Special cable: Optical cable of wide application

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• Cable industry of Russia
• Fiber optic cable

2023: Creation of a universal optical connecting cable for field work

Engineers of the Moscow Cable Plant have developed and produced a connecting optical cable for work in the field, allowing for high data transfer rates. This was announced on October 20, 2023 by the Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy Vladislav Ovchinsky.

As of October 2023, over 130 enterprises To Moscow in are developing and producing electrical equipment, including cable and conductor products. Their products are in demand in many - industries from road to constructions industrial production. Companies are confidently responding to market requests - they are increasing production volumes and developing new products. So, the capital's plant "" Special cable created a universal connecting optical cable for work in the field. It will be used in diagnostics and monitoring systems to transmit information vibration, temperature and deformation sensors, as well as high-definition video images during various tests. The product is capable of transmitting at data speeds up to 100 gigabits per second, - said Vladislav Ovchinsky.

The company has already produced 100 sets - about one kilometer of cable. It has a sealed enclosure that protects it from external influences: mechanical and climatic. This ensures high-quality data transmission and continuous operation of diagnostic and monitoring systems. At the same time, 100 meters of the product, together with the coil, weighs about five kilograms, which ensures its high maneuverability, simplifying laying in hard-to-reach places.

Such developments only at first glance have a narrow and specific application. However, solutions on optical cables are increasingly used in the organization of communication systems, as well as for switching during mass events on open areas, "explained Andrei Gusev, head of the design and technological department of fiber-optic cables and cable assemblies of the enterprise.

2022: Development of a wide-range optical cable

Enterprise engineers Moscow scientificallyproduction Special cable"" invented the ultra-thin and ultra-light optical cable of wide application. This development will be applied in the rocket industry space , aircraft industry, to robotics and other areas. This was announced on May 12, 2022 by the head of the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy of Moscow Complex of Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations of the capital,. Vladislav Ovchinsky

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"The enterprises of the cable industry of the capital are continuously modernizing their production sites. As of May 2022, 11 such plants operate in Moscow. In the first three months of 2022, the volume of shipped goods of their own production amounted to 8.4 billion rubles, which is 27 percent more than in the same period last year. Engineers of one of the enterprises in Moscow have created an ultra-thin and ultra-light optical microcable. The development opens up additional opportunities for astronautics, aircraft engineering and robotics, where, along with optical characteristics, restrictions on the mass and dimensions of products are important, "- said Vladislav Ovchinsky.

The head of the department noted that while the samples of this development are being tested. Serial production is scheduled for 2023. Every year, the company will be able to produce about 100 kilometers of such cables.

"We have developed a fairly light and thin optical cable. Of course, reducing the weight and size parameters of the microcable is not a formality, but following the needs of current equipment. The "weightless" product can be used in control and avionics systems of unmanned aerial vehicles, for intra-unit switching in conditions of tight installation, as well as in systems for monitoring and diagnostics of structural elements of the fuselage and wings of aircraft, "- said Andrey Gusev, head of the design and technological department of fiber-optic cables and cable assemblies of the Spetskabel enterprise.

He added that the development can also be used as a hydroacoustic cable sensor used to record microseismic events in the development of underwater hydrocarbon deposits. The system is capable of replacing tens of thousands of traditional hydrophones (a specialized microphone for receiving sound and a hydrophone underwater) and accelerometers (a device that measures the projection of apparent acceleration).