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Single Jacket Loose Tube Fiber Optic Cable

Indoor Loose Tube Fiber Optic Cable

250 µm Loose Tube Design Allows for Higher Fiber Strand Counts in a Smaller Overall Diameter Cable
Ideal for MT and MTP/MPO Style Connectors
No Gel Design Makes Installation Quick, Easy and Clean
Each Fiber is Color Coded for Easy Identification
Flexible and Easy to Handle
Lightweight, Flexible Aramid Yarns Enhance Strengtd

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Loose Tube Cable Features

Cables with Improved Attenuation Available
Both UL Plenum and dual rated UL Riser / Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) Available
Cables with Extended 10 Gigabit Ethernet Support Distances Available
Standard Colors are Yellow for Singlemode, Orange for Multimode and Teal for 10 Gigabit

Single Jacket Loose Tube Fiber Optic Cable Diagram

Fiber Count	# Fibers per Tube	50 UM OM2	50 UM OM3	50 UM OM4	8.3 UM OS2	8.3 UM OS2BI
2	2	61506-2	61507-2	61883-2	61538-2	61715-2
6	6	61506-6	61507-6	61883-6	61538-6	61715-6
8	8	61506-8	61507-8	61883-8	61538-8	61715-8
12	12	61506-12	61507-12	61883-12	61538-12	61715-12
24	24	61506-24	61507-24	61883-24	61538-24	61715-24
6	2	61732-6	61736-6	61889-6	61724-6	61778-6
18	6	61733-18	61737-18	61890-18	61725-18	61779-18
36	12	61734-35	61738-36	61890-36	61726-36	61780-36
72	24	61735-72	61739-72	61890-72	61727-72	61781-72
8	2	61732-8	61736-8	61889-8	61724-8	61778-8
24	6	61733-24	61737-24	61890-24	61725-24	61779-24
48	12	61734-48	61738-48	61890-48	61726-48	61780-48
96	24	61735-96	61739-96	61890-96	61727-96	61781-96
12	2	61732-12	61736-12	61889-12	61724-12	61778-12
36	6	61733-36	61737-36	61890-36	61725-36	61779-36
72	12	61734-72	61738-72	61890-72	61726-72	61780-72
144	24	61735-144	61739-144	61890-144	61727-144	61781-144

Loose Tube Cable Applications

Ideal for MT and MTP/MPO Style Connectors
The Optimal Cabling Solution for High Density Mainframe Data Centers, Super Computing Clusters and Parallel Optics Interconnections
The Smallest diameter, Highest Fiber Count Cables With the Reliability Necessary for Systems With High Up-Time Expectations

Fiber Distances by Application (conventional), pre-QSFP Release
Fiber Distances & Loss Budgets by Application (Based on QSFP Rev. 1 Specification Dec. 2006)
Understanding OM1, OM2, OM3, OS1 and OS2 Glass Types

Loose Tube Cable Optical Specifications

TIA/EIA-568-B.3
ISO/IEC 11801, 2nd Edition
Bellcore GR-409-CORE

HCM Fiber Performance Parameters	Max Attenuation (dB/Km)		Min Bandwidth OFL MHz-Km		Min Bandwidth* MHz-Km		Gigabit Ethernet Support Distance (meters)		10 Gigabit Ethernet Support Distance (meters)
	850 nm	1300 nm	850 nm	1300 nm	850 nm	1300 nm	850 nm	1300 nm	850 nm	1300 nm
OM1	3.25**	1.0	200	500	220	na	300	550	33	na
OM2	3.25**	1.0	700	500	850	na	750	550	150	na
OM3	3.0**	1.0	1500	500	2000	na	1000	550	300	na
OM4	3.0	1.0	3500	500	4700	na	1100	550	550	na
*EMBc for OM2, OM3 & OM4 fibers. RML for OM1 fibers.

	1310 nm	1550 nm
OS1	0.50	0.50
OS2	0.35	0.25
OS2 BI***	0.35	0.25
**OM1 & OM2 with fiber counts above 12-strands have max attenuation of 3.5dB/Km at 850 nm. OM3 with fiber counts above 12-strands have max attenuation of 3.25dB/Km at 850 nm.

***OS2 BI utilizes bend-insensitive optical glass

Loose Tube Cable Mechanical Specifications

FIBER COUNT	# Fibers per Tube	Tube Layout	Tube O.D.		CABLE O.D.		MAXIMUM LOAD INSTALL		OPERATION		CABLE WEIGHT
			in.	mm	in.	mm	lbs-f	N	lbs-f	N	lbs/1000 ft	kg/1000m
2	2	-	0.118	3.0	0.118	3.0	64	284	32	142	5.5	8.2
6	6	-	0.118	3.0	0.118	3.0	64	284	32	142	5.6	8.3
8	8	-	0.118	3.0	0.118	3.0	64	284	32	142	5.7	8.5
12	12	-	0.118	3.0	0.118	3.0	64	284	32	142	5.9	8.8
24	24	-	0.177	4.5	0.177	4.5	100	445	50	223	13.1	19.5
6	2	3xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.372	9.45	192	855	96	427	53.1	79.0
18	6	3xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.372	9.45	192	855	96	427	53.7	79.9
36	12	3xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.372	9.45	192	855	96	427	54.5	81.1
72	24	3xCSM	0.177	4.5	0.443	11.25	300	1335	150	668	69.6	103.6
8	2	4xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.428	10.87	256	1140	128	570	81.2	120.8
24	6	4xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.428	10.87	256	1140	128	570	81.9	121.8
48	12	4xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.428	10.87	256	1140	128	570	82.9	123.4
96	24	4xCSM	0.177	4.5	0.507	12.88	400	1780	200	890	105.4	156.9
12	2	6xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.512	13.00	384	1709	192	855	120.4	179.2
36	6	6xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.512	13.00	384	1709	192	855	121.5	180.8
72	12	6xCSM	0.144	3.66	0.512	13.00	384	1709	192	855	123.0	183.0
144	24	6xCSM	0.177	4.5	0.612	15.54	600	2670	300	1335	161.7	240.6

Bend Radius, No Load = 10x Cable Overall Diameter
Bend Radius, Load = 15x Cable Overall Diameter

Bend Radius for Cables that Contain Corning® ClearCurve® Glass are Typically 25% to 50% Smaller than Conventional Cable Designs. Call for More Technical Details.

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