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ShipboardTube Cables
The FutureFLEX® system consists of a highway of tube cable that is installed in place of traditional innerduct. The tube cables contain tubes, which provide the vehicle to protect and blow fiber bundles anywhere throughout the network, even hard-to-reach and limited access areas. Tubes can be left empty for future growth or re-routed easily at connection points to change the network configuration.
A variety of tube cable styles are available, with versions designed to meet the requirements for use in almost any possible environment including outdoor applications and indoor applications requiring general purpose, riser or plenum listed cables. The tube cables contain from 1 to 19 individually numbered tubes inside a tough, outer jacket.
Tube cables can be run through existing conduit and often can replace the need to install new conduit. The fiber bundle easily glides through the tube at speeds of up to 150 ft per minute for uninterrupted runs of up to 14,000 feet.
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Available Tube Cables
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Outdoor All-Dielectric
Designed for use in creating tube cable infrastructures in outdoor environments where non-conductive elements are desired or required. The TOX and TOD cables are ideal for duct installations or any normal outside plant environments. MSOS cables incorporate SEL’s new ultra high- performance tubing technology and are ideal for aerial installations.
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Outdoor Metallic
With its metallic protection, these multi-tube cables are primarily used for creating tube cable infrastructures in rugged installations. These cables are ideal for duct or direct buried applications.
Detailed Product Specifications TCxxTOX-2
Detailed Product Specifications TCxxMSOS-2
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Indoor Riser Rated
These multi-tube cables are used for creating indoor tube cable infrastructures. They are UL OFNR listed for riser transitions between building floors. They are ideal for intrabuilding backbones.
Detailed Product Specifications
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Indoor Plenum Rated
These multi-tube cables are used for creating indoor tube cable infrastructures. They are NFPA 262 listed for use in plenum spaces. They are ideal for backbone applications and for use in intrabuilding transitions between telecommunication rooms or to termination equipment.
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Outdoor/Indoor - Special Applications
Designed for use in Mass Transit, Nuclear Power Plants and Class I, Division 1 and 2 installations, these multi-tube cables are used for creating tube cable infrastructures in outdoor or indoor environments. They are ideal for duct installations or any normal OSP environment and are UL OFN or OFNG listed for applications where general purpose fire ratings or no fire ratings apply.
Detailed Product Specifications TCxxMTX
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Unjacketed Single Tubes
These unjacketed single tubes are available in fire-retardant and non-flame-retardant versions. Single unjacketed Fire-retardant tubes are available in UL OFN listed designs for indoor general purpose applications and in NFPA262 plenum designs. The non-flame retardant tubes are designed for indoor single tube drops where fire rating is unnecessary. Semi-transparent tubes are also offered for tube connection in Tube Distribution Units.
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Tools and Accessories
Accessory items are used for cutting, splicing or sealing tube cables. Available items include tubing cutters and replacement blades, tube cable cutters and replacement blades, splice kits and tube cable end seals.
