Why the using of ribbon optical fiber cables are getting popular in fiber optic cabling? And what are the advantages of ribbon cables? Let's figure out the differences between ribbon fiber cable and loose tube optical cable before we know the applications of ribbon fiber cable.

  Loose tube fiber optic cables are usually deployed in outdoor plant trunks because they provide excellent and reliable protection of the fiber optics under high tension. The most obvious advantage of ribbon cables is the high fiber density. As these reasons, ribbon fiber optic cable has five main advantages over loose tube fiber optic cable.

Utilization for LAN and Data Centers

  Local area network (LAN) campus and building backbones, as well as data center backbones, are migrating to higher amounts of wired fiber to meet increasing system bandwidth requirements. Among the various core counts of the ribbon cable, the 12-core ribbon cable is the most common and widely used.

Aerial/Underground Fiber Plant

  Cables for outdoor applications need to be able to withstand harsher external conditions ranging from extreme environments to mechanical forces. Ribbon cables are long and straight, and any pulling or bending is gradual along the large diameter, so there is very little risk of non-preferential damage, making it a better solution for aerial or underground fiber optic installations.

Ribbon Fiber Cable Deployment for FS.com

  FS.com offers different flat ribbon fiber optic cables for house wiring and access network applications. These cables have 8 or 12 fiber ribbons organized within a central tube surrounded by a dielectric strength member and a specially formulated flame-retardant outer jacket. And 8-fiber or 12-fiber ribbons feature an easy-to-identify ribbon ID number and fiber color for easy access to individual fibers.

  To sum up, ribbon fiber optic cable plays a huge role in the current network engineering construction, if you want to splice ribbon fiber, please choose our X-950 Ribbon Fiber Fusion Splicer.