Cable degradation issue solved for Queensland oil refinery

Maser Communications has supplied a series of specialist steel wire armoured cables to a Queensland oil refinery. After suffering through issues associated with cable degradation, the end user outlined its requirement for a robust cable construction and Maser was quick to identify a steel wire armoured solution that would provide the necessary mechanical protection.

“The Australian market has become accustomed to steel wire armoured cables being available locally for instrumentation, power and control applications,” says Greg Terry, Maser Projects and Contracts Manager. “When it comes to requirements outside this common group, the market perception is that solutions are only available on long lead-times or with excessive MOQs. This is not the case at all and, in many instances, Maser is supplying as little as 305 m within two weeks for common protocols including Category 5e, Category 6 and RS485, right through to industrial protocols like Fieldbus, Profibus and DeviceNet.”