Hardened SC APC to Hardened SC APC Fiber Drop Cable, OS2, IP68, Custom Length

Projects in the Philippines benefit from keeping the configuration, branch identification and installation requirement consistent across every participating site. This fiber drop cable carries a sealed optical interface at both cable ends: hardened SC APC connectors, each IP68 rated, mate directly with the outdoor terminal ports at both sides of the optical path. It serves the spans where neither end is indoors: terminal to terminal, closure to pedestal, pole to facade box. The fiber cable is the round 5.0mm outdoor design with one G.657.A2 bend-insensitive OS2 fiber, rated at 1200N tensile load and 1200N crush resistance, factory terminated and manufactured to the ordered length.

Product Highlights

• G.657.A2 bend-insensitive fiber, 20/10D cable bend radius
• Insertion loss ≤0.3dB, return loss ≥60dB
• Manufactured to the ordered route length
• Hardened SC APC (IP68) at both ends
• Sealed tool-less mating with outdoor terminal ports
• Round 5.0mm construction, 1200N tensile and crush rating

Specifications

Sealed at both ends for outdoor spans

Some drop routes never come indoors: a distribution terminal on the pole feeding a facade box across the street, a closure feeding a pedestal in a garden plot, a handhole optical path between two sealed enclosures. On those spans both connectors live outdoors, and both need the sealed interface. The hardened-to-hardened drop cable gives exactly that: each end threads onto a matching terminal port and closes to IP68; as a result, the whole optical link is environmentally sealed without a single field splice or enclosure seam.

The 1200N round construction

Spanning between structures asks more of a cable than a wall entry does. The round 5.0mm design carries its strength members around the core, rated at 1200N short-term tensile load and 1200N crush resistance per 100mm, roughly three times the rating of the flat drop design. The fiber cable tolerates the tension of an aerial sag, the incidental pull during site work through conduit, and the crushing loads of duct sharing and ground work. The 20/10D cable bend radius keeps the glass safe at pole hardware and enclosure entries.

G.657.A2 glass in sealed hardware

Sealed terminals and pedestals are compact inside, and the fiber within them bends sharply around splice trays and port fields. G.657.A2 bend-insensitive glass tolerates a 7.5mm fiber bend radius; as a result, the pigtail section inside the hardware may readily be dressed tightly without adding loss. The glass is fully compatible with the G.652.D feeder plant upstream, keeping the power budget of the access network unchanged.

Repeatability for network builds

Terminal-to-terminal links repeat across a network by the hundreds. Specifying one cable design, one connector pair and a length plan per span type lets the factory build every optical path identically, with the equivalent optical test record on each. Crews install the equivalent item at every location, spares reduce to a handful of length variants, and the documentation for the whole rollout follows one template.

Length selection and customization

Every drop cable in this product line is manufactured to the length stated with the order rather than picked from fixed stock sizes, given that last-mile routes differ from a few meters to well over a hundred. The fiber cable is manufactured to the length stated with the order; measure the span including the sag allowance on aerial routes and the dressing slack inside both enclosures. Specifying the measured channel length avoids both the slack storage problem of an overlong cable and the strain risk of one that is too short.

Production testing and quality assurance

Each completed assembly is terminated with precision zirconia ferrule hardened connectors and optically tested as a complete cable: insertion loss is verified against the 0.3dB ceiling and return loss against the 60dB minimum. Both connectors are checked for seal integrity as well as optical operation; as a result, the delivered optical path may readily be threaded onto the terminal ports and put into service without on-site rework.

Placing an Order and Factory Support

Refer to the hardened-to-hardened drop cable product line when submitting a request for a quotation and state the span length, terminal types and unit count per length. For mixed builds with a standard SC APC end for the subscriber side, or other hardened connector styles, send the site need with the inquiry and the factory will validate the manufacturable specification before release to production. Customers in the Philippines can include multi-site labeling or documentation requirements when requesting a project quotation.