The use of pre-terminated cables has raised rapidly from last few years. Due to its amazing capabilities, these cables are high in demand.
But only a few of you might be aware of these cables and don’t know what the cables are. So, before knowing about the benefits of pre-terminated fibre cables – Let’s discuss what pre-terminated cables are.
Pre-terminated systems are mainly factory manufactured cables and have modular components which have already attached connectors within it. These connectors are already been tested, qualified and ready to plug and play in the network. These cables are available in both fibre and copper cabling.
Pre Terminated Fibre Optic Cables:
Pre-Terminated fibre optic cables are made with a cost-effective pre-terminated cabling system called Optical Pre-Assembled Link which is completely based around standard networking products.
This system allows a fibre optic network to be installed in a fraction of the time taken by conventional on-site direct termination or fusion splicing. It requires no special installation skills or equipment, and can, therefore, be installed by non-specialist personnel, vastly reducing the installation cost.
Now let’s discuss the benefits of Pre-terminated Fibre:
1. Reduce the Total Cost of Installation:
With no on-site termination and no setup costs, installation time is reduced, expensive termination equipment is not required. Projects can be completed in fewer days reducing the number of trips to the site.
Direct comparisons show that the cost of installing pre-terminated cables is much less than on-site termination methods, even when travelling time and expense is excluded.
2. Reducing the total number of site days required:
- Reduces wasted travel time to and from the site from multiple-site trips
- Reduces the cost of travel and wear and tear on vehicles
- Eliminates daily set up and clear up costs
- Eliminates wasted time gaining entry to a site
3. Reducing direct labour costs (actual time to install and test):
- Installing is quicker as there are no terminations required.
- Testing is quicker using a pre-term as only a simple light source and power meter test is required.
4. Improve Optical Performance:
A guaranteed consistently high-quality low loss performance which can only be achieved from a machine polished product in a controlled manufacturing environment.
5. Increase your connectivity options:
Harness to Patch Panel Links:
Creating a patch panel to harness links in the field has numerous difficulties whereas a pre-terminated link between a patch panel and a harness can be easily installed.
MTP Products:
MTP can only be terminated under factory conditions. With the demands on bandwidth increasing the use of MTP 12 fibre connectors is becoming more and more common.
So, these are the benefits of pre terminated fibre optic cables. These cables have many advantages which are already mentioned above and will surely help you in identifying these cables easily. For more details visit us at Fruity Cables Ltd.
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