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Specifications
Intellectual
Property:
Registered Trade Mark 1020770
Design Registration Number 302435
Ruslyn
Cordwheel Part Number:
AUS004754
- 61 green/black (Defence) NATO STOCK NUMBER (NSN) 8130-66-153-3558
AUS004754 - 42 yellow/red (Emergency Services)
AUS004754BKT optional stainless mount bracket
AUS004754SSF Optional stainless fasteners
NATO
STOCK NUMBER (NSN) 8130-66-153-3558
CAGE CODE Z045V9
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Construction:
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Spool
- Polypropylene
- Impact
resistant
- UV
stabilised
- Chemical
resistant
- Fire
retardent
- Recyclable
- RoHS
Compliant
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Centre
handle and knob
- ABS
- Impact
resistant
- UV
stabilised
- Recyclable
- RoHS
Compliant
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Metalware
- Zinc
plated steel
- Corrosion
resistant
(Stainless available)
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Size:
Diameter 356 millimetres
Width 109 millimetres
Weight:
Empty 785 grams (1.73 lb)
Packed carton (five) 5 kg (11 lb)
Colour:
Determined by colour code ordering (see Colours
page)
Packing:
Five per carton with instructions
Defence
Reeling Solutions
An article written by Australian Defence and
published in the Land Engineering Maintenance News
Reeling problem resolved?
A
RODUM (Report On Defective or Unsatisfactory Materiel) articulating
a capability deficiency identified there was no lightweight reeling
devices available for unit members to order through the system.
Solutions
to problems can only be found after the problem has been clearly
identified.
RODUM
20011310 and 20011995 refer to the incidence where damage has
occurred to deployable fibre optic cables and associated drums.
An engineering change proposal (ECP) was raised to solve the problem,
and the Ruslyn Cordwheel, NSN 8130-66153-3558
was identified as a solution.
Another
problem identified was that it is simply not practical to use
the Battlefield Telecommunication Network (BTN) 300-metre optical
fibre cable assembly when associated communications equipment
are located within few metres of the main BTN assemblages.
Another
ECP identified the Ruslyn Cordwheel and a 10-metre fibre optic
cable will be included in the revised CES for the Circuit Switch
Assemblage and SATCOM Terminal Assemblage.
The
Ruslyn Cordwheel is a hand held, compact, lightweight (785 grams),
rugged and stackable reeling device made from UV stabilised and
recyclable impact resistant polypropylene spool and a plastic
handle. Cable can be collected or reeled out quickly and efficiently
allowing tangle free safe handling and storage.
Ruslyn
Cordwheels are able to be stacked vertically or on their sides
for easy storage. The Ruslyn Cordwheel is a simple and easy to
deploy reeling device with the potential for many more applications.
It has been introduced into service to meet the requirements of
the above RODUM and ECP and is open to the rest of the deployable
defence user community.
Some
identified applications for the Ruslyn Cordwheel are to
reel and store:
Comms
(DON 10 REEL) WD-1/TT REEL 350 m (1148ft) Data (CAT 5) 175 m (574ft)
Power Supply (15 Amp) 30 m (98ft)
Rope (10 mm - 3/8") 50 m (164ft)
Optical Fibre cable
Audio
/ Video cable
Air hose
Wire
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