Cable Assembly Houses

Corning Cable Systems‘ Cable Assembly House (CAH) product range is particularly suitable for assembly of multi-fiber optical cable, patch cords and pigtails, as well as for assemblers of partially or fully loaded FO patch panels.

Fiber Optic Bulk Cables
The design of the cables is optimized for the assembly of the appropriate Corning factory-installable connectors. Fiber Optic Connectors for Factory Assembly Popular connector types are available and supplied as a bag of parts in packs of one hundred. The boots must be ordered separately according to the required color and cable diameter. The color of the boots is frequently used for identifying end-face quality. Separate crimp rings are available for strain-relieving aramid yarns. The connectors are optimized for assembly on all popular FO cables dimensions. Particular features include the high quality pre-polishing of the ferrule end-face and the complete preassembly of the connector body on the ferrule. This reduces the risk of error and scrap, while providing high polishing quality for low effort together with a significant time savings. Corning connectors are provided with spherical polished ferrules allowing customers to terminate high quality ends with Ultra (UPC), Super (SPC) and Angled (APC) physical contact reflectance performance.

Fiber Optic Adapters
As the FO adapter forms the link between the connector pairs, it has direct impact on the insertion loss of the connector pairs. Corning offers high quality adapters with high precision slotted ceramic sleeves for optimum connector alignment. Additionally, metal inserts and composite inserts offer economical alternatives. FO adapters have various applications, including the partial or full loading of FO patch panels. The adapters are available in a variety of levels (single-mode for UPC and APC and multimode versions) and corresponding colors. The adapters are supplied with dust covers on both ends. Some of the adapters can be rapidly and easily mounted with metal clips, but also provide the option of screw mounting.

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