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Porta Systems Corp. is a leading provider of connection
and protection products for public and private
telecommunications networks.
Founded in 1969, the Company
designed, engineered and manufactured the first high
density connector block providing a space savings of up to
40%. In 1973 Porta introduced the first miniaturized Line
Surge Protector -- effectively protecting personnel and
equipment from lightning and other power surges. Porta
Systems' Solid State Gas Tube (Delta)™
Protector Module -- reacting to overvoltages in less than
five nanoseconds -- is the fastest in the industry. Over
100 patents for termination and protection products attest
to Porta's innovative engineering and support of voice and
data networks.
Porta Systems presently
serves a global market base of 31 countries
An
Evolution of Technological
Innovation and Change
Telephone exchanges have
been subject to a dramatic technological evolution and
expansion. Early equipment terminal blocks consisted of
phenolic strips which held stamped metal solder lugs.
Outside plant connector blocks were of "open frame"
construction with exposed carbon blocks for protection.
Density was a mere 32 pairs per vertical foot. Change has
been dramatic. Today, Porta's connector and terminal
blocks, are modular, utilize plastics, employ wire wrap or
quick-clip terminals, and provide density as high as 133
pairs per vertical foot.
Protector technology has
also advanced. Porta's carbon protectors utilize
proprietary carbon mixtures, shaped electrodes, and have a
life as much as 30 times longer than their ancestors.
As the evolution continued,
2 and 3-Element Gas Tube, Delta™ Protectors,
and ESS 5™ Protector Modules have become
state-of-the-art.
Main frames have also
changed to keep pace with advances in connector block and
protector technology. The emphasis is on reducing
installation cost while providing the density and quality
of protection dictated by today's electronic and digital
offices.
The products and other
components described on this website are the finest
available. They are the result of detailed analysis of the
requirements of main frames by engineers charged with one
simple directive: design the best technical solution
possible without any allegiance to the vested interest of
past solutions.
Porta Systems offers the
most complete line of Connecting/Protecting products in
the industry:
- Main Distributing Frames
- Connector and Protector
Blocks
- Terminal Blocks
- Frame Administration
Programs for preferential assignment of cable pairs and
line equipment.
Each component or system is
"engineered" not only for high technical feature content
but for usability as well. Porta's frame components offer
cost effective "Opportunities for Savings" up front as
well as proven savings during installation and subsequent
use. The result is a product line that is elegant in its
simplicity, engineered to a degree not found in
competitive products, and, above all else, functional in
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