Loose Tube Fiber Termination

Loose tubes strand around the central strength member.

Loose tube fiber termination.

Each however is designed for very different environments. Both contain a type of strengthening member such as aramid yarn stainless steel wire strands or gel filled sleeves. Fiber loose tube cable belden s loose tube cables are ideal for both outdoor indoor outdoor applications including use in conduit direct burial lashed aerial trunking. The 250 micron buffered fibers in loose tube cables cannot be easily terminated unless they have a reinforcement called a breakout kit or furcation kit installed where each fiber is covered by a larger plastic tube.

When terminating loose tube fiber with our infinium fiber connectors additional steps must be taken to ensure a proper fiber termination. Fiber optic cables are constructed in two ways. Tight buffered and loose tube fiber are the two styles of constructions fiber optic cables offered. Both contain some type of strengthening member such as aramid yarn stainless steel wire strands or even gel filled sleeves.

Fiber optic cable is available in many physical variations such as single and multiple conductor constructions aerial and direct burial styles plenum and riser cables etc. Loose tube cables whether flooded under the jacket or water blocked with dry swellable materials protect the fibers from moisture and the long term degradation moisture can cause. Multiple 250µm bare fibers in loose tube 2. Loose tube and tight buffered.

There are two styles of fiber optic cable construction. Moisture blocking gel in each loose tube for water blocking and protection of 250µm fibers. Generally loose tube and ribbon cables are terminated by splicing on a terminated pigtail. But there are two basic styles of fiber optic cable construction.

But each is designed for very different environments. Their designs utilize 250µm fibers in both central multi loose tube constructions ranging in fiber counts from 2 to 288. Loose tube and tight buffered. From the picture below we can see that loose tube fiber holds more than one optical fiber each individually.

Loose tube fiber and tight buffered fiber. For more information on our infinium fiber product family. Between them there are several common denominators like the fact that both have in their interior a strengthening member of sorts that can be made of stainless steel in the form of wire strands aramid yarn or gel filled sleeves. Construction of loose tube fiber optic cable.