Habia Cable SeaGuard – Cables and Coaxial Cables for Naval Defence applications

Lightweight and small size, the SeaGuard range of wires and cables from Habia Cable have been designed and approved for use in naval defence cable applications.?? SeaGuard and SeaGuard DS cables include low smoke, zero halogen (LSOH) and flame retardant wires and cables that enhance performance and are oil and water resistant.? Limited fire hazard materials meet a wide range of international fire tests and as such SeaGuard is approved by many Naval Authorities around the world.

Habia Cable is a leading International manufacturer of special wire & cable, active in many national naval programmes such as the Type 45 destroyer and Astute submarine for the UK Royal Navy, the Visby stealth corvette for the Swedish Royal Navy and the FREMM frigates for the French Navy. Habia Cable also supply hybrid custom designed cables to many naval applications including combat systems management, weapon and control systems, radar, sonar, communications and degaussing systems, electronic warfare and cables to meet EMC requirements.

The SeaGuard DS range includes power, control and instrumentation cables, coaxial cables and hybrid, custom design UK Defence Standard approved wires and cables using our HFI 140 and HFX 107XL materials.

SeaGuard is able to offer substantial savings in both weight and size. Comparisons have been made against various standard marine cables (e.g. DIN and VG) and US Mil Spec naval cables, and it has been proven that Habia can, by using thin wall materials, reduce both weight and size by up to 50% depending on the cable design and construction.

Our problem solving cable design expertise means listening and understanding our customers’ requirements for their defence cables. Initial field assessment is fed directly into Habia’s design facility where we balance specific requirements of size, weight, technical and environmental demands to provide a solution ‘fit for purpose’. SeaGuard wires and cables are available for purchase now.

Habia Cable is a Swedish wire and cable system manufacturer with a global presence and is part of the Beijer Alma Group of companies, which is an internationally active group. Habia Cable is a global innovator, specialising in developing, manufacturing and marketing custom designed cables and cable systems for demanding market areas such as telecom, defence, nuclear power and industrial applications. Custom design products are the major part of the cable production, of which 90% of the sales are for export. Habia Cable’s largest markets are Germany, China, S.Korea, UK, France and Sweden.

The company has a global focus with manufacturing and research and development facilities in Sweden together with manufacturing facilities in Sweden, Germany and China. Habia Cable also has an assembly and harnessing production facility in Poland.

The net revenue for 2008 was €68.5 million and the number of employees 452.

Habia Cable manufacturing facilities and sales offices are ISO9001 and ISO1400 approved.

?

Source: Habia

Search to find what you want

• Prysmian: 5,000 km of cable for the largest cruise ship Ever, Oasis Of The Seas

     “Oasis of the Seas”, the largest and most revolutionary cruise liner in history, built by the international shipbuilding group STX Europe for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., will be unveiled today in Florida, USA. Prysmian Cables & Systems has been the only supplier of approximately 5,000 km of energy and telecommunications

• Wilhelmsen Ships Service arranged delivery for 2000 tonnes of cable Belwind wind farm

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service’s Project Logistics team at Lysaker, Norway has just completed two shipments of heavy duty electrical cable to Belgium, for use in the Belwind offshore energy project in the North Sea off Belgium. The cables were produced in Tonsberg at Parker ScanRope AS, and loaded onto 56 reels

• Cavotec MSL wins major cable reel, order for Brazilian mining giant Vale

    Global engineering group, Cavotec MSL, has won a major order with Chinese industrial equipment specialist Dalian Huarui, to supply Brazilian mining group Vale with advanced cable reel systems for stacker/reclaimers. Read at Cavotec MSL wins major cable reel order for Brazilian mining group Vale

• PD Ports

    Award-winning port owner and operator PD Ports, like many businesses, has experienced a difficult trading period over the last twelve months. Although the current economic climate still provides some significant challenges, PD Ports is progressing with a number of projects to ensure the business is ‘fit for the future’. In 2008, Teesport, which

• Somali pirates attack Chinese ship with 25 crew

     (AP) Somali pirates seized a Chinese cargo ship Monday with 25 people onboard, a naval spokesman for the European Union’s anti-piracy force said, in the first successful attack on a Chinese vessel since the country deployed three naval warships to the region.  Source

• Cavotec MSL Wins Iron Ore Handling Equipment Contract through Port Hedland, Western Australia

    Global engineering innovator, Cavotec MSL, is to supply a range of advanced cable reel, control and steel chain technologies to the ThyssenKrupp group for installation on iron ore ship-loaders at Port Hedland in Western Australia. “This is a wide-ranging and complex order; pulling together our expertise in cable reels, cabin and

• PHA Commission approves fiber optic security upgrade

    The Port Commission of The Port of Houston Authority (PHA) approved a professional services contract for almost $600,000 to install communications cable and hardware connecting security equipment at the Turning Basin and Woodhouse terminals to the Port Coordination Center. Read at PHA Commission approves fiber optics security upgrade

• Rolls-Royce odim in £ 154m deal for marine technology company

    Rolls-Royce increased its presence in offshore industries with a £154 million deal for winch and cable firm Odim. Read at Rolls-Royce in £154m deal for marine technology firm Odim

• ShipConstructor the soname for Naval Architect Training

     The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in the Philippines (SONAME) have chosen ShipConstructor® detail design software to be used in naval architecture training programs in their country. Samuel Lim, President of SONAME, says his organization has purchased millions of pesos of software to share with educational institutions wishing to

• EU Naval Force: Somali pirates hijack Saudi Tanker

    Somali pirates have hijacked a Saudi tanker with 14 crew onboard, a spokesman for the European Union Naval Force said Wednesday. The Al Nisr Al Saudi usually carried fuel oil but was empty when it was taken in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, said Cmdr

• Cavotec MSL Wins Iron Ore Handling equipment contract for Port Hedland, Western Australia

    Global engineering innovator, Cavotec MSL, is to supply a range of advanced cable reel, control and steel chain technologies to the ThyssenKrupp group for installation on iron ore ship-loaders at Port Hedland in Western Australia. Read at Cavotec MSL wins iron ore handling equipment contract for Port Hedland, Western Australia

• Cavotec MSL wins iron ore handling equipment contract for Port Hedland, Western Australia

    Global engineering innovator, Cavotec MSL, is to supply a range of advanced cable reel, control and steel chain technologies to the ThyssenKrupp group for installation on iron ore ship-loaders at Port Hedland in Western Australia. Read at Cavotec MSL wins iron ore handling equipment contract for Port Hedland, Western Australia

• Fincantieri Naval books more export orders

    Corvette for UAE, fleet tanker for India Read at Fincantieri books more naval export orders

• French Navy Busy Five Somali pirates

     Five Somali pirates were captured after they mistook a French naval ship for a cargo vessel. The pirates were repelled in a night attack on the French refueling vessel La Somme, which is serving as the command ship for French forces in the Indian Ocean. In the dark, the pirates apparently

• EU: Somali pirates hijack the North Korean freighter

    Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean cargo ship on Wednesday with an unknown number of crew on board, the European Union Naval Force said. The MV Rim was seized in the Gulf of Aden, outside the internationally recommended transit corridor patrolled by the anti-piracy naval coalition, said Cmdr