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Draka MMS News
February 2015
Draka’s UC Connect Cat 6a system has been specified
for a state-of-the-art research facility in Dublin
Cat 6a
Draka’s market leading Cat 6a cabling system has
been selected for Dublin City University’s new
Nano-Bioanalytical Research Facility (NRF) building.
The cutting-edge facility has
been designed to provide facilities for
collaborative post-graduate research
on nanomaterial, bioanalysis, microfluidics and
imaging. The three-storey building comprises a
laboratory wing and an administration wing linked
by a glazed concourse.
Cable distributor Precision Cables proposed Draka’s
quick and easy to install system as a state-of-the-
art, cost-effective data-cabling solution for the
1,500 outlet installation in the 3000m2 building.
At the heart of the UC Connect Cat 6a system is Draka’s high density, slim-line Cat 6a U/FTP 10Gb cable. The
cable’s patented compact design was developed to enable increased numbers of cables to be installed in
cable trays and conduits when compared to standard Cat 6a U/FTP cables. “The slimline design of the cat6A
U/FTP cable was key on securing this project” summarised Geoff Byrne of Precision Cables.
The UC Connect Cat 6a system also features a high density, slim-line 10Gb shielded keystone jack for swift,
simple and tool-free wire installation. The compact jack features a strain-relief latch based on a crimp-style
cable-clamp that holds the cable securely in place without the need for a tie wrap. The keystone jack’s
shielded design delivers greater immunity against interference in different working environments.
Elite Data Services is installing the slim-line cable in the NRF building. In addition to its compact
diameter, Elite is able to benefit from the compact cable’s improved flexibility, reduced weight and its
Reelex® box packaging.

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Draka UC Connect products are available through our Authorised Distributors listed below:
Comtec Dunasfern Comms Centre Precision cables
Cardinal Way
Cardinal Distribution Park
Godmanchester
Huntingdon
England
PE29 2XJ
Phone: 01480 415400
Fax: 01480 454724
Email:
sales@comtec-comms.com
Unit 1
Madingley Court
Chippenham Drive
Milton Keynes
MK10 0BZ
Telephone: 01908 282200
Web:
www.dunasfern.com/
55-56 Riverside II
Sir Thomas Longley Road
Medway City Estate
Strood, Kent
ME2 4Dp
Telephone: 01634 291191
Fax: 01634 723895
Web: www.commscentre.com
Mulholland Avenue
Dundalk
Co Louth
Ireland
Telephone:+353 42 9331436
Fax: +353 42 9338194
Email:
sales@precisioncables.ie
Web:
www.precisioncables.ie
The EU-manufactured cable is supplied in 305m lengths in an environmentally friendly Reelex® EcoCore box
for ease of installation. The EcoCore box makes the cable coil easy to move around on site while the Reelex
system ensures the cable is dispensed without cable twists, tangles or overruns. And, because the packaging
is made of recycled paper, the box can be flattened on site and recycled.
In the NRF building the UC Connect Cat 6a cabling is supported by Draka’s OM3 multimode optical fibre
backbone.
Draka branded UC Connect System is a complete cabling solution for enterprise and datacentre
communications networks. Contractors can be confident in the system quality which has approval from 3P
and GHMT as part of the third party approval programme. As with all Draka UC branded cables the product
comes with third party approval for performance.