Currently the most popular methods for terminating copper and fiber optic products is either to mount panels inside a cabinet, and terminate from behind or to allow excess cable out the front of a cabinet and terminate cabling on the floor or at an expensive purpose built table. The currently accepted method has its drawbacks particularly if there is not much space available for termination behind the frame or inside the cabinet.
Sometimes we don't have the luxury of a cabinet that we can remove the sides from. We may be terminating our cables into a wall mounted cabinet which may or may not have a hinged backmount.
And if it is an existing cabinet that has been already terminated close to maximum capacity, we will have to accommodate the existing cabling and the limited space that we be available.
Another method, is too allow lots of spare cable at the cabinet, and connect the patch panels on the floor in front of the cabinet.
This can make dressing of cabling difficult particularly for wall mounted cabinets, as the large amount of excess cable has to be addressed after termination.
Where do you hide 2-3 mtrs of extra cable in a wall mounted or free standing cabinet that contains 200-300 cables
At DINTEK we thought, "why can't the product utilize the cabinet itself" and TECHBENCH is the result.
With TECHBENCH, the installer mounts the bench on the front of the cabinet, and by doing this there is much less excess cabling required, and all of the space allowance of being in front of the cabinet.