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Nexans has announced the introduction of fibre optic cables based on an advanced Micro-Bundle design. This new technology allows for the production of small, light cables that maintain excellent mechanical robustness.
Reduced Bend Radius
The Micro-Bundle itself is an incredibly flexible small tube, containing a maximum of twelve fibres. With this type of construction, cables of a very small bend radius can be produced, without the need to use more expensive bend insensitive fibres.
The improved construction means that the cables can be used for both horizontal and vertical installations, and they are available as indoor or universal varients.
Indoor
The installer friendly LANmark-OF Micro-Bundle Indoor cable features aramid yarns as one of the internal strength members and is a high fibre count cable, available from 12 to 96 fibres. It has excellent flame and fire retardant properties and complies with the requirements of IEC60332-1 & 3.
Universal
The water-tight universal cable can be used both indoors and outdoors in a duct. Special additives in the jacket make the cable UV resistant, and the glass yarns ensure the cable is also rodent resistant.
Joost Grillaert, Fibre Product Manager at Nexans Cabling Solutions, says: “The new Micro-Bundle cables provide greatly improved benefits compared with the traditional unitube and loose tube designs. The new design is much more flexible and more cost effective than using bend insensitive fibres”.
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