BELDEN® ADDS NEW LOW SMOKE ZERO HALOGEN AND WATERBLOCKED CABLES TO INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET LINE

RICHMOND, IN – Belden, a world leader in the development of signal transmission products for the industrial, enterprise, broadcast, residential and security markets, has once again expanded its line of DataTuff® Industrial Ethernet cables with the addition of three new Enhanced 4 Pair, Category 5e Twisted Pair cables. The new cables feature Belden's exclusive Bonded-Pair technology which ensures superior electrical performance, both before and after installation. Belden calls this after-installation performance capability Installable Performance®.

The new DataTuff cabling products include:

• Product No. 7935A – a Low Smoke Zero Halogen, Unshielded, Enhanced Cat 5e EtherNet/IP* compliant cable featuring 24 AWG solid bare copper conductors with rip cord, polyolefin insulation, and a .030-inch industrial grade, sunlight-resistant, Black Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) jacket. The cable is rated NEC/CEC: CM FT1.

• Product No. 7936A – a Low Smoke Zero Halogen, Shielded, Enhanced Cat 5e EtherNet/IP* compliant cable featuring 24 AWG solid bare copper conductors with 24 AWG stranded TC drain wire, overall Beldfoil® shield, polyolefin insulation, and a .030-inch industrial grade, sunlight-resistant, Black Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) jacket. The cable is rated NEC/CEC: CMR/CMG FT4.

• Product No. 7937A – a Waterblocked/Burial, Shielded Enhanced Cat 5e cable featuring 24 AWG solid bare copper conductors with 24 AWG stranded TC drain wire, PE inner jacket, overall Beldfoil shield, and sunlight- and oil-resistant Black PE jacket. The halogen-free cable is fully waterblocked per Telcordia, IEC and ICEA and suitable for burial applications.

The new cables complement Belden's comprehensive line of DataTuff® copper-based and TrayOptic® optical fiber Industrial Ethernet cables. The line comprises a wide selection of Cat 5e and Cat 6 cables in construction options to meet the requirements of most any installation environment.

All Belden Industrial Ethernet cables are designed and engineered for superior performance and reliability. They are ruggedly built to withstand harsh industrial and environmental conditions – including sunlight, temperature variations, oil and gasoline, crushing and abrasion. As a result, the cables ensure optimum network performance and uptime, avoiding transmission errors that can lead to unsafe conditions or interruption of critical industrial control functions.

For more information about Belden DataTuff and TrayOptic Industrial Ethernet cables, contact Belden, P.O. Box 1980, Richmond, Indiana 47375, or call 1.800.BELDEN.1 to request New Product Bulletin #231. FAX: 765.983.5294. Or visit the Web site: www.belden.com.


About Belden

Belden is a leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of signal transmission products for data networking and a wide range of specialty electronics markets including entertainment, industrial, security and aerospace applications. Belden has manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe as well as distribution centers in the U.S., Canada, Singapore, Australia and The Netherlands. A majority of Belden's manufacturing, engineering and support functions are registered to the International Organization for Standardization.


*EtherNet/IP is a trademark of ControlNet International, Ltd. under license by the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association (ODVA).


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