Product Information

Specification

Loose Tube 53 Series Outdoor Central Gel Filled Armor/Double Jacket Fiber Optic Cable

Applications:

Outdoors direct burial, Duct or Aerial Lashed

Also known as:

Fiber Optic Cable, 53-Series Cable, Outdoor Cable, Armor Cable, Loose Tube Cable, Direct Burial Cable

Scope:

This document establishes the specification requirements for an outdoor, armored dry block fiber optic cable in a gel filled loose buffer tube.

Cable Construction Details:

•Buffer Tube:
High Modulus Polymeric Material

•Central Tube Color Code:
White

•Fiber Color Code:
As per TIA/EIA-598 standard or per customer requirement

•Filling Compound:
Non-toxic dermatological safe antioxidant hydrocarbon based gel

•Cable Core:
The cable core consists of buffer tube with water-blocking tape

•Cable Strength:
Circumferential strength members are placed over the water blocking tape and under the outer sheath.

•Inner Sheath:
UV resistant Polyethylene

•Moisture Resistance:
A water blocking tape is applied over the central tube with a 25% nominal overlap

•Armor:
Corrugated flexible steel bonded to jacket. The armor of each length of cable shall be electrically continuous with no more than one splice allowed per kilometer of cable. The breaking strength of any section of an armor tape containing a factory splice joint, shall not be less than 80% of the breaking strength of an adjacent section of the armor of equal length without a joint.

•Overall Sheath:
UV Resistant Polyethylene

Applicable Documents:

-TIA/EIA FOTP Standards 455
-Color Coding of Fiber Optic Cables TIA/EIA-598
-RUS 1755.900
-GR-20-CORE
-Compliant with ANSI/TIA-568-C.3 standard

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