OREANDA-NEWS. KANZACC Co., Ltd., a member of the Furukawa Electric Group, has developed KANZACC-HX, a lightweight, high-strength and ultra-thin welded and corrugated stainless tube armored cable that boasts excellent air- and water-tight properties. It is suitable for signal cable laid outdoors that needs measures to counteract damage by rats, mice, birds or insects.

Conventional armored cable is wrapped by corrugated stainless laminated tape to increase resistance to the environment and protect the cable from such damage. This type of cable lacks reliability since the bonded part tends to comes loose and air- and water-tightness are not ensured.

KANZACC-HX, the superb corrugated stainless tube armored cable developed by the Company, simultaneously solves all of these problems. The tubing is made of ultra-thin stainless tape with a thickness of 100-200 µm and, being seamlessly welded and corrugated, its joint will not come loose and has complete air- and water-tightness. It is as light as, or even lighter than, conventional products and can be produced at a lower cost.

The Company will begin shipping samples of the standard size from August 2013 to the telecommunication and railway industries and commence mass production from the second half of the fiscal year. Approximately 200 km of KANZACC-HX can be produced monthly and sales revenue of 100 million yen is expected in FY2014.