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Fiber Buffer Options
Optical Cable Corporation
offers three distinct buffering systems, each carefully
engineered and manufactured to be the best available for its
respective installation/application.
Ultra-Fox™
Our Ultra-Fox™ cable features 100 kpsi proof-tested fiber, a primary coating
of UV-cured acrylate material to a diameter of 250 µm, and a secondary
buffer to 900 µm. The composite primary coating and secondary buffer may
be mechanically removed to the 125 µm glass diameter in one step. This
is typically done for direct termination with connectors. The versatile
buffer system permits mechanical stripping in short lengths (about 1 cm)
to remove the secondary buffer and leave the 250 µm primary coating intact.
This 250 µm buffered fiber is, therefore, available for splicing to similar
buffered fibers from loose-tube gel-filled cables. The 250 µm coating may
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Ultra-Fox™ Plus
Our Ultra-Fox™ Plus cable features 100 kpsi proof-tested fiber, a primary buffer
of UV-cured acrylate material to a diameter of 500 µm and a secondary hard elastomeric
buffer to 900 µm diameter. This provides the ultimate environmental and mechanical
protection and is identical to the buffering on our military tactical cables.
This buffering system can be easily mechanically stripped directly to the glass
for termination with connectors or for splicing.
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Easy Strip
(ES) Buffer Options
Our Easy Strip options permit easily removing long
lengths (20-30 cm) of the 900 µm buffer and leaving the 250
µm acrylate coating. This is well suited when the 900 µm buffer
must be removed to allow for
splicing or ribbonizing.
- ES1 features a 900 µm primary buffer
of hard elastomeric material that is semi-loose-fitting
over the 250 µm acrylate coating.
- ES2 features a 900 µm PVC primary buffer
with a release agent placed between the primary buffer
and the 250 µm acrylate coating.
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