Since 2002, Draka’s BendBright fibers family has set the standard of single-mode fibers for applications particularly demanding in terms of bending resistance, notably Access and FTTX telecom networks. Based on the Draka’s proprietary manufacturing technologies and the Draka’s patented trench-assisted design BendBright-XS offers full backward compatibility while meeting or exceeding the newest standards for telecom applications.

BendBright-Elite further extends these technologies to enhance the bending performance at very low radii at all wavelengths. With bend losses less than 0.1 dB for 1 turn at 5 mm at 1550 nm, Draka’s BendBright-Elite offers unmatched value to customers that need to reduce the size of their components or to those who wants to introduce the fiber in customer’s home. Its tight geometry is guaranteed over the entire length of the fiber, a pre-requisite for automated inter-connectorization practices. Thanks to its high proof test stress level and its extreme insensitivity to optical bending loss, Draka’s BendBright-Elite is able to endure repeated very tight bending.

While offering unparalleled performance, Draka’s BendBright-Elite is still based on conventional technology. It is an all solid silica fibers, without voids or other hole structures. It can be easily fusion spliced by any commercial splicer and requires no specific connectorization procedure. Because it’s manufactured using Draka’s Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition process, BendBright-Elite has perfect control of all its characteristics both along the length of the fiber and in any radial direction. The fiber fully complies with or exceeds the ITU-T Recommendation G.652.D, and the IEC 60793-2-50 type B.1.3. Optical Fiber Specification and is backwards compatible with all other G.652 fiber used in current optical networks. In addition the fiber fully complies with ITU-T Recommendation G.657.B3 (2009) and the IEC 60793-2-50 type B.6.A&B.

Features:
• Excellent macro-bend performance at very low radii (down to 5 mm)
• Low macro-bending loss and high proof test stress (200 kpsi)
• Solid silica structure
• Tight cladding diameter 125.0 ± 0.4 μm
• Tight cladding non-circularity ≤ 0.3 %
• Tight core/cladding concentricity ≤ 0.3 μm
• DLPC9 coating

Advantages:
• Allows miniaturization of optical components
• Permits high power in compact components
• Guaranteed high strength
• Able to cope with non professional, do-it-your-self installation practice in home environment
• No special connectorization procedures
• No special mechanical splice procedures
• Easy to fusion splice with any commercial machine
• Guarantees easy, fully automated connectorization
• Guarantees easy connectorization
• Offers low connector loss
• Guarantees easy strip-ability