The Cable Types for Fiber Optic Systems

The Cable Types
Fiber optic cable has many types. Now Inside The Computers will write only two cable design that generally or mostly used.

Loose Tube Cable
This kind of cable usually designed in modular from, which in one cable has 12 core fibers even can reach more than 200 cores. Every core has plastic different color layer, the function of that color is to mark the core inside so can easily recognize and arranged. Beside that function, this plastic layer also has another function which is as the protector for the core fiber. The unique thing on this cable is, there is a gel layer on every cable layers. This gel has function to prevent water inside to the core.

Inside the entire cable model, there is a buffer or supports right in the middle of that cable. The function of that buffer is to prevent the cable not broken when the cable is wounded. This buffer/supports could be as a plastic or metal, sometimes this cable also protected by layer which made from an iron on the outside before covering by rubber on the very outside. Usually this kind of cable fit for open area installation or even on duck which installed inside the ground.

Tight Buffered Cable
This type of cable doesn’t have the protection layers as much loose tube cable. Inside the design of this cable is supporting material such as iron, steel, etc. which is physically connected directly to fiber optic. In other words, not too many features of protector which will make the users easily to install it.
The design of this cable is mostly use as “jumper cable” which connected between outdoor cable with termination inside the building or directly to the users’ network. Beside it, this cable also often to use for indoor cabling such as connected between networks, connecting between building to the others, etc.