Corning ALTOS® Lite gel-free, single-jacket, single-armored cables with FastAccess® technology are designed for direct-buried installations. The innovative FastAccess technology feature combined with the gel-free loose tube design simplifies removal of the cable jacket and accessing the buffer tubes. The gel-free design means the cables are fully waterblocked using craft-friendly water-swellable materials which makes cable access simple and require no clean up.
The loose tube design uses Corning's SMF-28® Ultra fiber to provide reliable transmission parameters for a variety of voice, data, video and imaging applications. The flexible buffer tubes are easy to route in closures, and the SZ-stranded, loose tube design isolates fibers from installation and environmental rigors while allowing easy midspan access.The single-armored construction provides additional crush and rodent protection.These cables have a medium-density polyethylene jacket that is rugged, durable and easy to strip.

Features And Benefits:
• ALTOS® Lite FastAccess® Technology -  Corning's ALTOS Lite FastAccess Technology refers to the combination of a Corning FastAccess Technology jacket with an innovative technology used to bind cable construction through the manufacturing process, eliminating the use of binder yarns and waterblocking tapes and up to a 60 percent improvement in cable access time. These technologies also reduce the overall risk of inadvertent fiber damage by reducing the need for sharp cable access tools.
• Stranded optical core - Elimination of overlapping yarn binders around stranded tubes to reduce end access time
• Fully waterblocked loose tube all-dielectric gel-free design -Simple access and no clean up
• Single-armored construction - Provides additional crush and rodent protection
• Polyethylene jacket - Rugged, durable and easy to strip (while providing superior protection against UV radiation, fungus, abrasion and other environmental factors)
• Available with Corning's SMF-28® Ultra fiber - ITU-T G.652 D and ITU-T G.657 A1 compliant fiber ready for any application

General Specifications:
• Environment: Outdoor
• Application: Aerial, Direct Buried, Duct
• Cable Type: Loose Tube
• Product Type: Armored
• Fiber Category: Single-mode (OS2)

Standards:
• Common Installations: Outdoor lashed aerial and duct; indoor when installed according to National Electrical Code® (NEC®) Article 770
• 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 )

Mechanical Characteristics Cable:
• Max. Tensile Strength, Short-Term: 2700 N (600 lbf)
• Max. Tensile Strength, Long-Term: 890 N (200 lbf)
• Nominal Outer Diameter: 11.70 mm (0.46 in)
• Min. Bend Radius Installation: 176 mm (7.0 in)
• Min. Bend Radius Operation: 117 mm (4.6 in)

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