An article featured on CableOrganizer.com last week takes a look at the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Ratings and explains the importance of these ratings in regards to protecting cabling equipment when in harsh or unfriendly environments.
NEMA ratings ultimately serve as a system for grading and regulating telecom and electrical enclosures and have been noted as the “go-to standards” for choosing enclosures for industry application. The article goes on to state, “NEMA-rated enclosures are all about controlling ingress and egress, a substance’s ability to either enter or exit from a given structure or space – in this case, a cabinet. While the majority of NEMA ratings are mostly or entirely focused on blocking ingress, or the entry of a material into the enclosure, there are also several that deal with preventing egress, or the escape of a substance from the interior of an enclosure.”
To read the full article, visit https://cableorganizer.com/articles/nema-ratings.html
OCC is proud to offer NEMA 4X Enclosures designed to protect fiber optic networking components against environments where corrosive materials, caustic cleaners, and hazardous materials are used. Available in four sizes, the OCC NEMA 4X Enclosures are indoor/outdoor rated cabinets for patching and/or splicing 12 to 96 fiber ports
Some of the features of OCC’s NEMA 4X Enclosures include:
- Adheres to the rigorous NEMA 4X standard for indoor or outdoor use, including extreme environments
- Protects against windblown dust, rain, sleet, snow, splashing water, and hose-directed water
- Constructed of strong molded fiberglass-reinforced polyester material with matching flat cover
- Gasket made of closed cell neoprene cord encased in a continuous channel
- Continuous stainless steel hinge
- Accepts any standard OCC fiber adapter plate
- Includes tie wraps and Kurl Locks for cable management and security
- Pole mounting options are available with a quick assembly and release feature
To learn more about NEMA 4X Enclosures, please check out OCC’s data sheet https://www.occfiber.com/library-support/nema-4x-fiber-optic-enclosures/
