January 2014 Do c. N°:Loose Tube cable supplement V0_11.doc

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Nexans Cabling Solutions

INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE

LOOSE TUBE (LT) CABLE SUPPLEMENT

Table of Contents

1. Foreword ......................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Product references ......................................................................................................................... 3

3. Loose Tube OF cable pulling recommendations ....................................................................... 4

3.1. About Intermediate Pulling ........................................................................................................... 4

4. Cable stripping ............................................................................................................................... 6

4.1. UD Cable Jacket removal process ............................................................................................... 7

4.2. UC Cable Jacket removal process ............................................................................................. 11

4.3. MD Cable Jacket removal process ............................................................................................ 14

4.4. MC Cable Jacket removal process ............................................................................................ 20

4.4.1. MC jacket removal process method 1 ...................................................................................... 20

4.4.2. MC jacket removal process method 2 ...................................................................................... 23

4.5. Core Components ....................................................................................................................... 25

4.6. Fibre termination .......................................................................................................................... 28

5. Fibre identification ....................................................................................................................... 29

5.1. Uni-tube cables (UD / UC) – up to 24 fibres ........................................................................... 29

5.2. Multi-tube cables (MD / MC) – up to 12 fibres per tube ........................................................ 30