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Table of Contents

1 Recommendations for Fiber Optic Cable Installation..............................................................................................................................3

1.1 General recommendations for all installation and storage areas of cable (indoor/outdoor)....................................................3

1.2 Recommendations for outdoor installation and storage areas of cable.....................................................................................3

2 Recommendations for Fiber Optic Cable Storage...................................................................................................................................3

3 Fiber Optic Cable Installation.....................................................................................................................................................................4

3.1 General Guidelines............................................................................................................................................................................ 4

3.2 Pulled Installations............................................................................................................................................................................5

3.3 Cable Lubricants................................................................................................................................................................................5

3.4 Air Plenums, Trays, Raceways..........................................................................................................................................................6

3.5 Direct Burial........................................................................................................................................................................................6

3.6 Cable Preparation..............................................................................................................................................................................6

3.7 Fiber Preparation: Stripping..............................................................................................................................................................6

3.8 Splicing Optical Fibers.......................................................................................................................................................................6

3.9 Testing.................................................................................................................................................................................................7

4 Fibre Optic Cable Blowing...........................................................................................................................................................................8

4.1 Blowing techniques............................................................................................................................................................................8

4.2 Key Application Parameters..............................................................................................................................................................8

4.3 Unlubricated versus Lubricated........................................................................................................................................................8

4.4 Lub r ica ti n g: Du ct vs Cab le ................................................................................................................................................................8

4.5 Jacket materials..............................................................................................................................................................................14

4.6 Du ct in te rna l des i g n .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8

4.7 Bends in Duct run...............................................................................................................................................................................9

4.8 Recommendations for Blowing Fiber Cable....................................................................................................................................9

5 GuidelinesfortheVerticalInstallationofjelly-lledLooseTubeOpticalFibreCables.....................................................................9

5.1 Installation Procedures.....................................................................................................................................................................9

5.2 Vertical Installation............................................................................................................................................................................9

5.3 Filling Compound.............................................................................................................................................................................10

5.4 Cable Features................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

5.5 Applications......................................................................................................................................................................................10