Three jacket layers and two steel tape armor layers
Provide superior rodent resistance for direct-buried ap-
plications
Flexible, craft-friendly buffer tubes
Facilitate easy routing in closures
Totally gel-free cable design with innovative water-
blocking technology
Makes fiber access simple and clean
Medium-density polyethylene jacket
Makes cable rugged and durable while being flexible and
easy to strip
Corning ALTOS
®
gel-free triple-jacket, double-armored
cables are rugged, armored cables designed for di-
rect-buried installations. The loose tube design provides
stable performance over a wide temperature range and
is compatible with any telecommunications-grade optical
fiber.
Standards
Design and Test Criteria
ANSI/ICEA S-87-640
Telcordia GR-20
RDUP PE-90
ALTOS Gel-Free Triple-Jacket, Double-Armored
Cables, 72 Fibers
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ALTOS Gel-Free Triple-Jacket, Double-Armored
Cables, 216 Fibers
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ALTOS
®
Gel-Free, Triple-Jacket, Double-
Armored Cables, 12-216 Fibers
Polyethylene (PE)
Outer Jacket
Water-Swellable
Tape
Corrugated Steel
Armor
Water-Swellable
Tape
Water-Swellable
Tape
Fiber
Ripcord
Buffer
Tube
Dielectric Central
Element
Polyethylene (PE)
Inner Jacket
Polyethylene (PE)
Middle Jacket
Corrugated Steel
Armor
Polyethylene (PE)
Outer Jacket
Water-Swellable
Tape
Corrugated Steel
Armor
Water-Swellable
Tape
Water-Swellable
Tape
Fiber
Ripcord
Buffer
Tube
Dielectric Central
Element
Water-Swellable
Tape
Polyethylene (PE)
Inner Jacket
Polyethylene (PE)
Middle Jacket
Corrugated Steel
Armor
ALTOS Gel-Free Triple-Jacket, Double-Armored
Cables, 72 Fibers
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ALTOS Gel-Free Triple-Jacket, Double-Armored
Cables, 216 Fibers
| Photo PIM1476
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 Product
Type
12 - 72
96
Armored
Armored
Maximum
Fibers per
Tube
12
12
Number of
Tube Posi-
tions
6
8
Number
of Active
Tubes
1-6
8
Weight
Nominal
Outer Dia-
meter
18.3 mm
(0.72 in)
20 mm
(0.79 in)
Min. Bend
Radius
Installation
275 mm
(10.8 in)
300 mm
(11.8 in)
Min. Bend
Radius
Operation
183 mm
(7.2 in)
200 mm
(7.9 in)
310 kg/km
(208 lb/1000 ft)
361 kg/km
(242 lb/1000 ft)
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ALTOS
®
Gel-Free, Triple-Jacket, Double-
Armored Cables, 12-216 Fibers
Mechanical Characteristics Cable
Fiber Count Product
Type
144
192 - 216
Armored
Armored
Maximum
Fibers per
Tube
12
12
Number of
Tube Posi-
tions
12
18
Number
of Active
Tubes
12
16 - 18
Weight
Nominal
Outer Dia-
meter
23.8 mm
(0.94 in)
24 mm
(0.94 in)
Min. Bend
Radius
Installation
357 mm
(14.1 in)
360 mm
(14.2 in)
Min. Bend
Radius
Operation
238 mm
(9.4 in)
240 mm
(9.4 in)
487 kg/km
(327 lb/1000 ft)
473 kg/km
(317 lb/1000 ft)
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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ALTOS
®
Gel-Free, Triple-Jacket, Double-
Armored Cables, 12-216 Fibers
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
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+
®
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+
®
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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ALTOS
®
Gel-Free, Triple-Jacket, Double-
Armored Cables, 12-216 Fibers
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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