Fibre Optic Cable Installation Specifications

A new fiber optic installation standard.

Fibre optic cable installation specifications.

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. Specifications for fiber and fiber optic cable can be divided into four categories. Underground installation of optic fiber cable placing. Fiber optic cable types multimode and single mode.

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. Although general cable has taken precautions to ensure the accuracy of the product specifications. Optical mechanical environmental and dimensional. 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.

Corning s innovative optical micro cabling solutions include the following. Precautions 4 1 cable handling 4 2 led and laser precaution. 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. The methods used to place fiber optic cables in ducts are similar to those used to place copper.

When installing optical cable what you don t know could really hurt you or damage your cable. 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. 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. Cable s optical and mechanical performance specifications.

Optical specifications of particular concern are attenuation and bandwidth which are currently specified at two operating wavelengths for each fiber type. Ducts and innerducts should be sized to meet present and future cable installation requirements. The ducts and innerducts should be kept free of debris and maintained watertight at all times. 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.