Cable s optical and mechanical performance specifications.
Fibre optic cable installation specifications.
Installation guide for optical fibre cable edition 05 12 2002 rev 1 0 copyri g h t n e xans 2 002 all data subject to c h ange w i thout prior notice table of contents 1 safety warnings 2 working practice 3 precautions 4 storage 5 generality 1 pre installation procedure 6 fibre optic cable construction 1 fibre 2 buffer types.
Designed for installation in microduct systems using air assisted installation methods corning s minixtend cables are up to 50 percent smaller than standard loose tube cables and offer high fiber counts in a small cable diameter footprint.
The methods used to place fiber optic cables in ducts are similar to those used to place copper.
Fiber optic connectors and cables are present in nearly every communications project that we might sell into be it a das installation or a base station with wireless backhaul you can be certain that fiber jumpers and cabling are being used somewhere in that network.
Recognising the cost pressures in rolling out an optical fibre cable network cbi telecom incorporated and number of ease of installation features in its range of duct optical fibre cables from easy strippable final sheath configurations to optimised designs for air assisted or blown installation into existing sub and micro ducts.
Optical mechanical environmental and dimensional.
Optical specifications of particular concern are attenuation and bandwidth which are currently specified at two operating wavelengths for each fiber type.
Corning s innovative optical micro cabling solutions include the following.
When installing optical cable what you don t know could really hurt you or damage your cable.
Familiarizing yourselfwith standard 301 is a smart step to avoid such problems up until a little over a year ago an installation standard for optical cable didn t exist.
A new fiber optic installation standard.
A fiber optic cable also known as an optical fiber cable is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light.
The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable will be deployed.
Although general cable has taken precautions to ensure the accuracy of the product specifications.
The ducts and innerducts should be kept free of debris and maintained watertight at all times.
All printing errors are subject to correction in subsequent releases of this catalog.
Ducts and innerducts should be sized to meet present and future cable installation requirements.
Fiber optic cable types multimode and single mode.
Specifications for fiber and fiber optic cable can be divided into four categories.
Fiber optic cable for the 21st century all information in this catalog is presented solely as a guide to product selection and is believed to be reliable.
