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• Wall glands- HSW High Speed Wall gland

Designed for very easy and time saving installation

High speed wall gland

Filler plug

Feed thru plateIncl. Screws & plugs

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• Wall glands- Installation of HSW Connecting plate

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Sealant

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• Wall glands- BOOT / FTP - series

Feed Through AssembliesBOOT-series

6 & 8 Hole Wall/Roof Feed Through Entry Panels

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• Wall glands- Single wall gland

For big waveguides, if it is not necessary to pull the waveguide

through the wallgland

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• Wall glands- SIGMAFORM

5 different sizes available

hot shrink partwith glue inside

O - ringWall - plate

Inner partwith thread

70,0 – 36,0 mm85,0 mm-CES 5

40,0 – 19,0 mm51,0 mmCES 4

28,0 – 13,0 mm35,0 mmCES 3

19,0 – 6,0 mm25,5 mmCES 2

14,0 – 3,0 mm25,5 mmCES 1

Shrinkingzone Ø

Requireddrilling Ø

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• Wall glands- System Brattberg & Roxtec

Do not feed a waveguide directly through this kind of wallglands, because of the high pressure to seal it.

If the high fire protection is required we recommend to fill fire protection material into the long steel tube, even the use of protection coating is recommend.

We recommend to put a steel tube into the inlet and feed the waveguide through this tube.

Afterwards it is possible to seal this section with a heat shrinking tube.

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• Wall glands- System Hauf

Do not feed a waveguide directly through this kind of wallglands, because of the high pressure to seal it.We recommend to put a steel tube into the inlet and feed the waveguide through this tube.Afterwards it is possible to seal this section with a shrinking tube.

The waveguide can be entered directly through this kind of wallgland.Afterwards it can closed with a shrinking sleeve.

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- The closed system without additional measures

- Highly trained installation staff has to be required.

- This method is recommended only for short waveguide lengths, which are assembled in the factory and sealed for transportation.

- The air inside the waveguide must be dry.

- Both ends of the waveguide run are closed with pressure windows (or at one end by the pressure tight antenna).

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- The closed system with purging seal test

- The maximum length of waveguide is determined by the size of the nitrogen bottle.

- Moisture is eliminated from the waveguide.

- Both ends of the waveguide run are closed with pressure window (or at one end by the pressure tight antenna).

- The system is purged with dry nitrogen and seal tested after installation – with a transportable purge and sealing device.

Purging andseal test

Open the gas inletduring purging test

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- The closed systems with purging, seal and humidity indicator

- The maximum length of waveguide is determined by the size of the nitrogen bottle (same length as before)

- In case of leakage the desiccant cartridge will provide an early warning (changing colour from blue to violet).

- Both ends of the waveguide run are closed with pressure windows (or at one end by the pressure tight antenna).

- The system is purged with dry nitrogen and seal tested after installation – with a transportable purge and sealing device.

Open thegas inletduring purging

Purging andseal test

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- The closed systems with dehydrator

- Different dehydrators can be used, but the maximum pressure of 0,3 bar has to be noted.

- Dehydrators with an additional alarm connection saved the system very well. The max. length of waveguide is dependent on the capacity of the dehydrator

- Both ends of the waveguide run are closed with pressure windows (or at one end by the pressure tight antenna).

- The dehydrator is used to remove any moisture from the system.

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Different methods – list of maximum lengths

FLEXWELLwaveguide

The closed systemwithout addidional

measures

The closed systemwith purging and seal test

The closed systemwith purging and seal test and

humidity indicatorE 380 < 30 m < 75 m < 75 m

E 250 < 12 m < 30 m < 30 m

E 220 < 10 m < 25 m < 25 m

EO 38 < 10 m < 25 m < 25 m

E 185 < 7 m < 16 m < 16 m

E 150 < 4 m < 10 m < 10 m

E 130 < 2,5 m < 8 m < 8 m

EO 22 < 2,5 m < 8 m < 8 m

E 105 / < 6 m < 6 m

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Transportable purge and sealing device

Use only nitrogen 5.0Max bottle pressure 10 barIf antenna or pressure window are

installed the max. pressure is 0,3 bar

Rinsing

Seal test

Rinsing

Seal test

Closed system with purging and

seal test

Closed system with purging and seal test and

humidity indicator

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Determining the nitrogen consumption for the rinsing process

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• From this point go straight up until intersecting the plotted line.

• Go left from the point of intersection until encountering the minimum value for pressure (y-axis) loss to be indicated on the procedure. For short waveguides it is recommend that the value indicated by the chart is rounded up to the next integer (for example 0,4 = 1bar).y-axis

• Go along the x-axis to the corresponding length of waveguide to be rinsed.

X-axis

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Desiccant cartridge

Body for Cartridge Desiccant Cartridge

Installation example

The changing of the colour from blue to violet provide an early warning (long before link failure) if moisture is entered the system

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Desiccant cartridge direct installation

Model Number: DC-KIT-B

Direct installation on FLEXWELL® waveguideconnectors for E100 – E220, installed in up standing or lying position (with bow)

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Desiccant cartridge on small waveguides with adaptor

Installation with DC-KIT adaptor for:Square flange PBR220* (waveguide E185*/220*/250) Model Number: DC-KIT-220-Bsquare flange PBR260 (waveguide E250) Model Number: DC-KIT-260-Bsquare flange PBR320 (waveguide E380) Model Number: DC-KIT-320-B*installation directly with DC-KIT-B or with DC-KIT-220-B is possible

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB2

The air is dried through chemical absorption by granular substances in a disposable cartridge

accessible from the front panel

Tube-01-G18 (tube adapter)for Waveguide minimum size E220

Before beginning of operation it is recommend to make a rinsing process (triple of waveguide volume),Therefore remove the gas inlet of the connector on the opposite.

Tube-01 (Butyl tube 6 x 3mm)

Programmable from 0,1kPa up to 4,0kPa (0,001bar-0,04bar)Recommended max. Volume of waveguide 400 L

Manual regeneration,230 V AC or 36-72 V DC4 Outlets (not expandable)

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Knob for shutoff valves in parking

positionLED’s

• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB 2 (B version) – Front view

Display

ShutoffvalvesDetector

The cartridge must be replaced when the color changes from

blue to pink

SwitchPower Function keys

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB 2 – Back & inside view

Air outlets

Catridge

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB 2 – Desiccant cartridge

Remove the tube before replace the cartridge

Remove red plastic tag from desiccant cartridge before use

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB 2 – Installation versions

Wall mounting rack

ETSI-N3 mounting

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB 4

Automatic regeneration(by an automatic heating process)

230V AC or 36-72 V DC

4 Outlets expandable to 8 outlets

Programmable from 0,1kPa up to 6,0kPa

Recommended max. Volume of waveguide 400 L

Before beginning of operation it is recommend to make a rinsing process (triple of waveguide volume),Therefore remove the gas inlet of the connector on the opposite.

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB 4 – Air flow diagram

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB 4 – Installation versions

Remove the metallic case for rack 19” mounting

Because of humidity coming out on top of the equipment during regeneration and the high temperature (100°C) leave an upper free space of at least four units from the dehydrator to the closed equipment

With metallic case for wall mounting

ETSI-N3 brackets

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Dehydrator LAB 4 – Extension Manifold kit

ADD-ON4

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• Dehydration concepts for waveguides- Gas volume of waveguides

ADD-ON4Overmoded waveguidesWaveguide

Type EO 11 EO 15 EO 19 EO 22 EO 38

Gas Volume

l/m0,89 0,58 0,31 0,24 0,074

Standard waveguidesWaveguide

Type E 20 E 30 E 38 E 46 ES 46 E 58 E 60 E 65 E 70 E 78 E 100 E 105 E 130 E 150 E 185 E 220 E 250 E 380

Gas Volume

l/m7,04 4,25 2,34 1,68 1,58 1,08 1,02 0,83 0,72 0,60 0,38 0,31 0,24 0,18 0,11 0,074 0,06 0,026

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• Installation examples- Waveguide installed inside towers

Step 1:Pre-Installed clamps

Step 2:Installed waveguides

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• Installation examples- Waveguide installed outside towers

Waveguide fixed on 1” tubes

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• Installation examples- Working on platforms

Waveguide fixed on 1” tubes

Installation of connector

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• Installation examples- Wall glands

Different ways to enter buildings

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Wherever you have to work, RFS wishes you a complete success at your work.Enjoy the panorama from towers and buildings without accident.

• Finally

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask us.