New Construction Of Adventum Indoor/Outdoor Tight Buffer Fiber Optic Cable

New Holland, PA - Berk-Tek, a Nexans Company, a leading copper and fiber optic cabling manufacturer, recently announced indoor/outdoor fiber optic drop cable, specifically for security and FTTx, including MDU/MTU, applications.

The Adventum ATx — ATR (Riser Rated) or ATP (Plenum Rated) cables — are available in one or two tight-buffered fibers in a technology, the industry's firstloose tube cable design, incorporating DryGel all-dry water-blocking system. Significant cost reductions over traditional indoor/outdoor installation methods are realized as this cable performs well in wide temperature and environmental conditions — as an outside plant or indoors through risers or plenum areas. No transition points are required.

Fiber optic cable is often used in security applications due to its extended distances, immunity to EMI and other interferences, and superior signal integrity. The smaller design and flexibility of this cable makes installing and terminating in these deployments quicker and easier and eliminates strand waste. "We have, in effect, designed a tight buffer cable with all the benefits of a loose tube cable," explains Beni Blell, RCDD, Fiber Optic Product Business Manager for Berk-Tek. "Whereas, this new two-fiber Adventum cable was developed to specifically address a CCTV application, this is also ideal for Multiple Dwelling Units (MDUs) where long runs in non-dedicated pathways are common and requires the cable to be robust enough to be pulled with up to 300 lbs alongside coax, UTP, POTS, and power cables," he adds.

This new series of Adventum cables is patent pending and is now a standard stock item available through distribution with riser and plenum ratings and in multimode or single-mode fiber constructions. The cable features GIGAlite premium fibers and can also be built using GIGAlite-10XB fiber, the industry's highest performing laser optimized 50-micron fiber. In addition, no buffer tube fan-out kits are required and direct termination with any field installable connector is enabled. This cable is also available with one or both ends pre-terminated by Berk-Tek, as well as with optional Interlocking Armor.

SOURCE: Berk-Tek, A Nexans Company