FILLED ASP Cable with foam skin insulation is a single jacket, armored, filled design intended for direct burial applications in high risk areas. An ETPR compound completely coats each insulated conductor and fills the air space between conductors. The shielding, armoring and jacketing combined with the filling and flooding compounds throughout the cable, provide exceptional durability and resistance to moisture.

Features
• Tightly controlled individual conductor dimensions
• Specially designed pair twist lays
• Inner and outer surfaces of both aluminum tape and steel tape are flooded
• Core wrap
• Polyethylene jacket

Benefits
• Limits resistance unbalance of paired conductors
• Minimizes crosstalk and meets the capacitance unbalance requirements
• Provides a barrier to moisture and inhibits corrosion
• Protects core and provides improved mechanical and electrical characteristics
• Provides a tough, flexible, protective covering that withstands exposure to sunlight, atmospheric temperatures, ground chemicals and stresses expected in standard installation

Specifications
Conductor - Solid annealed copper

Insulation - Conductors are dual insulated with an inner layer of foamed, natural polyolefin covered by an outer layer of solid, colored polyolefin; conductor insulation is color coded in accordance with industry standard

25-Pair Core - Pairs are combined into a cylindrical core

≥ 50-Pair Core - Multiples of 25-pair groups are assembled to form the final cable core; each group is identified by color coded non-hygroscopic binders; for 1,200-pair and larger, the color code is a Mirror Image design

Filling Compound - Core assembly is completely filled with an 80°C ETPR compound, filling the air space between the insulated conductors

Core Wrap - Dielectric tape applied over the core

Shield - Corrugated bare 8 mil aluminum tape is applied longitudinally over the core wrap; inner and outer surfaces of the aluminum shield are flooded

Jacket - Black, polyethylene

Jacket Marking - Manufacturer’s identification, pair count, AWG, product identification, sequential footage and a telephone handset printed at 2 foot intervals

Standards Compliance 
•Telcordia® GR-421-CORE Issue 2
•RoHS-compliant

Applications
• Direct burial