commitment to this.

As a global company, Emtelle appreciates that we must look after our planet. The global company works tirelessly to reduce their impact on climate change by researching into new, more environmentally friendly materials, reducing our waste, sustaining resources and operating as a fair employer and partner.

This is essentially the Emtelle environmental responsibility policy- PLANET scheme (Plan Emtelle Tommorrow, Sustainability Plan)

The PLANET scheme sets out the organisation’s aims and targets from 2014 to 2024 and reflects their commitment to the environment.

Emtelle has a strong drive to continuously improve their environmental and social performance and the integration of the supply chain into the sustainability plan.

The sustainability plan (PLANET) is driven by four key objectives;

• Reduce Emissions
• Improve Resource Sustainability
• War on Waste
• Become a fairer employer and partner

The company have set an ambitious target of a reduction in carbon emissions by 3% per year; this target was derived from the target periods of the CCA (Climate Change Agreement) which sets targets for businesses over four, two year periods. The company is a major employer in the Borders with sites at both Hawick and Jedburgh.  A green champion and a green team has been set up for each site.

Emtelle are involved in the B4RN project.  This is a project that Emtelle has been involved in for a number of years supplying discounted products and training/advice on the installation of fibre cabling for rural areas.  While there is economic benefit to the communities directly affected this also brings a real community and social benefit.

Future plans include collaboration with Aberdeen University to look at separation of mixed waste product to develop new products from the mixed waste.  It has been estimated that this could save the organisation around £80k per year in disposal costs with the potential to generate a new income stream from waste refuse.

In 2015, Emtelle entered the VIBES Management Award which recognises businesses, whose management systems deliver continuous improvement in environmental performance. The judges considered that the continuous improvements that have been instigated by Emtelle UK and the environmental benefits achieved were worthy of an award in this category.

John Bathgate, SHEQ Manager at Emtelle UK Ltd., said:

“Emtelle is delighted to have won this VIBES award. It is a real reflection of the commitment from our staff and their attitude towards reducing our environmental impact. We continue to enter these awards as they provide stiff competition and to win one means that our performance is at the benchmark level in Scotland.”

Please watch this video to find out more:

Or visit our Environmental Responsibility section of our website here

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The 50^th anniversary of the start of the fibre world falls in July 2016 following the famous paper from Charles Kao working at STL in the UK and describing a feasible optical fibre. So some may view fibre and cable as a commodity with all versions and all sources equivalent. But the internal combustion engine motor car is more than twice as old and in that sector quality counts, as it does in the fibre and cable sector

Specified Performance

The elements of a quality cable product are a high quality optical fibre using verified and appropriate cabling materials, processed on proven, reliable machinery by trained operators and finally, measured consistently using approved equipment.

Let’s consider the fibre first. Although some 400 million km of fibre are produced annually, inevitably it is not all of the highest quality and good cable makers will use a tier 1 fibre supplier that meets all the relevant standards, both ITU-T and IEC and demonstrates this to the cable maker. The key factors to look for are attenuation coefficient, dispersion (both polarisation mode and chromatic) and geometry. Geometry is particularly important for jointing of fibres and the fitment of connectors. Most transmission parameters (with the exception of chromatic dispersion) are affected by subsequent cabling and so starting with a low loss and low PMD fibre is just a (good) start.

Cable construction uses a range of other materials, especially polymers, from HDPE to PBT and polyamide (nylon) FRP and aramid for strength members. In the case of the HDPE used, it is vital that specific grades that exhibit good environmental stress crack resistance (‘ESCR’) are used to resist the cracking of the material in common contaminants. Where the HDPE is used as a sheath material it’s clear it has to show good resistance to sun light. Reputable material suppliers provide information on both these properties. (See our range of fibre cables here)

Cable consistency in production is effectively a partnership between the use of state of the art production equipment and trained and conscientious line operators. It is helpful to look for a supplier that has a close relationship with its equipment supplier and where that supplier has worked with the operators to get them to the top of their game.

Testing & Verification

Making a great product is about half the way to success. The next step is as important since it means being able to show the customer this has been achieved. This necessitates a significant investment in testing equipment and the trained people to operate it. As we’ve covered above, the key optical parameters to measure are attenuation coefficient and PMD. Whilst attenuation is readily measured by commonly available OTDRs, PMD requires more sophisticated equipment. That equipment is often ‘packaged’ with apparatus to measure the fibre strain in cables. Ideally, the cable maker can do these measurement themselves but if not it’s important that they use accredited test houses. Each country has its own system and in the UK a laboratory will have the ‘UKAS’ mark (the United Kingdom Accreditation Service).

Aside from the more ‘glamorous’ fibre measurements, basic temperature and mechanical verification is essential. The key checks to look for are cable bending, impact, crush, flexing/kink and torsion together with a temperature cycling programme that covers the intended sale territory.

What Could Go Wrong?

Its quite possible to purchase cables, often cheaply, that don’t have a proper test pedigree. Doubtless they may measure fine for attenuation on delivery. However, let’s look at what happens if the other parameters aren’t investigated. Firstly, the fibre strain. If the cable is pulled or put under any kind of tensile load an effective cable will take the strain before the fibre does and will not stretch unduly under loads. Poorly made cables will exhibit high fibre strain (typically 0.5% or more) whereas high quality cables will keep that down to a level of about 0.2% at the cables rated load. An overly high fibre strain leads to the danger of premature fibre failure.

Another factor that will limit the future usefulness of the cable is its PMD performance. Whilst the cable may be perfectly adequate on day 1 its ability to carry increasingly high bit rates (those above 10Gb/s) may be impaired if cable PMD is poor.

The effects of poor mechanical performance will probably be apparent earlier – in fact as soon as the cable is deployed. If it does not bend successfully to a normal level (typically a radius of 20x its diameter) the cable will deform and/or show high attenuation. As soon as cable is bent in a hand hole that deficiency will become apparent, which is why fibercable should not be considered a commodity.

However, perhaps the most difficult to achieve and most profound issue is that of temperature performance. Over the 50 years of fibre cables it is the feature most likely to show a problem. In the Nordic states there are numerous instances of aerial cables showing high loss in the middle of winter. Conversely high temperature exposure has caused problems with the subsequent shrinkage of the cable materials and the ‘grow out’ of fibre. To avoid this a temperature cycling regime of -40 to +60C is strongly recommended and for severe climates a wider range will be needed.

Looking more broadly, it needs to be remembered that where poor quality leads to a dangerous product (for instance one that performs poorly in fire) health and safety concerns will come back to hit the user. Finally, one little considered issue is that a poor cable will need to connect to other equipment; either another cable or to plant/equipment. It is quite possible that a poor cable will cause damage to these other components, for example by allowing water to enter other plant.

But What about the Cost?

Spending on quality should be seen as an investment not a cost. So, easy to say but why is that? Well, the most important issue here is the cost of installing poor cable. In any infrastructure project the cost of civil work and installation labour generally exceeds that of the cable product. EU figures suggest that in a typical fibre project, 12% of the cost, only, is attributable to both the cable and plant. So in the scope of a project the marginal additional cost for a quality cable is very low. Moreover, the cost to recover a poor cable is therefore high and will cable suppliers rarely agree to pay consequential costs.

Within the EU as whole The Digital Single Market initiative means that in excess of £6bn of structural funds will be spent on fibre project. Since this is effectively public money it means it needs to be spent on reliable and high quality cable products.

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It’s time for another #B4RN Show-Tell day. These now legendary events are an opportunity to meet up with like minded folk, to learn and share the knowledge of rural broadband deployment. These are great events for communities who want to learn how deploy a community based world class broadband network. They are free to attend thanks to our sponsors.

The date for the tenth Show-Tell day is set for the Tuesday 27^th September 2016. These events have been extremely popular and have allowed valuable information to be shared. The day includes field visits to see various aspects of the B4RN community fibre broadband deployment.

The event, as before will be jointly hosted by B4RN and Emtelle in Lancaster and the surrounding B4RN area. The day will focus on sharing experiences and demonstrating installation techniques for rural fibre to the home/broadband initiatives.
Topics to be covered include:-

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Emtelle har leveret kabelrør til styret underboring -her er en beskrivelse af projektet:
Nedlægning af tomrør til fiber, kabelrør og foringsrør henover Lolland. 160mm SDR17 Non-Pressure er leveret som kabelrør i store ruller fra Emtelle. Her bruges det bl.a. til styret underboring under veje og andre krydsninger. 160mm SDR17 og SDR11 er leveret i 80m, 90m og i 100m ruller med en diameter på 3,80-4,20m.

”Vi ønskede at finde den bedste mulige løsning til projektet da vi gik i gang. Her kom Emtelle på banen med deres store ruller. Med de store ruller har vi langt mindre svejsninger, hvilket giver en besparelse. Det fjerner også muligheden for at en svejsning springer under vejen midt i en boring. Vi var lidt skeptiske overfor håndteringen af de store ruller. Men det har vist sig ikke at give os problemer. Samarbejdet har været positivt med Emtelle gennem Sanistål Maribo.”
Kim Friis, Ejer af KF Entreprise

Store ruller laves op til 250mm rør. De store ruller giver os også muligheder for at leverer fx 90mm i op til 1500m og 110mm op til 1000m ruller. Store ruller laves både i Kabelrør, Non-Pressure rør, Spildevandsrør og EN12201 godkendt rør til drikkevand.

Se en Video af Emtelles nye Coiler 

Kontakt os for at høre om vi kan lave en rulle der passer dit behov:

Jens E. Kristensen – Salgsdirektør
Tel: +4521680493 Email: jensk@emtelle.com

 
Johnny Rosendahl – Salgschef Trykrør
Tel: +4520708003 Email: johnnyr@emtelle.com

 
Morten W. Mikkelsen – Ekstern Salg
Tel: +4522963639 Email: Mortenw@emtelle.com

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Our Senior Management Team are now on LinkedIn.

Our CEO, Mads A. Hogfeldt, our Chief Operations Officer, Kenn E Byllemos, our Chief Technical Officer, Billy Rae, and our Chief Financial Officer, Tony Rodgers, are now on LinkedIn.

Each individual will be posting regular updates on Emtelle’s latest news and updates, plus writing individual articles tailored to the interests of their followers. We welcome any ideas and questions you would look like to ask our Senior Management Team individually – just write them a message on their profiles!

Our CTO, Billy has already written 2 interesting articles that are proving popular with his followers. Read his articles on by clicking the link below:

Rewiring Britain: Delivering Internet Infrastructure for the 21^st Century

Borders Railway – Combining Innovative Transport Infrastructure with Superfast Connectivity

We look forward to following the Emtelle Senior Management Team and will enjoy hearing what they, and Emtelle have been up to – to follow our SMT please visit their profiles on:

Mads A Hogfeldt, CEO

Kenn E Byllemos, COO

Billy Rae, CTO

Tony Rodgers, CFO

To follow Emtelle on LinkedIn please visit – https://www.linkedin.com/company/emtelle

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QWK Range is the Answer to Worldwide Requirements

In an ever-growing FTTH market world-wide, FTTx products are required in some countries that require no fibre splicing; they must provide a future pathway to each home for future upgrade and maintenance. No product on the market does this quite like  Emtelle QWKconnect- giving an instantaneous and innovative connection.

It’s called QWK for a reason…

Our QWK range isn’t called QWK for no reason – it really is quick (hence the abbreviation QWK). Through methods pioneered by Emtelle, by using the products within the range, it takes only a few minutes to apply the connector body and plugging it into the customer, means that a FTTH customer can be connected with fibre in less than 10 minutes in a 500m route.

A QWK overview to the QWK Range

Within the QWK range, we also have QWKlink & QWKdrop

Emtelle QWKlink range of fibre is supplied with an LC Ferrule which can be blown into microducts with a minimum inner diameter of 3.5mm. The LC/APC Connector can be field assembled after installation. The opposite end (house connection) is terminated with an SC-APC pigtail.

Emtelle have also launched QWKdrop, in which QWKlink, the pre-connected fibre, can be installed into drop microducts. These microducts can be universal, meaning that they can be installed underground (in ducts or direct burial), overhead, or even along walls, meaning that one drop duct can work with all scenarios, making product choice and stocking of the product very simple.

 Product Description

QWKlink products can also be pre-installed into the qwkdrop microducts at the manufacturing stage. This means that the pre-connectorised fibre is supplied within the single duct making it much easier to install the microduct into the customer property. Any excess microduct is removed, spare fibre is coiled in the customer termination box and the fibre is plugged into the SC-APC adapter (this whole process requires no blowing or splicing). This Emtelle solution is called QWKconnect.

QWKconnect can have the fibre connectorised at both ends, so the Microducts can be installed between the cabinet/POP/Splice Enclosure, and the homes with the QWKlink fibre already installed, thus eliminating blowing costs for the operator.

As the QWKconnect fibre bundle is only 1.1mm in diameter, any excess fibre can easily be coiled into the CCP at the home or in fibre management trays at the cabinet/POP/Splice Enclosure.

As an example – for an 80m run between a cabinet and a home, a 100m length of QWKconnect can be installed (with 20m of microduct spare, incase of any measurement inaccuracies) and once the microduct has been installed, any excess microduct can be ‘ring cut’ at the LC end of the QWKconnect fibre, and guided over the LC connector, then discarded, with the excess fibre stored.

Why use 

• A duct that can be installed underground (direct buried and ducted), along walls or even overhead
• Fibre pre-installed can be connectorised at one end or both ends
• SC and LC APC connector options available
• No blowing or fibre splicing required for the customer drop
• Extremely small storage area for excess fibre
• Reduced skill set and training required for the install
• Massively reduced capex for installation equipment
• Cost (and space) effective compared to similar products in the market

  Cost Savings

Emtelle QWKconnect, is a connectorised drop cable for FTTH that offers product and installation cost savings of over €160 per home and a reduction in installation equipment of €12,000 per 2 man team. QWKconnect also gives a futureproof, dedicated pathway to each home for many years to come. No product on the market offers a solution like this with such savings for a directly buried or ducted FTTH drop solution in a time when quality needs to be high and installation needs to be simple and reliable. QWKconnect is ideal for all fibre operators in their next FTTH roll out.

Watch our Business Development Manager, Colin Kirkpatrick, presenting the new product, QWKconnect to the market here

For more information on QWKconnect, ask our Emtelle Experts here

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Background

The renaissance of rail travel in many parts of the world has led to both requirements and opportunities for optical fibre deployments. In the UK alone, rail journeys are up nearly 70% compared with 2003. New rolling stock is rapidly being introduced, lines renovated and even new stations opened; in the case of the UK the average age of the rolling stock is 20 years so the new vehicles will be noticeably more advanced. The same picture applies across the European Union with Germany the single largest rail user. However, the number of annual fatalities is worryingly increasing Europe-wide, despite this form of travel being the safest mode around.

Fibre for signalling

Historically signalling failure have been a major factor in both safety and service delay incidents. Naturally when the signal itself fails or the link to it goes down the signal defaults to a ‘stop’ condition. Copper cable connections between signals and especially the closures associated with them, particularly when frequently re-entered are prone to water ingress, corrosion and short-circuiting. Properly designed and installed fibre links mitigate this problem substantially. A recent example is shown here:

Emtelle chosen to supply advanced fibre optic network for automated trenching for the new Borders Railway line

Monitoring the Rail Network

As train numbers and the weight of trains increases the load on the network – rails, bridges and other structures – has become significantly greater. For this reason, a great deal of work has gone into fibre sensing systems. One of the most important devices is the Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) which is a very small (typically 1-5mm long) section of optical fibre which has been ‘sensitised’ by having the core’s refractive index modified periodically. The modification is done by the sensor maker, using a UV light source and a pattern or template applied to the fibre. The FBG reflects a specific wavelength which changes both according to the strain imposed on the fibre and the ambient temperature. In each case the device has excellent sensitivity and came be made part of the cable without needing to splice it in place.

The variety of applications is widespread. In Hong Kong a holistic system has been deployed where sensors are fitted to the track rails to measure distortion and to the rolling stock to record the loading of carriages and the temperature of the brakes and other critical systems.

It’s perhaps worth taking a little time to look at one specific application; the so called ‘fishplate’ evaluation. Fishplates are the devices that join two rail sections together via bolts and parallel plates. Some sections of track place higher loads on the fishplates, for instance the exit/entry to sharp curves. In these cases, FBGs bonded to the fishplates in multiple axes can help determine instances of loosening bolts, forestalling the possibility of an accident.

Fibre On the Train

As well as carriage load monitoring, fibre on trains is becoming useful for communications systems both for staff and for public use (wi-fi). Indeed, a new 100 Gigabit-Ethernet Standard has been developed that can be used on trains. Although a copper based cable system could be used, the immunity of a fibre based system to the high voltage environment of a rail system is very attractive.  However, fire performance on rail networks is of vital importance and in Europe the various parts of EN 45545 are being introduced to meet the objectives of EU Directive 2008/57/EC.

An overlooked topic in the rail environment concerns optical connectors which can be subjected to vibration and general loading considerably in excess of that usually found in telecommunications networks. In the absence of fully developed standards in this field it is wise to consult industry experts on this topic.

Deploying a Network in the Rail Environment

As well as the challenges outlined above, the rail system offers some distinct advantages for the installation of fibre cable. First, rail routes are nearly always level and use bends that are controlled and, above all, the entire route is well documented. This means that for cable puller or blower it is relatively easy to work out cable spans and site joint boxes and other interconnects. Secondly, access to the network is very controlled and limited in duration; since most telecoms faults occur after network intervention this helps cut fault rates. Moreover, those personnel that do intervene in the network are nearly always highly trained and experienced.

Thirdly, with the exception of level crossings, the railway has primacy in its right of way and is not generally bisected by other services. Ironically within otherwise crowded shared city infrastructures, the rail network sits on high value, protected and very useable real estate.

So the needs of the rail operators and envious telecoms providers have converged. This means there is a plethora of different services needing space on the railway: signalling cables, monitoring cables, camera control cables, railway voice communication cables as well as – potentially – the cable requirements of one or more 3^rd party dark fibre or managed service telcos. The challenge here is that although these cables need a common path along the railway they do not necessarily originate of terminate at the same destinations.

One attractive option is to use multiple microduct packages that can accommodate several different cables. The individual microducts can be broken out and the specific cables routed to their individual destinations. Trackside there are several options for deploying – in concrete troughs with or without covers, trenched into the ground or even mounted aerially where an overhead power feed exists. It is also possible to fix cables to the foot of individual rails. These solutions require various degrees of protection for the ducts and cables. The concrete trough solution is one of the oldest but puts surprising demands on the cables. The weight of cables successively added can mean those at the bottom of the trough are difficult to access and the trough itself can become very hot or very cold leading to expansion/contraction issues that are not seen with buried cables. So looking to the future, solutions that avoid these troughs may become prevalent.

For more information on how Emtelle supplies to the Rail sector visit here

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So, Emtelle have had a busy first half of the year, with Exhibitions worldwide – read recap here

And now it’s Exhibition time again!

Come along and see us at the following exhibitions from now until the end of 2016:

THE NETHERLANDS

Liberty Global Tech Summit

Tuesday 14^th September

Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

https://www.libertyglobaltechsummit.com/

HUNGARY

ECEBE Expo

MOM Sport Hall, Budapest, Hungary

Monday 19^th September – Tuesday 20^th September

Emtelle Stand No. D4

http://www.ecebe.eu/

DENMARK

Vandtek

Lokomotivværkstedet (The Train Workshop), Copenhagen

Wednesday 21^st September – Thursday 22^nd September

Emtelle Stand No. V1040

http://www.uk.vandtek.dk/

USA

ISE Expo

Henry B. Gonzalez Center, Texas, San Antonio

Tuesday 20^th September – Thursday 22^nd September

Emtelle Stand No. 550

http://iseexpo.com/

SCTE Expo

Pennsylvanian Convention Center, Philadelphia

Monday 26^th September – Thursday 29^th September

Emtelle Stand No. 109

http://expo.scte.org/

UK

B4RN Show-Tell Day #10

Lancashire

Tuesday 27^th September

http://b4rn.org.uk/

http://www.emtelle.com/b4rn-show-tell-day-10/

Emtelle Rail Show-Tell Day

National Rail Museum, York

Friday 7^th October

ASIA

CommuniCast Myanmar

Myanmar Event Park, Yangon, Myanmar

Tuesday 15^th November – Thursday 17^th November

Emtelle Stand No. B2

http://www.communicastmyanmar.com/ccm/2016/en/index.asp

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Emtelle UK Ltd and Ridgemount Technologies of Bicester, England are pleased to announce  that the companies have signed an agreement for the exclusive supply of blowable fibre optic ferrules to Emtelle for their blown fibre product range.

FTTX World Leaders

The supply and the access to the skills and experience of Ridgemount Technologies, as well as their patented blowable fibre ferrules shall path the future for both companies to become leaders in the supply of pre-terminated fibre bundles around the world in the FTTX market place.

Emtelle have recently released a new popular range of products with the brand names QWKlink and QWKConnect which are Pre Connectorised blowable fibres and pre ducted fibres.

The pre-connectorised fibre cable products have already been keenly trialled and deployed in North America, Europe and Southern Africa, where there is a new emerging market with a high emphasis for fibre optic products to become a less skilled and more user friendly experience during the fibre deployment part of an FTTX network installation.

Worldwide Availability

The knowledge and experience of Ridgemount Technologies, together with the market presence and coverage of Emtelle will make these  pre connectorised fibre cables available to a huge number of FTTX customers around the world.

Emtelle have been working with Ridgemount Technologies for over 10 years where we jointly provided materials and support for the fibre optics solutions supplied into the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer ships. The companies have been working closely ever since.

”Emtelle UK have been working with Ridgemount Technologies on connectorised products for over 10 years and this agreement to supply Blowable fibre optic ferrules gives Emtelle the ability to offer the pre connectorised ferrules to new and existing customers in over 70 countries around the world. In many countries there is a shortage of skilled labour and fibre blowing equipment, so having the ability to supply pre connectorised fibres gives these countries a step change in fibre technology without the high cost of training, splicing & test equipment.”

Colin Kirkpatrick UK & International Business Development,  Emtelle UK Ltd

”Ridgemount Technologies welcome the commitment and investment made by Emtelle in perfecting  a pre-terminated solution for FTTX applications and selecting our ferrule technology for their solutions.  We are convinced that pre-terminated, high performance, factory teminations offer the operator a real advantage in terms of deployment times and costs as well as flexibility in on-going network expansion.”

Chris Peters, Managing Director, Ridgemount Technologies Ltd

For more information on Ridgemount Technologies please visit their website 

To learn more about QWKconnect from Emtelle read here

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The fibre optic cable industry has historically been conservative and cautious, seeking to prove to customers that its products won’t fail during at least 20 years of service, even when subjected to harsh environments and treatment. But what if customers prioritise other issues over text-book longevity? For many parts of the World and in some applications it is more important to achieve reliable day 1 connectivity and to provide speedy service than to insist cable performance is unchanged after several decades.

ITU-T initiative L.dsa

Recently ITU-T produced a draft Recommendation for ‘Optical fibre cables for direct surface application (DSA)’. Unfortunately, the title is somewhat misleading in that surface mounted cables have existed for decades (routed around buildings, on gantries and on roofs). What it is really aiming at is cables that can be deployed straight onto the ground surface, albeit with occasional lifting up to avoid obstructions.

Let’s look at the essential features of such a product, some optional ones and some products that might achieve this.

Firstly, since the product is to be de-reeled onto the surface it requires a degree of tensile reinforcement; it may be pulled off the reel, frequently by hand and so is ‘uncontrolled’. During service the cable may be unsupported and either a central strength member or twin members in the cable walls will be effective. Depending on the area for deployment it may be wise to use non-metallic reinforcement to minimise lightning strikes.

Since the cable is not – at least initially – protected by soil the cable should be able to withstand (i) limited UV exposure (not mentioned in L.dsa) (ii) the local temperature range but as a minimum -10 to +60C would be sensible and (iii) anticipated mechanical effects.

Desirable Features

So having a cable that can be deployed and won’t disintegrate under the local weather conditions is a good start but insufficient. One of the most significant variables is the crush loading the product is required to tolerate and the best means to achieve it. Since the cable is exposed, as a minimum it should tolerate being stepped upon by a person which translates to a load of 500N over 100mm (IEC 60794-1-21 E3A). Objects are likely to be dropped on the cable so an impact resistance of at least 1J (IEC 60794-1-21 E4) is advisable. Higher ratings for both will be needed if vehicles cross the cable and/or the cable is sited in an industrial environment.

Mechanical reinforcement is most obviously provided by the use of steel wire or steel tape armour; indeed, this is the method addressed in L.dsa. Undoubtedly this can give a well-protected cable but it has 3 significant drawbacks (i) The cable weight is increased (ii) The cable is no longer all-dielectric and may be vulnerable to lightening strikes and (iii) depending on the exact nature of the steel armour an impact of crush load can generate permanent deformation and the possibility of fibre damage.  As we will see below, alternative approaches may be more desirable.

There is one other contentious issue that needs to be considered, the topic of water penetration into surface cables. The ONLY way to create a completely dry cable is to provide a continuous, longitudinal, metallic barrier along the length of the cable. However, as we’ve seen metal containing surface cables have their disadvantages. As an alternative, filling compounds can be used to retard water transmission along the cable. However, they too have major issues, they increase cable weight and cost and are messy to deal with at terminations, but worst of all the do very little to prevent water migration through what can be a thin cable sheath. So it is often a better compromise to use a thicker sheath and omit the filling material as long as the cable is ‘stopped’ at its termination points.

One of the issues ITU-T faces in producing such a recommendation is the conflicting requirements it poses. The customer wants a rapid-deployable (maybe) temporary fibre link but there is the possibility that such a cable may need to perform above and beyond existing cables. For instance, what may be primarily a cable laid on the ground may end up being used to cross ravines unsupported, be laid into water courses (either accidently or intentionally) so we are likely see a whole gradation of performance amongst these products

An interesting approach

One way to overcome many of these issues is to uses a reinforced sheath with loose filled fibre units inside.

Product examples include:

QWKConnect for single fibre count

RTRYVA for high fibre count

Cable in Duct for high fibre count

The approach used here is to provide temperature resistance via embedded FRP strength members which resist the normal shrinkage and contraction of simple polymer sheaths. At the same time a relatively thick walled sheath confers excellent water resistance and considerable resistance to crush and impact incidents. The product is reasonably lightweight so can in principle be strung aerially over limited span lengths. In such situations the supports used to carry the cable are as important as the cable itself since added ice and wind load on the cable can affect the supports and clamps.

This concept also allows the fibre component to be pre-connectorised with standard LC or SC connectors although in principle other types could be fitted. Pre-connectorised cables inevitably provide excess cable and where a reinforced cable is used it can inconvenient and unsightly to store the excess in the originating or terminating location. With this loose cable-in-tube approach, the excess lengths can be reduced to the 1.1mm core fibre unit by removing the tube and storing this very small sub unit in a tight coil the size of which will also depend on the fibre type used.

L.dsa does not currently address pre-connectorised variants. Historically both IEC as well as ITU-T has tended to separate connector and fibre/cable topics. This separation needs to be reconciled for products such as this and customers can help suppliers by highlighting gaps such as this and other ones. For hand-deployed rapid cables it will also be very useful to hear customer experience of the packaging supplied for these cables and whether it suits their way of installing!

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Today, 4th of November 2016, is Gimme Fibre Day.

Fibre Broadband connection is slowly becoming the fourth utility worldwide. Along with running water, gas and electricity, most of us now want, and a select amount are lucky enough to have, fibre to the home because of the benefits fibre brings to all.

FTTH Council have decided to celebrate Gimme Fibre Day on the 4th November, to share  how FTTH is the only future-proof broadband access solution and how it positively impacts individuals and their communities. But why the 4th of November?  Because it is the birthday of Nobel Prize winner Sir Charles Kuen Kao, the man who changed the way the world communicates… by transmitting light in fibre for optical communication. Read more on Gimme Fibre Day & Sir Kao here

Fibre brings benefits not only to the home, but to various sectors worldwide, so for more information on how fibre can be supplied to other sectors, click here. Read our latest article on how fibre is used in rail networks worldwide here.

Here at Emtelle, we understand the need for fibre, and constantly react and innovate to the ever-evolving needs of our technological world as the leading global manufacturer of blown fibre, and couldn’t resist being part of Gimme Fibre Day – listen to our Emtelle staff talk about the benefits of fibre, and why we want fibre on the video below.

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Emtelle announce Rail Day taking place in London in January 2017 – the second event of its kind – an opportunity for rail professionals nationwide to meet & discuss the benefits of blown fibre within rail environments.

We recently held a rail show-tell day at the National Rail Museum in York for Network Rail and companies responsible for delivering signalling and telecoms systems for the industry.

Images from Emtelle Rail Day in October 2016

The event aimed to showcase alternative optical fibre systems for rail trackside deployment. Our experts listened to the perceived barriers and challenges facing the industry and then explained how our fibre solutions can help solve some of these obstacles. This was followed by a blown fibre demonstration delivered by an Emtelle technical expert to showcase just how simple, quick and cost effective the process can be.

The day provided a great insight into what the rail sector needs and perfectly summed up how Emtelle can accommodate the industry’s needs by engaging, investing and innovating. Due to the great response Emtelle received for our very first Rail Day, we have now organised our next Rail Day in January 2017.

To be a part of this day and join us in expert discussions on how to overcome the challenges the rail industry faces, and how Emtelle can support such projects, then click the button below.

I Would Like to Attend Emtelle Rail Day 2017

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Read Emtelle’s latest E-Book on 12 Rules to Install Fibre & Save Money, written by our Business Development Manager,  Colin Kirkpatrick.

In an ever-growing FTTX market worldwide, service providers are constantly looking for ways to lower the cost and simplify the process of rolling out fibre networks. Emtelle Business Development Manager, Colin Kirkpatrick, addresses these issues in our newest E-book, giving you 12 ways to deploy fibre and save money. Please note, the E-Book opens in a new window.

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