Description
TeraSpan’s Vertical Inlaid Fiber (VIF) cable is designed for use with TeraSpan’s VIF installation system. The cable is a micro-cable, loose-tube design for outdoor environments.
Applications
Outdoor cable for Vertical Inlaid Fiber installations. Utilized as an indoor cable within conduit systems.
Features / Benefits
ID – 12960
- Small outside diameter
- Cable sheath composed of a Polyethylene
- Features a ripcord
- All-dielectric cable design. No grounding required
- Loose buffer tube design
- Dry cable core for faster preparation time
- 96 fiber count cable ideal for last-mile installations
- VIF cable allows for the same cable to be used indoors and outdoors, with simple mating using the VIF system
Specifications
Construction:
- Standardization — IEC 60794-5-10
- Test procedures — IEC 60794-1-2
- Application — Outside
- Strain relief — Yes
- Number of fibers — 96
- Number of fibers per optical element — 12
- Number of cores — 8
- Optical Element — Loose tube, gel-filled
- Fiber type — Single mode
- Optical fiber standard — ITU-T G.657.A1
- Number of layers — 1 Layer
- Type of strain relief — FRP
- Strip method — 1 Ripcord
- Material outer sheath — HDPE
- Colour outer sheath — Black
Characteristics for use:
- Halogen-free (acc. EN 50267-2-2) — Yes
- UV resistant — Yes
- Cable metal free — Yes
- Longitudinal water blocking — Yes
- Longitudinal watertight construction — Super Absorbing Polymer
- Outer sheath thickness — 0.35 mm
- Outer diameter approx. — 6.5 mm
- Nominal Cable Weight — 40kg/km (26 lb/1000 ft)
- Bending radius during installation — 130 mm
- Bending radius after installation — 100 mm
- Tensile load short term (Tm) — 1000 N
- Tensile load Long Term (Tl) — 150 N
- Max. fiber strain at Tm — 0.5 %
Technical characteristics:
- Storage: -40° to +70°
- Installation: -15° to +50° C
- Operation: -40° to +70° C
- Attenuation @ 1310 nm — 0.35 dB/km
- Attenuation @ 1550 nm — 0.22 dB/km
- Attenuation @ 1625 nm — 0.25 dB/km
- Crush resistance acc. meth.E3A — 1200 N/dm
- Impact strength — 2 J
- Torsion resistance — 360 °/m