Corning SST-Ribbon™ cables represent a truly innovative breakthrough in outside plant cable technology. Providing up to 216 fibers in a compact design, the enhanced coupling features ensure the ribbon stack and cable act as one unit, providing long-term reliability in aerial, duct and direct-buried applications.
These features also minimize ribbon movement in situations where cable vibration may occur. The cable consists of a single buffer tube containing a stack of up to 18 12-fiber ribbons wrapped within a water-swellable foam tape and surrounded by a second water-swellable tape. Steel strength members located 180 degrees apart under the cable jacket provide tensile and anti-buckling strength.
Armored cables include a copolymer-coated corrugated steel tape armor layer. The cable is jacketed with a black UV-resistant polyethylene sheath. The 12-fiber ribbons have readily identifiable ribbon IDs and fiber colors and geometries that result in excellent mass-splicing yields.
Features And Benefits
• Fiber Category: Single-mode (OS2)
• Standards: according to National Electrical Code® (NEC®) Article 770
• Design and Test Criteria: IEC 60794-5-10
• Fiber Count: 96
• Fiber Coloring: Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate, White, Red, Black, Yellow, Violet, Rose, Aqua
• Ribbons per Tube: 8
• Fibers per Ribbon: 12
• Outer Jacket Color: Black
• Operation: -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F )
• Max. Tensile Strength,: Short-Term 2700 N (600 lbf) / Long-Term 890 N (200 lbf)
• Weight: 190 kg/km (128 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
• Gel-free waterblocking technology
Craft-friendly cable preparation
• Innovative waterblocking technology
Prevents water penetration
• 12-fiber ribbons with ribbon IDs
Easy identification
• Up to 216 fibers in a compact design
Easily fits in 1.0 inch inner diameter duct