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Features and Applications
General Characteristics for DX-Series Distribution Cables
Standards List
Specifications - Riser | Plenum
Features and Applications
- Used in trunking, LAN, and distribution applications where small size, lightweight, and versatile installation capability are required
- Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use - no need to splice outdoor cable to indoor cable at the building entrance
- Flame-retardant for indoor installations
- Fungus-resistant, water-resistant, and UV-resistant for outdoor use
- Cable can be armored for additional protection in direct burial and aerial installations
- Highest specific strength-to-weight ratio and compact cable design for limited conduit space and tight bends in long cable pulls
- Helically stranded cable core for flexibility, survival in difficult pulls, and mechanical protection for the optical fibers
- Lower total installed costs
- Economical for longer distance runs where size and cable cost are more significant
- High performance tight-buffered coating on each optical fiber for environmental and mechanical protection
- 2 to 144 fibers without subgrouping for the most size efficient tight-buffered fiber optic cable available; higher fiber counts are available upon request
- Water-blocked D-Series and DX-Series Distribution Cables are available
General Characteristics for DX-Series Distribution Cables
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Riser |
Plenum |
| Minimum Bend Radius: |
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| Under Installation Tensile Load |
15X outside diameter |
15X outside diameter |
| Under Long-Term Tensile Load |
10X outside diameter |
10X outside diameter |
| Operating Temperature |
-40°C to +85°C |
-20°C to +85°C (S)
-40°C to +85°C (K) |
| Storage Temperature |
-55°C to +85°C |
-40°C to +85°C |
| Crush Resistance |
1,800 N/cm |
1,500 N/cm |
| Impact Resistance |
1,500 impacts |
1,000 impacts |
| Flex Resistance |
2,000 cycles |
1,000 cycles |
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These specifications are subject to change without prior notification. |
Standards List
Optical Cable Corporation's indoor/outdoor tight-buffered fiber optic cables meet the functional requirements of the following standards:
- ANSI X3T9.5 PMD
- ATM 155 Mb/s
- Fibre Channel FC-PH
- GR-409-CORE
- ICEA-S-104-696
- ICEA-S-83-596
- ICEA-S-87-640
- TIA-568
- TIA-598-B
- TIA-758 (water-blocked cables)
UL-listed type OFNP in accordance with NEC sections 770-179 (A) and 770-154 (A) for use in ducts, plenums, and air-handling spaces. Meets or exceeds requirements for intra-building fiber optic cables as outlined in GR-409-CORE.
UL-listed type OFNR in accordance with NEC sections 770-179 (B) and 770-154 (B) for use in vertical runs in building riser shafts or from floor to floor. Meets or exceeds requirements for intra-building fiber optic cables as outlined in GR-409-CORE.
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