Corning Cable Systems Intros New OM3 Cable Assemblies

Corning (News - Alert) Cable Systems has announced the introduction of its Pretium Low-loss OM3 Jumpers with ultra-bend performance.

 

Corning Cable Systems GmbH & Co KG is part of Corning Incorporated's Telecommunications segment and provides products such as optical fibre, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks.

 

The new OM3 (high-bandwidth, laser-optimized) cable assemblies with Corning ClearCurve multimode fibre have improved bend tolerance that can benefit local area network (LAN) and data center applications.

 

The officials explain the benefits of the new launch and point out that they can greatly reduce outages and degradation in systems caused by severe bending problems. The chances of mistakes are there even when best practices are employed. This may lead to kinked cables and cables bent beyond the recommended minimum bend radius found in today's typical jumpers.

 

The company also informs that available margins tighten with an increase in the speed of network transmission. They also become more sensitive to loss associated with a number of factors including bends. Customers using Pretium Low-loss OM3 Jumpers with ultra-bend performance in place of traditional 50 micrometers jumpers can reduce the attenuation loss impacts associated with inadvertent macro-bending events by more than 50 percent.

 

Corning officials claim that some severe bending problems that could typically result in a system outage completely disappear when the Pretium Low-loss OM3 Jumpers with ultra-bend performance are deployed in the network.

 

Pretium Low-loss OM3 Jumpers with ultra-bend performance can successfully accommodate a minimum bend radius of 8 mm (1.6 mm cable) to 10 mm (2.0 mm cable) with minimal bend-induced attenuation loss. These new products are enabled by Corning ClearCurve multimode fibre that can help deliver a virtually undiminished optical signal and a reduced risk of network downtime.