AERIAL CABLE ALL DIELECTRIC SELF SUPPORTING
FEATURES & APPLICATIONS
Application in LAN, WAN, Cable TV, rural communication, power networks, railway networks, mountainous terrain
Ultra high tensile strength
All dielectrical
Immune to lightning strikes
Superior moisture protection
Ultra light weight / flexible
Easy handling and installations
| Characteristics | AC |
| Construction Parameters and Material Types | |
| Fiber count / Number of tubes | 4 to 144 to 12 |
| Tube jelly type | Thixotropic jell |
| Filler (if required) | MDPE |
| Central element type | GRP/FRP |
| Core moisture protection | Flooding jell |
| Core wrap | Yes |
| Peripheral strength member | Aramid yarn |
| Longitudinal moisture protection | One side Swellable tape |
| Jelly under inner sheath | NA |
| Outer sheath thickness, mm / material | 2 / HDPE |
| Approximate cable weight, kg / km | 139 to 225 |
| Cable delivery length, km | 2, 4 & 6 |
Optical Fiber Characteristics
| Fiber type | SM |
| Mode field diameter,m | 8.6 to 9.5 |
| Cladding / coating diameter, , m | 125 ± 1 / 245 ± 5 |
| Core clad concentricity error, m W | ≤ 0.80 |
| Clad non-circularity, % | ≤ 1 |
| Mode field concentricity error, m | ≤ 1 |
| Chromatic dispersion, ps / (nm2. km) | ≤ 3.5 at 1310 ≤ 18 at 1550 |
| Zero dispersion slope, ps / (nm2. km) | ≤ 0.093 |
| Zero dispersion wavelength, mm | 1300 to1322 |
| Cabled fiber cut-off, nm | ≤ 1260 |
| Max. att single cabled fiber 1310 / 1550 dB / km | ≤0.38 / 0.25 /0.25 |
| Average att of cable, dB / km | ≤ 0.35 / 0.21 |
Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics
| Tensile strength, Newton | For 06 to 36 fiber 3200, for 48 to 96 fibers 3500 | ||
| Crush strength, Newton | 2000 | ||
| Impact, points | 5 | ||
| Repeated bending, cycles | 100 | ||
| Torsion, cycles | 5 | ||
| Water penetration, hours | 24 | ||
| Minimum bending diameter, mm | Unloaded 10 x OD, Loaded 20 x OD | ||
| Temperature cycling, cycles | 10 | ||
| Operating temperature, OC | -15 to +75 | ||
| Ice layer on the cable | 4 mm, all around the cable | ||
| Wind load, km/ hour | 100 | ||
| Bird load, Newton / meter | 9 | ||
| Cable sag, % | 2 | ||
| Distance between poles, meter | 40 | ||
| Cable elongation, % | 0.3 | ||
| Applicable Standards | ITU-T G650, G652, G655, IEC-793-1 & 2, IEC-794-1 & 2, TIA/EIA- 598A, EN 188 000 | ||
AC All Dielectric Self Supporting Aerial, PBT Polybutylene Terephtalate, MDPE Medium Density Polyethylene, GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic, WS Water Swellable, HDPE High Density Polyethylene, SM Single Mode Fiber. OD Outer Diameter, att Attenuation, NA Not Applicable