Armored Fiber Optic Cable Preparation for Mid-Span Access | FONCS

[Music] hi axel here key account manager at fox we are back today on a tutorial on how to prepare an outdoor cable for a mid-span axis this is a very important process whether for distribution or fiber repair and in this guide we will show you how it can be done we will focus on armor cables remember to always verify the bend radius of your cable when using a splice closure so refer to your technical data sheet for more information we have here a wave optics single jacket single armor cable with 48 fibers this is one of the most popular cables for outdoor installations check the link in the description below for more information about our wave optics fiber optic cables [Music] okay so now i'm going to show you the tools that we're going to use for this process first of all we have our miller acs tool we actually did another video where we use this tool and you can watch it clicking the link in the description below we also have a marker a flexometer some pliers aramid yarn scissors a seam ripper we also have here a loose tube slitting tool and last but not least some safety gear [Music] ok so let's start preparing our cable first we will measure the length of the cuts we will make to access the loose tubes the total amount of cable slack and length of the cuts depends on various things like the type of cable you're using its fibers or if you're installing a cable into a specific type of splice closure it is recommended though to make a 120 inches cut for cables up to 288 fibers so keep this in mind for this demonstration we will make a cut of around 20 inches when you know the total distance of the entrance point you'll need check the middle point to mark it and divide its total length to make two cuts on opposite sides we take our flexometer and mark the two points with our marker here [Music] we will now need to make a radio cut on one of the sides so we take our armor cable slitting tool and we set the lever we have penetrated both the jacket and armor now we set the lever to the straight cut position and pull the tool down the cable until we reach the opposite side here we will make a second radio cut now we set the tool 180 degrees to make a second straight slit on the other side of the cable this will help open an access point on our cable and as a guide for the ripcords to access them we will actually make a third and final round cut on our cable about two inches from our first round cut [Music] we will use our pliers now to take a little of the jacket and armor out of the cable to expose the ripcords [Music] we now use the pliers to roll the rib cords around and use it as leverage pull along the cable to remove the jacket and armor easily remember to use the straight cuts on the cable as a guide [Music] and now we remove them to free the internal components of the cable now that we have access our cable we have to cut the yarn and the water blocking tape so we will use our seam ripper here to carefully pull them off the loose tubes and cut them with our scissors [Music] [Music] now we have direct access to the stranded loose loops what we're going to do now is to cut the central strength member so we first unrolled the loose tubes and carefully cut it in order to remove the stranded tubes [Music] be sure to leave a tolerance of around four inches on both ends so use the strength member as a force reliever when using a splice closure [Music] we now have free access to our loose tubes we take our loose tube slitting tool to access the fibers [Music] and we're done you are now ready to freely handle the fibers of your wave optics armor cable as you need if you have questions let us know down in the comments visit funks.com and follow us on facebook and linkedin at fonx we offer a complete line of cables assemblies cable hardware and multiple terminals available for your fiber optic network [Music]

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Id: t-1-nZuoEIk

Length: 8min 12sec (492 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 24 2022