Armoured Optical Fibre Cable

DESCRIPTION

These cables are designed for direct burial application and provide excellent transmission performance & protection to fibre in variety of field environment

APPLICATION

Long haul communication system

Direct burial application

Local area networks

Can also be used in ducts where the operation environment is exceptionally severe.

FEATURES

Protection against rodents & termites

S-Z Stranded

Standard fibre counts : 2 - 48

Available with stainless/chrome plated steel tape armour

CABLE CROSS SECTION

  1. Primary Coated Optical Fibre
  2. Tube Filling Compound
  3. Loose Tube
  4. Dummy Filler (if required)
  5. Central Strength Member
  6. Water Blocking Media
  7. Inner Sheath
  8. Armour
  9. Outer Sheath
 

MECHANICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS

Characteristics

Values

Reference Standard

Tensile force
     During Installation
     Permanent 
1.3 x W
0.6 x W

IEC 60794-1-E1

Bending radius
    Temporary, unloaded
    Permanent, during installation
20 D
25 D

IEC 60794-1-E11

Repeated bending 30 times, with weight of 50 N

EIA-455-104

Torsion resistance 10 cycles with load of 400 N 

IEC 60794-1-E7

Crush resistance 4000 N (100 x 100 mm)

IEC 60794-1-E3

Impact resistance 25 N-m

IEC 60794-1-E4

Kink resistance 20 D

IEC 60794-1-E10

Temperature range
    Operation
    Storage
    Installation


-30º to +70ºC
-30º to +70ºC
-10º to +50ºC

IEC 60794-1-F1

Water Penetration Pass IEC 60794-1-F5
Spark Test Pass IEC 60794-1-F3

W = Weight in kg of 1 Km. cable         D = Diameter of cable in mm

 

COLOUR CODING

Colour of fibres in a tube Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate, White,
Red, Black, Yellow, Violet, Rose & Natural
Last fibre in a tube will be Natural
Identification method
Marker & Tracer
Blue tube/filler (marker)
Orange tube/filler (tracer)
Or All Tubes coloured as per requirement
Other elements Black and/Natural
 

DELIVERY INFORMATION

Upto 24 F

Upto 48 F Upto 96 F
Cable weight (nominal) - Kg/Km
226
260
180
Cable diameter (nominal) - mm
15.7
16.9
14.9
Standard length - Kms
2, 4 & 6
2, 4 & 6
2, 4 & 6
 

NOTES

  1. Fibre in cable can comply to G651 / G652 Series / G655 or as desired. Properties of the cabled fibre available on request.
  2. The given cable cross section and characteristics will change as per specification desired by the customers.