When transmitting data or conducting power in harsh environments, protecting your cables is crucial to safe and reliable operation. This is why armored cables come into being. Armored fiber optic cable refers to the robust construction of the inner core and jacket. It utilizes an interlocking armored design to eliminate the installment of rigid conduit required by building codes. The armor provides added protection for installation in high traffic areas where security is required. It is ideal for industrial networking applications.
Armored patch cords are constructed with a helical stainless steel tape over a buffered fiber surrounded by a layer of aramid and stainless steel mesh with an outer jacket. This will help make the armored fiber patch cord resistant of high tension and pressure. It can resist the weight of an adult person, and it is not easy to break when bent or dragged. The inside armored can protect the whole cable from rodent. The armored tube provides additional protection where mechanical stress has the potential to cause damage to the cable, such as direct burial, outdoors or underground. It also enables the cable to bear higher pulling loads.
First, resistance of damage and rodent bite. The biggest difference between armored patch cable and standard patch cable is that the armored patch cables are easy to use in harsh environment. In fact, armored fiber optic cables retain all the features of standard patch cords, but they are much more stronger. The armored fiber optic cables will not get damage even it is stepped by an adult. And they are anti-rodents, people do not need to worry that the rodent animals like the rats may bite the cables and make them broken.
Second, excellent elasticity and light weight. Armored fiber optic cables are light weight and flexible with about an 8 inch bend radius. Due to the excellent elasticity metallic tube, they have the max bending radius and strong tensile strength. All of these make them prolong the service life and be easy to install.
Third, lower insertion loss and higher return loss. Insertion loss and return loss are two important data to evaluate the quality of many passive fiber optic components. Maximum acceptable fiber patch cable insertion loss is usually 0.35 dB, while the return loss should be more than 50dB. Basically, armored patch cables have lower insertion loss and higher return loss than standard patch cables, so they can provide more stable transmission.
All in all, armored fibre optic cables are designed in harsh environment, including environments with excessive dust, oil, gas, moisture, or even damage-causing rodents. They can provide stronger protection of the optical fibers than standards fiber optic cables. Moreover, the installation procedure and maintenance are also easy. They are ideal choice for people who is looking for fiber optic patch cords with additional durability and protection as well as light weight.
FS provides an extensive line of high performance armored fiber assemblies. Available in a variety of configurations including OS2, OM1, OM2, OM3, and OM4 fiber along with common connectors such as the LC, SC, FC, and ST. These fiber cables are the perfect options to any fiber network in hazardous environments, they can provide flexible interconnection to active equipment, passive optical devices and cross-connects.
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Armored OS2 9/125 Singlemode 3mm OS2 Laser Optimized fiber with 3.0mm cable diameter is perfect for 10G, 40G and 100G higher bandwidth application. |
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Armored OM4 40/100Gb 50/125 MMF OM4 Laser Optimized fiber with 3.0mm cable diameter is perfect for 10G, 40G and 100G higher bandwidth application. |
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Armored OM3 10Gb 50/125 Multimode OM3 Laser Optimized fiber with 3.0mm cable diameter is perfect for 10G, 40G and 100G higher bandwidth application. |
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Armored OM1/OM2 Multimode 62.5/125 μm fiber with 3.0mm cable diameter with 3.0mm cable diameter designed for Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and Fiber Channel application |
The products above are just four major categories we offer. We provide armored fiber optic patch cables with any connector configuration in single-mode or multimode and in any length you need. What’s more, if you have some customized requirements, you can give us a call or e-mail us to get a quote on custom armored patch cables.
Armored cables offer distinct advantages and deliver maximum performance and ease of installation for a broad range of commercial, industrial and utility applications. Featuring aluminum interlocked armor, armored cables demonstrate excellent crush, heat, moisture and chemical resistance to meet the requirements of harsh industrial conditions and hazardous locations.