Draka’s ezInterconnect MDU Drop cables with BendBright-XS fiber deliver value innovation for challenging MDU applications and are readily available for deployment today
Draka Communications–Americas announces a new family of fiber cables designed and manufactured to provide forgiveness, speed and low connector insertion loss during installation. ezInterconnect cables with BendBright-XS fiber inside give installers peace of mind by taking away the historical barriers encountered while routing fiber cables into and through an apartment, condo, high rise building, or multi-tenant business center.
“Value Innovation is a way of looking at the world. How can we help our customers do more, make more, save more, achieve more? In this case that means creating value for the installer by designing a fiber cable that has a minimum bend radius of only 7.5 mm and handles like copper in the customer premise. While working with installers during our prototype phase, we saw first hand the frequent number of 90 degree bends and pathway obstacles, plus we heard the contractor reinforce the need for a fiber cable that can tolerate tie wraps and staples” states Dean Yamasaki, Applications Manager at Draka Communications-Americas.
Draka’s new MDU product line offering is extensive and available today:
- Indoor or Indoor-Outdoor flame ratings
- With or without connectors
- Standard connectors or HLC (Hardened Lens Contact) ScratchGuard connector
technology
- 2.9 mm OD and 4.8 mm OD versions
Bend Insensitive Fiber Leadership: Draka introduced its first G.657.A bend insensitive fiber, BendBright, in 2002. BendBright offers a 10X bend tolerance improvement over standard single mode fiber. In 2006 Draka released its second generation G.657.B bend insensitive fiber, BendBright-XS, which offers a 100X bend tolerance improvement and is ideal for challenging FTTH applications. Over 1 billion feet of BendBright-XS has been sold since its introduction! Draka subsequently stretched its leadership with the announcement of a variation of BendBright–XS, BendBright-Elite, that offers an unrivaled level of bending performance at any bend radius for specialty applications like optical components and military/aerospace markets.
About Draka Communications – Americas
Draka, headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a €2.7 billion, publicly listed (Euronext) company with 10,005 employees worldwide. Draka is divided into three Groups: Energy & Infrastructure, Industry & Specialty and Communications.
Draka Communications is a world leader in the development, production and sale of optical fiber, cable and cable systems. The Draka fiber advantage is rooted in the superiority of the trench assisted core profile and Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (PCVD) process. This process is inherently more flexible than other processes and, because it is Draka’s standard manufacturing process, it ensures the compatibility of the fiber with existing networks. Research shows that other bend insensitive fibers with unproven designs may exhibit significant variations in performance and impact their use in the field.
Draka Communications clients in North America are served from Draka's unique site in Claremont, North Carolina which is home to a 125-acre corporate campus & Americas headquarters, over 1 million square feet of manufacturing space and the only integrated optical fiber and cable facility in North America.
For more information please visit www.DrakaAmericas.com or call 1-800-879-9862.
Draka Communications - Americas Media Contact:
Kim Hudson, Marketing Communications Manager
Phone 828.459.8443
Fax 828.459.8444
Kim.Hudson@draka.com