LC to LC Duplex Armored Fiber Patch Cable, OS2, LSZH

Projects in the Philippines benefit from keeping the configuration, branch identification and installation requirement consistent across every participating site. This duplex armored patch cable terminates two LC UPC connectors on an OS2 9/125µm single-mode item with a low smoke zero halogen jacket over a helical stainless steel tube. It answers the specification details that forbid PVC and riser compounds: tunnels, stations, ships, high-occupancy buildings and data halls where smoke and corrosive gas from a burning cable are treated as seriously as the fire itself.

Product Highlights

• G.657.A1 bend-insensitive fiber, 10/5D bend radius
• Insertion loss ≤0.3dB, return loss ≥50dB
• Stock lengths 1m to 30m; custom lengths and jackets on request
• LC UPC to LC UPC duplex, OS2 9/125µm single mode
• LSZH jacket: low smoke, zero halogen in a fire
• Helical stainless steel armor against crush, impact and rodents

Specifications

LSZH jackets for occupied and enclosed spaces

When standard jacket compounds burn, they release dense smoke and corrosive halogen gases; in a tunnel, metro station, ship or packed office, that smoke is typically the greater danger to people and to electronic equipment. LSZH compounds drastically reduce both. Wherever the building specification names low smoke zero halogen cabling, this is the armored cord that meets it without giving up mechanical protection.

Same OS2 core as the riser version

Optically this factory-built assembly is identical to the OFCR-rated LC-LC cord: the equivalent G.657.A1 bend-insensitive glass, the equivalent 0.3dB insertion loss ceiling, the equivalent 1310/1550nm single-mode window. The difference is only the jacket configuration. That means a project may mix LSZH and riser versions across building zones while keeping one optical specification and one supplier part product line.

Armor plus LSZH: protection inside and out

The steel tube protects the fibers from the building; the LSZH jacket protects the building occupants from the fiber cable. The combination suits evacuation routes, public concourses, transport hubs and any pathway where an armored cord would normally raise a jacket-compliance question. The cord stays 3.0mm and dresses exactly like a standard jumper.

Specifying LSZH in project documents

When the project specification calls for LSZH, name it on the cord plan explicitly rather than assuming the jacket follows the backbone cable. Patch patch leads are frequently procured individually and default to riser compounds. This product line makes the LSZH need easy to satisfy, since the LSZH build carries the equivalent optical and mechanical ratings as the riser configuration, differing only in the jacket compound.

Length selection and customization

Standard size options are stocked for fast delivery: 1m (3ft), 2m (7ft), 3m (10ft), 5m (16ft), 10m (33ft), 15m (49ft), 20m (66ft) and 30m (98ft), covering the common rack-to-rack, access and frame connections this cord is built for. Non-standard lengths beyond this range are manufactured to order. In public-space installations the channel is typically surveyed in advance; as a result, ordering to the measured length keeps excess cable out of the evacuation pathway. Specifying the particular channel length avoids both the slack storage problem of an overlong cord and the strain risk of one that is too short.

Production testing and quality assurance

Each completed assembly is terminated with precision zirconia ferrule LC connectors and measured for insertion loss and return loss before packing; the 0.3dB and 50dB figures are verified per cord. End-face geometry is inspected for consistent physical contact, and the LSZH jacket is batch-tested for the compound it is specified to be.

Placing an Order and Factory Support

Quote against the LC-LC OS2 LSZH armored product line with the channel length stated and the LSZH need referenced. Hybrid LC-SC and SC APC versions exist in the equivalent jacket configuration, and further connector mixes are provided through the customized armored program. Customers in the Philippines can include multi-site labeling or documentation requirements when requesting a project quotation.