ALTOS® double-jacket, single-armored cables are rugged, armored cables designed for direct-buried installation while suitable for duct and aerial (lashed) installation. The loose tube design provides stable performance over a wide temperature range and is compatible with any telecommunications-grade optical fiber.
Features And Benefits
• Fiber Category: Single-mode (OS2)
• Standards: according to National Electrical Code® (NEC®) Article 770
• Design and Test Criteria: ANSI/ICEA S-87-640
• Fiber Count: 72
• Fiber Coloring:Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate, White, Red, Black, Yellow, Violet, Rose, Aqua
• Number of Tube Positions: 6
• Number of Active Tubes: 6
• Outer Jacket Color: Black
• Operation: -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F )
• Max. Tensile Strength,: Short-Term 2700 N (600 lbf)
• Weight: 179 kg/km (120 lb/1000 ft)
• RoHS: Free of hazardous substances according to RoHS 2011/65/EU
• Fiber Category: G.652.D
• Wavelengths: 1310 nm / 1383 nm / 1550 nm
• Maximum Attenuation: 0.35 dB/km / 0.35 dB/km / 0.25 dB/km
• Min. Overfilled Launch (OFL) Bandwidth: 700 MHz*km / 500 MHz*km
• Minimum Effective Modal Bandwidth (EMB): 950 MHz*km / - MHz*km
• Flexible, craft-friendly buffer tubes
Facilitate easy routing in closures
• SZ-stranded, loose tube design
Isolates fibers from installation and environmental rigors and facilitates mid-span access
• Dielectric central strength member
No preferential bend and requires no bonding or grounding
• Medium-density polyethylene jacket
Rugged, durable and easy to strip (while providing superior protection against UV radiation, fungus, abrasion and other environmental factors)