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Prysmian Rapier fibre-optic cables

For applications requiring from 48 to 432-fibres, the Rapier portfolio of easy break-out cables from Prysmian, and available from Letlhaka Technologies, provides a fast and efficient means of building a fibre-optic network, with minimal splicing.

Rapier cables contain a number of fibre bundles in unique colours, each bundle having an easy-peel coating. Lower fibre count designs use a central tube structure with the inner tube protecting the bundles when pring-cutting the outer layer. The inner tube has a break-out window for easy access to the bundles. In higher fibre count designs, a number of bundles are contained in stranded tubes, each with its own break-out window.

Significant cost savings are made in break-out times (as the cables do not contain gel) particularly for mid-span access, leaving the bundles intact in the joint as either bare fibres or bundles. Up to two-thirds of cable preparation time and through splicing can be eliminated by making use of the Prysmian Rapier solution.

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