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 Aerial Cables
Cable Design
Central Strength Member (CSM): Steel wire, with PE
sheath covering when needed.
Loose Tube: PBT plastic material, containing 6 fibers
and filled with a suitable water tightness jelly.
Filler Elements: PE plastic rods, when needed.
Stranding: Loose tube & filler SZ stranded around CSM.
Longitudinal Water Tightness: Wet core and covered
with water blocking tape.
Strength element: Aramid yarn.
Ripcord: 2 aramid ripcord under each sheath.
Aluminum Tape: Aluminum-Plastic tape as protection
layer.
Outer Sheath: Black HDPE.
Messenger Wire: Stranded Galvanized Steel Wire.

Cable Specification
Cable Cores Unit 96 48 24
No. of Tubes / 8 4 4
Fiber Counts in Tube / 12 12 6
No. of Fillers / 0 2 2
Tube/Filler- mm 2.6 2.6 2.3
CSM- mm 2.4 2.2 2
Coated CE- mm 4.5 2.8 2.5
Thickness of Outer Sheath mm 2.2 2.2 2.2
Stranded Galvanized Steel Wire Size mm 7×1.2 7×1.2 7×1.2
Nom. Cable Width mm 16.0 14.3 13.4
Nom. Cable Height mm 25.5 22.7 21.6
Nom. Cable Weight kg/km 308 254 235
Tensile Force N 2850 2850 2850
Bending minimum mm 300 300 270

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Main Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics
Test Test Standard Specified Value Acceptance Criteria
Tensile IEC 60794-1-2-E1 2850N, 10min
Crush IEC 60794-1-2-E3 2200N/10cm, 10min
Impact IEC 60794-1-2-E4 6.5kg, 150mm, 3 times in 5 location
Repeated Bending IEC 60794-1-2-E6 5.5kg, 30 cpm, 100 second
Torsion IEC 60794-1-2-E7 4m, ±180°, 30 cpm, 10 min dB
Temperature Cycling IEC 60794-1-2-F1 , 10 cycles
Water Penetration IEC 60794-1-2-F5 3m sample, 1m height, 24h No water leakage

Fiber & Tube Color

Color Identification of Fiber
Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Color Blue Orange Green Brown Gray White Red Black Yellow Purple Pink Aqua

Color Identification of Tube

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Color Blue Orange Green Brown Gray White Red Black Yellow Purple Pink L-Green Gold Silver

Cabled Fiber Performance (G.652D)

Characteristics Acceptance Value
@1310nm
Attenuation
@1550nm
Mode Field Diameter @1310nm 9.2±0.4
Macrobend loss
Radius: 30mm, Number of turns: 100 0.1 dB at 1625nm
performance of optical fiber
@1285~1330nm /(nm2·km)
Dispersion
@1550nm /(nm2·km)
Zero-Dispersion wavelength 1300nm 1324nm
Zero-Dispersion slope 0.092ps/(nm2·km)
PMD coefficient M=20 cables, Q=0.01%, PMDQ 0.1ps/ km
Cable cut-off wavelength cc(nm) 1260nm
Cladding diameter 125±1.0
Colored fiber diameter 250±15
Cladding non-circularity %
Core/cladding concentricity error 0.6 m
Proof stress 0.69GPa(100kpsi)

Cable Marking
The outer sheath is marked in 1 meter intervals

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