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LOOSE  TUBE (OUTSIDE PLANT)

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Provides bare fibers in a loose  tube, flooded with a water blocking gel to prevent environmental  damage to the fiber. Available in high fiber counts at a  relatively low cost per fiber. Labor intensive termination, (to remove all of the gel), and requires break-out kits to protect the bare fibers at the point of termination. Designed for  outdoor use, plenum cable is unavailable.

AERIAL  (FIGURE 8 CABLE)

Tight buffered cable for aerial  applications. Dry outdoor cable with a steel messenger for running between telephone poles.

DISTRIBUTION  (900 MICRON TIGHT BUFFERED)

Available in PVC or Plenum rated  jacket, each fiber is coated with a 900 micron buffer. Available in high fiber counts and sub-bundled designs where 6 or 12 fibers can form a sub-unit in a larger fiber cable. Termination does not require break-out kits, and is accomplished  much faster than termination of loose-tube cable. Available in  indoor and indoor/outdoor cable.

BREAK-OUT  (TIGHT BUFFERED INDIVIDUALLY JACKETED

Available in PVC or Plenum rated  jacket. Each fiber is buffered and cabled with tensioned  kevlar, then it is individually jacketed like a simplex cable,  and   jacketed with an outer sheath. Typically  used in fiber counts up to 24 strands, break-out cable is perfect  for severe duty applications, and it is the most  "robust" and easiest of all types to connectorize.  Available in indoor and indoor/outdoor cable. 

JUMPER  CORD

Available in PVC and Plenum rated  jacket. Jumper cord is available in simplex, (one fiber) or duplex, (two fibers), and is usually used in patching  applications.  The duplex fiber is referred to commonly as  "zipcord", because the design is very similar to lamp  cord that can be peeled apart at the seam.  Jumper cord is  designed to be flexible without a lot of memory, to work well in  patch panels and racks where wire management is a concern.

Each of these styles come in a  range of packaging options with different jacketing, varying  number of fibers, glass performance options, fire and smoke  resistance, operating temperature ranges, etc...  We are  expert at determining the right fiber for your application.   Please call with your specific requirements, and we can help to  recommend the "right" fiber from the manufacturer that  builds the best fiber for your needs.