Which Tight-Buffered Fiber Distribution Cable Fits Your Application?

 

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 You get two main options when choosing fiber optic cables: tight buffered and loose tube. Before choosing a fiber optic cable, you must consider the environment in which you’ll be setting up your network.

Tight buffered optic cable has become the go-to option for indoor and outdoor applications because of its fast, easy termination. They’re made up of 900µm buffered fibers and layered with aramid yarns that protect the fibers inside.

 

A distribution cable is a tight buffered cable that is perfect for applications that need one termination point with multiple fibers.

Which Tight Buffered Distribution Cable Should You Choose?

Distribution cables come in a variety of types. Each has a different fiber type, cable structure, and outer jacket. Here are a few to consider:

Indoor Tight Buffered Distribution Fiber Cable

Indoor tight buffered distribution cables are used for indoor environments like backboning in intrabuildings and routing between different telecommunication rooms. The larger indoor distribution cable has more than 36 fibers and a unitized design. Smaller cables have fiber counts of 6, 12, or 24 and a non-unitized design. They’re also more flexible, have better cost advantages, and have smaller packages.

The color-coded 12 and 24 fiber counts cables are popular because they can easily be spliced with other cables and terminated with a fiber optic connector,turning them into multi-fiber pigtails and fiber patch cables.

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Armored Tight Buffered Distribution Fiber Cable

Optic fiber cables are usually used indoors because they’re fragile and easy to damage, but they can be used outdoors if the cable is layered inside with an aluminum or steel armored tube. This additional armor makes these cables durable, waterproof, and rodent-proof. They can also be laid underground during their installation.

Low-count armored fiber cable has a single-jacket design and can be used for LAN backbones,  ducts, underfloor or ceiling wiring, aerial and direct-burial cable applications. They are used due to their ease of termination and connection and are ideal for offices and customer areas.

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