locking armor for ruggedness and superior crush resis-
tance. This special construction facilitates routing inside
buildings, through riser shafts and air-handling spaces, to
telecommunication rooms and to workstations. Ideal for
heavy traffic or more challenging mechanical exposure
conditions, this cable design consists of fibers organized
into 12-fiber ribbons inside a central tube surrounded by
dielectric strength members to provide tensile strength.
The flexible interlocking armor offers over seven times
the crush protection of nonarmored cables, while a spe-
cially formulated flame-retardant outer jacket allows the
design to meet the requirements of the NFPA 262 flame
test. The 12-fiber ribbons have readily identifiable ribbon
ID numbers and fiber colors with easy access to individ-
ual fibers.
Flame Resistance
Ripcord
Buffer
Tube
Dielectric Strength
Members
Fiber Ribbon
Flame-Retardant
Inner Jacket
Water-Swellable
Tape
Interlocking
Armor
Flame-Retardant
Outer Jacket
Ribbon Interlocking Armored Plenum Cables, 36
Fibers
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Ripcord
Buffer
Tube
Dielectric Strength
Members
Fiber Ribbon
Flame-Retardant
Inner Jacket
Water-Swellable
Tape
Interlocking
Armor
Flame-Retardant
Outer Jacket
Ribbon Interlocking Armored Plenum Cables, 144
Fibers
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Fibers
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Specifications
Temperature Range
Storage
Installation
Operation
-40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
0 °C to 60 °C (32 °F to 140 °F)
0 °C to 70 °C (32 °F to 158 °F)
*
Note: Corning recommends storing cable in a proper temperature environment prior to installation to allow the cable temperature to meet installation tempera-
ture range specifications for best installation results.
Max. Tensile Strength, Short-Term
Max. Tensile Strength, Long-Term
1320 N (300 lbf)
400 N (90 lbf)
Mechanical Characteristics Cable
Fiber Count
Nominal Inner Nominal
Cable Dia-
Outer Dia-
meter
meter
12.4 mm
(0.49 in)
15.5 mm
(0.61 in)
19.9 mm
(0.78 in)
23.6 mm
(0.93 in)
Min. Bend
Min. Bend
Radius Instal- Radius Ope-
lation
ration
299 mm
(11.8 in)
354 mm
(13.9 in)
199 mm
(7.8 in)
236 mm
(9.3 in)
Weight
Product Type
12 - 96
144 - 216
326 kg/km
(219 lb/1000 ft)
461 kg/km
(310 lb/1000 ft)
Interlocking armor
Interlocking armor
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Chemical Characteristics
RoHS
Free of hazardous substances according to RoHS 2002/95/
EG
Transmission Performance
Multimode
Fiber Core Diameter
(
µm
)
Fiber Category
Fiber Code
Performance Option Code
Wavelengths
(
nm
)
Maximum Attenuation
(
dB/km
)
Serial 1 Gigabit Ethernet
(
m
)
Serial 10 Gigabit Ethernet
(
m
)
Min. Overfilled Launch (OFL)
Bandwidth
(
MHz*km
)
Minimum Effective Modal
Bandwidth (EMB)
(
MHz*km
)
62.5
OM1
K
30
850/1300
3.4/1.0
300/550
33/-
200/500
220/-
50
OM2
T
31
850/1300
3.0/1.0
750/500
150/-
700/500
950/-
50
OM3
T
80
850/1300
3.0/1.0
1000/600
300/-
1500/500
2000/-
50
OM4
T
90
850/1300
3.0/1.0
1100/600
550/-
3500/500
4700/-
50
OM4 Extended
Distance
T
91
850/1300
3.0/1.0
1100/600
600/-
3500/500
5350/-
*
Single-mode (OS2) fiber is ITU-T G.652.D compliant.
*
50 µm multimode fiber (OM4) T90 10 Gigabit Ethernet distance assumes 1.0 dB maximum total connector/splice loss.
*
50 µm multimode fiber (OM4) T91 10 Gigabit Ethernet Distance assumes 0.7 dB maximum total connector/splice loss.
*
50 µm multimode fiber (OM3/OM4) meets 0.75 ns optical skew when used in all Corning Plug and Play™/Pretium EDGE
®
systems solutions.
Notes:
1)
Improved attenuation and bandwidth options available.
2)
Bend-insensitive single-mode fibers available on request.
3)
50 μm multimode fiber macrobend loss ≤ 0.2 dB at 850 nm for two turns around 7.5 mm radius mandrel.
4)
Contact a Corning Customer Care Representative for additional information.
Single-mode
Fiber Name
Fiber Category
Fiber Code
Performance Option Code
Wavelengths
(
nm
)
Maximum Attenuation
(
dB/km
)
Typical Attenuation*
(
dB/km
)
SMF-28e+
®
fiber
G.652.D
E
01
1310/1383/1550
0.4/0.4/0.3
0.33/0.33/0.19
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Ordering Information |
Note: Contact Customer Care at 1-800-743-2675 for other options.
Corning Optical Communications LLC • PO Box 489 • Hickory, NC 28603-0489 USA