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Belden's New Metal Sheathed Communication Cables                Nov 2007

Metal sheaths have been added to Belden best selling communications cables at the factory so users can easily get top-quality, easy-to-install metal-sheathed cables for their fast track construction applications.
The line consists of twelve of Belden’s essential and top-performing
communication cables — all provided in 1,000 ft. continuous lengths.

Some of the benefits of having metal sheath:
Protects the cable mechanically, keeping circuits in a nearly oxygen
deprived environment
They can also be installed much faster than EMT conduit and
conventional wire.
They are a cost-effective way to install cabling for building management systems

There are a variety of metal-sheathed cables that are offered, for further information contact the Maser Cable Sales team

Belden Expands its Access Control Composite Cable Line            Sept 2007

Belden® Expands Its Access Control Composite Cable Line, Offering More Cable Designs

Belden Access Control Composite cables enable more cost-effective
security installations, offering installers additional labor-saving advantages.
Whether your installation takes place in a commercial building, a hospital, school, corporate site or government facility, Belden Access Control cables bring a whole new level of ease and convenience to the work site.

Features and Benefits
In general, the use of composite cables will decrease your labor costs since they are easier and quicker to install than the more labor-intensive procedure of bundling and pulling individual cables. Belden now offers a new jacketed multi-conductor/multi-pair composite (see Part No. 658AFJ) and a number of Banana Peel® composites.

The Belden Access Control Banana Peel Composites feature a patented design that affixes the individual cables to a center spline, eliminating the need for an overall jacket. Without the overall jacket:

A whole step in the termination process is eliminated.
The individual cable components are all instantly identifiable, they are color-coded by application, they have the application printed on the individual jackets, and they are ready for termination.
The Banana Peel composite has a smaller OD than traditional composites. This improves the cable's overall bend radius for faster, easier installation. A smaller OD also means a smaller size conduit.
Breakout versatility is assured since the individual cables can be connected to the junction box or can be rerouted to the point of termination.
Experience and studies have shown installing one cable instead of four saves time and money. In one Belden-sponsored study
involving Belden unjacketed Banana Peel Composites, the savings equaled or exceeded 31% for labor and 14% in end-user costs.

For more information about these products please contact the Maser sales team on 1300 130 722 or visit the web site: www.belden.com.

Belden New Generation Waterdog Cables                        September 2007

Belden® New Generation® Waterdog™ Cables Offer Water Resistance in Direct Burial Applications

The Belden line of New Generation Waterdog Cables includes paired,
multi-conductor and coaxial cables that meet the water-resistant standards set by UL 444, UL 13, and the TIA 455-82B Water Filtration Test.

The ruggedly constructed Waterdog cables can be installed indoors or out, above or below ground, making it practical for building management systems to be connected seamlessly – from building to building or, for example, from remote surveillance camera sites to indoor security monitors.

The user-friendly Waterdog cables are also ideal for deployment in standard
indoor/outdoor building management installations, including:
Power limited fire alarm circuits
Intercom, audio and sound systems
CCTV surveillance and access control systems
CATV and distributed video systems
Background music and ‘white noise’ systems

The New Generation Waterdog line features best-in-class construction, resulting in best-in-class performance and reliability.

Belden Waterdog cables are available from stock and all cables carry Belden’s industry-leading 10-year
warranty.

Dekoron - Maser exclsuive distributionship                            1 June 2007

Maser is pleased to announce that Maser is now the exclusive distributor for Dekoron Instrumentation Cable in both Australia and New Zealand.

Dekoron are the Instrumentation experts in the Wire and Cable industry.

They are the market leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of multi-pair instrumentation, control, and thermocouple extension cables; including metric sizes that are qualified to industry standards.

Dekoron has developed thousands of variations of instrument wire, thermocouple extension wire and control cables to meet customer requirements.

Products include: Multi-pair, control and thermocouple extension cables; including served steel wire and interlocked armor used in process industries for control and instrumentation.

As a member of the Marmon Group of Companies, an international, multi-billion dollar association of more than 60 autonomous manufacturing and service companies, Dekoron has the management and financial strength needed to sustain its leadership position and tradition of excellence in the market.

Due to this new partnership, Maser is now the authorised Dekoron supplier in Australia and New Zealand, so if you want Dekoron, Maser is where you will find the real deal.

Part 1—A Simple Guide to Coaxial Cable                             15 May 2007

What is Coaxial Cable (coax) Is typically identified or classified according to its
impedance or RG-type. For example, a 75-ohm coax or an RG-6 type coax. RG, or
Radio Guide, is the manner that the military used to identify transmission lines. The RG number specified the physical construction, materials, physical, mechanical and electrical requirements of the cable This methodology is now obsolete and the military has changed to “slash sheets” for identification. For example, RG-58C is nowM17/155-00001 or M17/28-RG058. Today, the RG number has become a generic identifier, telling the user of it’s general construction and electrical properties, but not specific enough to compare attributes from one product to another

Construction:
A coax cable consists of two conductors separated by a dielectric material. The center
conductor and the outer conductor, or shield, are configured in such a way that they form concentric cylinders with a common axis. Hence the term and name co-axial

The center conductor may be made of various materials and constructions.
Most common constructions are solid or seven-strand conductors. Solid conductors
are used in permanent, infrequently handled or low flex applications and stranded
conductors are used in flexible cable applications. Common materials include copper, tinned or silver plated copper, copper clad steel and copper clad aluminum. Because of a phenomena known as skin-effect, copper clad materials may be used in higher frequency applications ( Foxtel Digital ) to improve tensile strength and reduce weight and cost. (Skin-effect is the result of higher frequency signals propagating along the outermost surface, or skin, of the conductor.

The insulation, or dielectric material, is used to provide separation between the
conductors. It is desirable that the material has stable electrical characteristics across
a broad frequency range. The most common materials used are polyethylene (PE),
polypropylene (PP), fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE.The materials may be used in their natural form (solid), or injected with air
bubbles (foam or cellular) to improve the dielectric constant and electrical properties of the material and cable

The outer conductor is typically made from a number of smaller aluminum or copper
conductors combined together. These conductors are woven together to form a braid around the dielectric core. For higher frequency applications, a second braid or
aluminum foil tapes are often added to improve attenuation and shield effectiveness.

The jacket material serves as a protective covering from the environment and may also serve to add in the overall flame retardant properties of the cable. Typical materials include polyvinyl chloride (PVC), PE, FEP

New online Cable sales website for Maser UK                          20 May 2007

Maser UK has recently launched their new Cable sales website - the easy way to find Belden cable online

www.masercable.com

The Latest Acquistions by Belden                                             1 March 2007

Belden begins 2007 by announcing that it has acquired two prominent international companies with products that fit directly into their strategic plan.

Hong Kong based LTK Wiring manufactures a range of cable solutions including UL-compliant internal wiring for electronic devices, coaxial cables for wireless equipment, internal A/V products and specialist automotive
cabling.

Hirshmann Automation and Control produces industrial Ethernet and connector solutions. Industrial Ethernet is an open system for digital communications on the factory floor and in other rugged, demanding
environments.

By adding these companies to their portfolio, Belden is able to expand their connectivity portfolio, provide more solutions to the industrial market and open opportunities in the wireless and fibre optic component
manufacturing fields.

Belden Industrial Products                                                   30 October 2006

Fieldbus is an all-digital, serial, two-way communications protocol 9HS1) that standardises the interconnection of field devices at a communications rate of 31.25 kB/s. The field devices are made accessible to
communication networks, through use of linking devices.

Fieldbus users can reduce the amount of 1/0 and control equipment plus they can use few intrinsically safe (IS) barriers, cabinets, cables and connectors. End users have the freedom to implement tightly integrated digital
control based on a unified system architecture (HS1) and a high-speed backbone (HSE) for plant operations. This in turn removed the constraints on device and sub-system interoperability.

Fieldbus Cabling features:
Excellent electrical characteristics
Low capacitance
18 and 22 AWG stranded tinned copper conductors
Polylefin insulations
Beldfoil® shields
Easily identical orange jacket

For further information contact the Cable team today 1300 130 722
or sales-cable@maser.com.au

Maser now supplying LEONI specialised RF cable          30 October 2006

Maser Communications has recently become the Australian Distributor for LEONI RF, Feeder and Jumper Cables.
LEONI is a global supplier of wires, cables and wiring systems as well as a provider of related development services. They have more than 33,000 employees and a total of 70 facilities worldwide. LEONI can be
considered as one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the telecommunications sector.

For more information about the LEONI RF, Feeder and Jumper cables range please contact the Sales office on 1300 130 722

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