Product Details

Corning ALTOS® figure-8 gel-free cables are self-supporting aerial cables designed for easy and economical one-step installation. The loose tube design provides stable performance over a wide temperature range and is compatible with any telecommunications-grade optical fiber. The gel-free design is fully waterblocked using craft-friendly water-swellable materials, making cable access simple and requiring no clean up. While the flexible, craft-friendly buffer tubes are easy to route in closures, the SZ-stranded, loose tube design isolates optical fibers from installation and environmental rigors and facilitates mid-span access.The figure-8 cable design allows easy, one-step installation, using standard hardware and installation methods. These cables have a medium density polyethylene jacket that is rugged, durable and easy to strip.

Features And Benefits:
• Gel-free waterblocking technology - Craft-friendly cable preparation
• Polyethylene jacket - Rugged, durable and easy to strip (while providing superior protection against UV radiation, fungus, abrasion and other environmental factors)
• Figure-8 cable design - Easy, one-step installation

General Specifications:
• Environment: Outdoor
• Application: Direct Buried
• Cable Type: Loose Tube
• Product Type: Self-Supporting

Standards:
• Common Installations: Outdoor self-supporting aerial
• Design and Test Criteria: ANSI/ICEA S-87-640

Temperature Range:
• Storage: -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F )
• Installation: -30 °C to 70 °C (-22 °F to 158 °F )
• Operation: -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F )

Chemical Characteristics:
• RoHS: Free of hazardous substances according to RoHS 2011/65/EU