A 12-fiber, gel-filled, dielectric-armored OM3 multimode fiber-optic cable for indoor and outdoor installation.
This round, single-tube FREEDM® cable is designed for indoor and outdoor deployment in campus backbones, ducts, conduits and in-house installations. Twelve ClearCurve® OM3 50/125 µm fibers (IEC 60793-2-10), color-coded to Telcordia, sit in a gel-filled 2.0 mm central tube, with all-dielectric laminated glass-yarn armoring for improved rodent resistance and a black flame-retardant, non-corrosive, low-smoke zero-halogen (LSZH/FRNC) jacket. The cable has a 5.6 mm outer diameter, 1000 N/10 cm crush resistance, a maximum installation tensile strength of 1500 N and CPR class Dca-s1a,d0,a1, and operates from −30 to 70 °C. Maximum attenuation is 2.8 dB/km at 850 nm and 1.0 dB/km at 1300 nm, with 2000 MHz·km effective modal bandwidth supporting 10 GbE up to 300 m.
How this product lines up against others in Fiber Cables.
| Fibre mode | Multi-mode OM3 | Single-mode OS2 | Single-mode OS2 |
| Fibre count | 12 fibers | 24 fibers | 4 fibers |
| Fibre standard | ITU-T G.651.1 | ITU-T G.652.D, ITU-T G.657.A1 | ITU-T G.652.D |
| Maximum attenuation | — | 1310 nm · 0.34 dB/km, 1383 nm · 0.34 dB/km, 1550 nm · 0.2 dB/km | 1310 nm · 0.36 dB/km, 1383 nm · 0.36 dB/km, 1550 nm · 0.22 dB/km |
| Cable construction | Central loose tube | Central loose tube | Central loose tube |
| Armouring | Dielectric (glass yarn) | Dielectric (glass yarn) | Dielectric (glass yarn) |
| Water blocking | Gel-filled | Gel-filled | Gel-filled |
| Colour | Black | Black | Black |
| Storage temperature | -30 to 70 °C | -40 to 70 °C | -25 to 70 °C |
| Cable environment | Indoor/Outdoor | Indoor/Outdoor | Indoor/Outdoor |
| Routing method | Duct or conduit | Duct or conduit | Duct or conduit, Riser |
| Outer jacket material | LSZH/FRNC | LSZH/FRNC | LSZH/FRNC |
| Reaction to fire (CPR class) | Dca | Dca | — |
| CPR additional classes | s1a, d0, a1 | s1a, d0, a1 | — |
| Maximum pulling tension | 1500 N | 1500 N | 1000 N |
| Crush resistance | 1000 N/10 cm | 1000 N/10 cm | 1500 N/10 cm |
| Minimum bend radius, installation | 112 mm | 114 mm | 130 mm |
| Minimum bend radius, operation | 56 mm | 57 mm | 100 mm |
| Installation temperature | -5 to 50 °C | -5 to 50 °C | -5 to 50 °C |
| Outer diameter | 5.6 mm | 5.7 mm | 6.6 mm |
| Weight per kilometre | 40.5 kg/km | 42.5 kg/km | 46 kg/km |
| Maximum length per drum | 6000 m | 6000 m | 6000 m |
| Operating temperature | -30 to 70 °C | -40 to 70 °C | -20 to 60 °C |
| Specification group | passive | — | passive |
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