6.5mm – 96 Fiber Cable

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.

Outdoor cable for Vertical Inlaid Fiber installations. Utilized as an indoor cable within conduit systems.

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

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