Rodent Protection For Fiber Optic Cables

The corrugated tape is folded around the cable core with a overlap.

Rodent protection for fiber optic cables.

During the cable manufacturing process the tape is corrugated in order to give the cable better bending performance. As standard the tape is 0 155 mm. Recently mice chewed through a section of fiber optic zipcord located inside one of our trailer offices. The anti rodent cable is made of special material and has a special structure.

This rodent protection gives a 100 effective protection. Applied photonic devices danielson ct is now the general photonics division of general cable the rodents chewed completely through severing the jacket kevlar and fiber. Glass yarn anti rodent fiber optic cable outdoor cablestranded loose tube cable with aluminum steel tape gyta gyts stranded loose tube cable with steel tape double sheaths gyty53. Those methods include surrounding the cable with a physical barrier the use of lethal toxins poisons the use of repellants or the use of non lethal chemicals.

The anti rodent fiber optic cable is suitable for use in many places with lots of rats. There are several methods to protect cables from rodent damage and ultimately discouraging rodents from chewing on the outer surfaces of a cable assembly jacket. Its special material prevents communication interruption caused by fiber damage in the cable. A non toxic economical and safe bittering agent incorporated directly into afl s rodent deterrent fiber optic cable jackets reduces damage due to rodent gnawing while still offering the ruggedness expected from afl s tactical and osp fiber optic cables.