ABSTRACTThe telecommunication industry has expanded into multiple new applications. Developing fiber optic cables with reduced weight and diameter has been a new trend in cable industry. Smaller cables are generally easier to handle and afford lower bending diameters for confined spaces. One such scenario where cable diameter is of primary consideration is duct applications where duct space is leased to the user. It is important to these customers to secure fiber optic cables with small diameters in an effort to reduce installation and ongoing system costs. The features of this novel construction are very attractive to the customer. Lower cable bend diameters allow more flexibility in cable slack storage locations and longer continuous lengths help reduce the number of splice locations within a route. The cable diameters have been reduced by 8% to 24% depending on cable construction. Graphs showing cable diameter and weight reductions will be presented.
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