Universal Fiber Cable, Loose Tube, Multimode, 12 Fibers, 50/125 OM4

• Loose tube
• Gel filled
• Glass strength member
• HFFR sheath

Mechanical Characteristics
Construction
Loose tube: Ø2.8mm jelly filled loose tube with 2 – 16 fibers; Ø3.5mm loose tube with 24 fibers

Fiber color code
1 Red
2 Green
3 Blue
4 Yellow
5 White
6 Gray
7 Brown
8 Violet
9 Turquoise
10 Black
11 Orange
12 Pink
13 Yellow w/mark every 70mm
14 White w/mark every 70mm
15 Gray w/mark every 70mm
16 Turquoise w/mark every 70mm
17 Orange w/mark every 70mm
18 Pink w/mark every 70mm
19 Yellow w/mark every 35mm
20 White w/mark every 35mm
21 Gray w/mark every 35mm
22 Turquoise w/mark every 35mm
23 Orange w/mark every 35mm
24 Pink w/mark every 35mm

Strength member: Waterblocked E-Glass fiber elements
Sheath: 1.0 mm blue LSHF sheath, UV stabilised, IEC 50290-2-27
Sheath Color: Blue 

Physical Properties (IEC60794-1)
Nominal outer diameter:
2 - 16 fibers: 6.0 mm
18 - 24 fibers: 6.5 mm

Nominal weight
2 - 16 fibers: 40 kg/km
18 - 24 fibers: 45 kg/km

Maximum installation tensile strength (E1): 1000 N (fiber strain less than 1/2 of proof test level)

Short term tensile strength (E1): 750 N (fiber strain less than 1/3 of proof test level)

Permanent tensile strength (E1): 500 N (no attenuation change, fiber strain less than 1/4 of proof test level)

Compressive strength (crush) (E3): 1500N

Impact (E4): 15 Nm (no attenuation change, no broken cable elements)

Torsion (E7): 5 cycles ± 1 turn

Kink (E10): The cables do not form a kink when a loop is drawn together to a diameter of 100 mm

Minimum bending radius, unloaded (E11): R = 60 mm

Minimum bending radius, loaded: R = 100 mm

Temperature range (F1)
Storage: -40°C to +60°C
Installation: -30°C to +40°C
Operation: -30°C to +60°C

Water penetration (F5B): No water on free end

Electrical/Optical Characteristics

OM4
Maximum attenuation value of cable at 850 nm: ≤ 3.0 dB/km
Maximum attenuation value of cable at 1300 nm: ≤ 1.0 dB/km
Attenuation limit according to IEC 60793-2-10, 850 nm: ≤ 2.5 dB/km
Attenuation limit according to IEC 60793-2-10, 1300 nm: ≤ 0.8 dB/km
Inhomogeneity of OTDR trace for any two 1000 metre fiber lengths: Maximum 0.1 dB/km

Bandwidth (IEC 60793-1-41)
Overfilled (OFL) modal bandwidth at 850 nm: ≥ 3500 MHz • km
Overfilled (OFL) modal bandwidth at 1300 nm: ≥ 500 MHz • km
Effective Modal Bandwidth (EMB) at 850 nm (Assured by means of differential mode delay (DMD) measurement as specified in IEC 60793-1-49): ≥ 4700 MHz • km

Group index of refraction(IEC 60793-1-22)
Group index of refraction at 850 nm: 1.482
Group index of refraction at 1300 nm; 1.477

Commercial Standards
IEC 60793-2-10: type A1a.3 (in development)
EN 50173-1:2007. Amendment AB category OM4
EN 60793-2-10: type A1a.3 (in development)
ISO/IEC 11801:2002. Amendment 2 category OM4
TIA/EIA-492 AAAD
IEEE 802.3 - 2002. incl. amendment 802.3ae - 2002

Fire Propagation Tests
IEC 60332-1-2 Single vertical wire test
IEC 60754-1 No halogens
IEC 60754-2 No acid matters
IEC 61034-2 No dense smoke