Corning ribbon interlocking armored plenum cables are designed for use in plenum, riser and general-purpose environments for intrabuilding backbone and horizontal installations. These cables are standard ribbon plenum cables placed inside spirally wrapped aluminum interlocking armor for ruggedness and superior crush resistance. 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 up to seven times the crush protection of nonarmored cables, while a specially 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 individual fibers.
This cable is available in 12 different jacket colors – blue, orange, green, brown, slate, white, red, black, yellow, violet, rose and aqua. The colored jacket allows for easy visual identification of the cables. The standard jacket color will be determined by the dominant fiber type in the cable and will use the standard part numbers shown here.
Features And Benefits
• Fiber Category: multimode (OM3)
• Standards: according to National Electrical Code® (NEC®) Article 770
• Design and Test Criteria: ANSI/ICEA S-87-640
• Fiber Count: 144
• Fiber Coloring: Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate, White, Red, Black, Yellow, Violet, Rose, Aqua
• Ribbons per Tube: 12
• Fibers per Ribbon: 12
• Outer Jacket Color: Aqua
• Operation: 0 °C to 70 °C (32 °F to 158 °F )
• Max. Tensile Strength: Short-Term 1320 N (300 lbf) / Long-Term 400 N (90 lbf)
• Weight: 400 kg/km (289.3 lb/1000 ft)
• RoHS: Free of hazardous substances according to RoHS 2011/65/EU
• Fiber Category:50 µm MM (OM3)
• Wavelengths: 850 nm / 1300 nm
• Maximum Attenuation: 3.4 dB/km / 1.0 dB/km
• Serial 1 Gigabit Ethernet: 1000 m / 600 m
• Serial 10 Gigabit Ethernet: 300 m / - m
• Min. Overfilled Launch (OFL) Bandwidth: 1500 MHz*km / 500 MHz*km
• Minimum Effective Modal Bandwidth (EMB): 2000 MHz*km / - MHz*km
• Precise fiber and ribbon geometries
Excellent mass splicing yields
• Ribbon ID numbers and fiber colors
Easily identifiable
• Flexible interlocking armor
More than seven times the crush protection compared to non-armored cables
• Flame-retardant jacket
Rugged and durable
