Rugged, durable and easy to strip (while providing supe-
rior protection against UV radiation, fungus, abrasion and
other environmental factors)
All-dielectric cable construction
Requires no grounding or bonding
Available in 62.5 µm, 50 µm, single-mode (including
bend-insensitive and non-zero dispersion-shifted
(NZ-DSF) fiber options) and hybrid versions
Ready for any application including Gigabit Ethernet and
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Corning ALTOS
®
all-dielectric gel-free cables are de-
signed for outdoor and limited indoor use for campus
backbones in lashed aerial and duct installations. The
loose tube gel-free design is fully waterblocked using
craft-friendly, water-swellable materials, which means
cable access is simple and no clean up is required. The
flexible craft-friendly buffer tubes are easy to route in clo-
sures, and the SZ-stranded, loose tube design isolates
fibers from installation and environmental rigors while
allowing easy mid-span access. The all-dielectric cable
construction requires no bonding or grounding, and these
cables have a medium-density polyethylene jacket that is
rugged, durable and easy to strip.
Standards
Common Installations
Outdoor lashed aerial and
duct; indoor when installed
according to National
Electrical Code
®
(NEC
®
)
Article 770
ANSI/ICEA S-87-640
Telcordia GR-20
RDUP PE-90
Design and Test Criteria
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ALTOS
®
All-Dielectric Gel-Free Cables
Ripcord
Dielectric Central
Element
Buffer
Tube
Water-Swellable
Tape
Fiber
Filling Element
Polyethylene (PE)
Outer Jacket
Ripcord
Dielectric Central
Element
Buffer
Tube
Water-Swellable
Tape
Fiber
Water-Swellable
Tape
Polyethylene (PE)
Outer Jacket
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Specifications
Temperature Range
Storage
Installation
Operation
-40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
-30 °C to 70 °C (-22 °F to 158 °F)
-40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
*
Note: Corning recommends storing cable in a proper temperature environment prior to installation to allow the cable temperature to meet installation tempera-
ture range specifications for best installation results.
Max. Tensile Strength, Short-Term
Max. Tensile Strength, Long-Term
2700 N (600 lbf)
890 N (200 lbf)
Mechanical Characteristics Cable
Fiber Count
Maximum
Fibers per
Tube
12
12
12
12
12
Number of
Tube
Positions
6
8
12
18
24
Number of
Weight
Active Tubes
1-6
7-8
9 - 12
13 - 18
19 - 24
73 kg/km
(49 lb/1000 ft)
98 kg/km
(66 lb/1000 ft)
162 kg/km
(109 lb/1000 ft)
147 kg/km
(99 lb/1000 ft)
196 kg/km
(131 lb/1000 ft)
Nominal
Outer
Diameter
10.5 mm
(0.41 in)
12.2 mm
(0.48 in)
15.8 mm
(0.62 in)
16 mm
(0.63 in)
18.2 mm
(0.72 in)
Min. Bend
Radius
Installation
158 mm
(6.2 in)
183 mm
(7.2 in)
237 mm
(9.3 in)
240 mm
(9.4 in)
273 mm
(10.7 in)
Min. Bend
Radius
Operation
105 mm
(4.1 in)
122 mm
(4.8 in)
158 mm
(6.2 in)
160 mm
(6.3 in)
182 mm
(7.2 in)
2 -
72
84 - 96
108 - 144
156 - 216
228 - 288
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®
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Chemical Characteristics
RoHS
Free of hazardous substances according to RoHS 2002/95/
EG
Transmission Performance
Multimode
Fiber Core Diameter
(
µm
)
Fiber Category
Fiber Code
Performance Option Code
Wavelengths
(
nm
)
Maximum Attenuation
(
dB/km
)
Serial 1 Gigabit Ethernet
(
m
)
Serial 10 Gigabit Ethernet
(
m
)
Min. Overfilled Launch (OFL)
Bandwidth
(
MHz*km
)
Minimum Effective Modal
Bandwidth (EMB)
(
MHz*km
)
62.5
OM1
K
30
850/1300
3.4/1.0
300/550
33/-
200/500
220/-
50
OM2
T
31
850/1300
3.0/1.0
750/500
150/-
700/500
950/-
50
OM3
T
80
850/1300
3.0/1.0
1000/600
300/-
1500/500
2000/-
50
OM4
T
90
850/1300
3.0/1.0
1100/600
550/-
3500/500
4700/-
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®
All-Dielectric Gel-Free Cables
Single-mode
Fiber Name
Fiber Category
Fiber Code
Performance Option Code
Wavelengths
(
nm
)
Maximum Attenuation
(
dB/km
)
Typical Attenuation*
(
dB/km
)
Fiber Name
Fiber Category
Fiber Code
Performance Option Code
Wavelengths
(
nm
)
Maximum Attenuation
(
dB/km
)
Typical Attenuation*
(
dB/km
)
SMF-28e+
®
fiber
G.652.D
E
00
1310/1383/1550
0.35/0.35/0.25
0.33/0.33/0.19
SMF-28
®
ULL
G.652
P
19
1310/1383/1550
0.33/-/0.19
0.31/-/0.17
SMF-28e+
®
fiber
G.652.D
E
01
1310/1383/1550
0.4/0.4/0.3
0.33/0.33/0.19
LEAF
®
G.655
F
01
1310/1383/1550
-/-/0.25
-/-/0.19
SMF-28e+
®
LL
G.652.D
L
22
1310/1383/1550
0.34/0.34/0.22
0.32/0.32/0.18
SMF-28
®
Ultra**
ClearCurve
®
XB**
G.652.D/G.657.A1 G.652.D/G.657.A1
Z
22
1310/1383/1550
0.34/0.34/0.22
0.32/0.32/0.18
H
01
1310/1383/1550
0.4/0.4/0.3
0.35/0.35/0.20
*
Typical attenuation values match the attenuation values listed in the optical fiber specifications. See
www.corning.com/opticalfiber
for Corning optical fiber
specifications. Better attenuation performance options are available for some fiber and cable types. Contact Customer Care for additional fiber options.
*
* SMF-28
®
Ultra and ClearCurve
®
XB fiber deliver up to 10x better macrobend loss performance compared to the G.652.D standard and up to 33 percent better
macrobend loss performance than the G.657.A1 standard for 10mm radii bends.
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®
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Ordering Information |
Note: Contact Customer Care at 1-800-743-2675 for other options.
1) Cable outer diameter may change. Example: 48 F cable with 6 fibers per tube will require 8 active buffer and have an OD like a standard 96 F cable.
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