Outside Plant Single Armor Double Jacket (OPA, OPAD)
Description
Berk-Tek’s Outside Plant Single Armor Double Jacket Loose Tube fiber optic cables are designed for installation in harsh environments such as direct burial, aerial lashing, conduit and pathways that are subjected to wide temperature variations. The Armored Outside Plant product incorporates a corrugated steel armor tape between two jackets surrounding the core and is offered with 2 - 288 fibers per cable. These cables are thoroughly tested and verified to Telcordia GR-20 and ICEA-640 for outside cabling systems.
Description
Standards
International : EN 50173; ISO/IEC 11801National : ANSI/ICEA S-87-640; ANSI/TIA-568.3-D; Telcordia GR-20
Description
Berk-Tek's Outdoor Single Armor Double Jacket Loose Tube cables are available in multimode, single-mode and GIGAlite™ fibers.
Buffer Tube Construction
Gel-filled tubes containing up to 12, 250 µm, individually colored fibers.
Outdoor Consideration
Berk-Tek recommends that loose tube cables be utilized in an outside plant installation environment. Loose tube cables are especially recommended if the interbuilding conduit system is likely to fill with water.
- Sunlight resistant outer jacket per UL 444 clause 7.22.
Applications
Berk-Tek's Outdoor Loose Tube fiber optic cable is intended for all high speed data applications, including:
- ETHERNET: 10BASE – 400GBASE (10BASE, 100BASE, 1000BASE, 10GBASE, 40GBASE, 100GBASE, 400GBASE)
- Fibre Channel: 1G-FC – 128GFC (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 128 GFC)
- SONET: OC-1 – OC-768 (OC -1, 3, 12, 24, 48, 192, 768)
- SDH: STM-0 – STM-256 (STM-0, 1, 4, 16, 64, 256)
- OTN: OTU-1 – OTU4 (OTU1, 2, 2e, 2f, 3, 3e2, 4)
- CPRI: CPRI-1 – CPRI-9 (CPRI-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8, 9)
Features
- High tensile strength, crush resistant and small diameter design.
- Single-mode, multimode and hybrid design options available.
- Corrugated steel armor provides crush and rodent resistance.
- Recommended for direct burial installations.
- Fully water-blocked core using dry water blocking system.
Benefits
- Provides for greater pulling distances thus reducing installation time.
- Broad design selection allows for mix and match of fiber components to specific networking applications.
- Long-term reliability.
- Low cable plant maintenance, ease of installation.
- Reduce network costs.
Characteristics
| Construction characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Jacket Material | Polyethylene |
| Usage characteristics | |
| RoHS compliant | Yes |
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Manufacturing Release
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This product specification is provided for informational purposes only in order to illustrate typical product constructions, applications and/or methods of installation. Because conditions of actual installation and use are unique and will vary, Berk-Tek makes no representation or warranty as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of this data, even if Berk-Tek is aware of the product's intended use or purpose. Furthermore, this data does not constitute, nor should it be regarded or relied upon, as professional engineering advice. Installation of product should only be done by qualified personnel and in conformance with all safety, electrical and other applicable codes, standards, rules or regulations. Appropriate and correct product selection, installation and use, and compliance with all such codes, standards, rules and regulations, is a customer/end-user responsibility. Product specifications, standards, programs or services are subject to improvement or changes without notice. Berk-Tek accepts no liability for typographical errors, technical inaccuracies, omissions or misuse of the information contained herein. Changes will be periodically made to address any such issues.
