Cable management

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Cable management of a personal computer

Under cable management means the organizing, structuring and organizing cables in a technical system . It is important in both electrical installation and maintenance and configuration management .

goals and tasks

The aim of cable management is to avoid cable clutter with increasing complexity and size of the cable system and to ensure order and clarity in the cable connections between the individual active components (e.g. repeaters ) and passive components (e.g. terminal strips ). Poor cable management can also lead to wear and tear on the cables and thus also on the components; serve as enrichment for dust and dirt, which cleaning staff cannot reach and which has a negative effect on the indoor air quality; for work accidents by tripping and falling hazards shall increase or the risk that something gets stuck; as well as increase the risk of fire and overheating from kinked, dirty and overloaded cabling. According to PC Games Hardware , the risk of excessive heat generation due to poor cable management can only be named as the main cause in extreme cases.

The cable management can receive a routing log and, ideally, provides information about adjustments to the cables and facilitates the replacement of cables in the event of changed innovations or damaged technology.

Example of poor cable management

In narrow systems such as the computer case , more space should also be created for the air flow that is created during cooling and ventilation . In addition, cables that are less needed or not intended to attract attention can be hidden in the background so as not to take up unnecessary space.

Tools and procedure

As an aid to this cable connector , cable bridges , cable trays , cable winder , adapter , cable ties , various devices for lighting , cabinets and other fasteners are used. The cables themselves can stand out with individual colored markings or labels. There are also numerous devices for protecting and insulating the cables.

application

Applications are in the fields of computer architecture and computer networks , facility management and construction management and other telecommunication technology and electrical engineering .

literature

  • EA Reeves: Cable Management Systems, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1992, ISBN 9780632028085
  • Gerard Blokdyk: Cable Management: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018, ISBN 9781720494089
  • Cable Tray Systems and Cable Ladder Systems for Cable Management, 2002

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jens Nävy: Facilities Management: Fundamentals, Computer support, system implementation, application examples . Springer Science & Business Media, 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-25164-4 ( google.de [accessed August 31, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Cable management in offices | Occupational safety | Heap . In: Haufe.de news and specialist knowledge . ( haufe.de [accessed on August 31, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Report: Bad cable management has little effect on temperatures . In: PC Games Hardware . ( pcgameshardware.de [accessed on August 31, 2018]).
  4. ^ Ulrich Bogenstätter: Property Management and Facility Management . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-59985-5 ( google.de [accessed on August 31, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Cable management definition - Computer lexicon at Caseking. Accessed August 31, 2018 .
  6. ↑ cf. common articles in shops under the category "cable management"