Indoor Plenum Premises Distribution w/ Armor-Tek™ (PDPK)

Construction

• 900 µm buffered fibers surrounded by aramid yarns
• Sheathed using a special, state-of-the-art polymer material
• Aluminum interlock armor
• OFCP Rated

Outdoor Considerations

Black jacketed and core water-blocked cables from 6 to 24 fibers are available upon request for outdoor installations.  Outdoor versions feature UV and fungus resistant jacketing.

Applications

Berk-Tek's tight buffered Interlocking Armor cable is intended for all high speed data applications including:

• ETHERNET: 10BASE – 400GBASE (10BASE, 100BASE, 1000BASE, 10GBASE, 40GBASE, 100GBASE, 400GBASE)
• Fibre Channel: 1G-FC – 128GFC (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 128 GFC)
• SONET: OC-1 – OC-768 (OC -1, 3, 12, 24, 48, 192, 768)
• SDH: STM-0 – STM-256 (STM-0, 1, 4, 16, 64, 256)
• OTN: OTU-1 – OTU4 (OTU1, 2, 2e, 2f, 3, 3e2, 4)
• CPRI: CPRI-1 – CPRI-9 (CPRI-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8, 9)

Features

• Single-mode, multimode, GIGAlite^TM and hybrid designs available
• Available with new bend-optimized single-mode fibers
• High tensile strength, crush resistant
• Flexible, small diameter, 900 µm tight buffered construction core
• Six to 144 count fiber construction plenum designs ideal for horizontal and backbone and installations and along plenums 
• Also available in low smoke zero halogen design
• Configurations available suitable for indoor/outdoor installations in conduit, below the frost line

Benefits

• Eliminates the need for conduit or plenum innerduct
• Significant cost savings in both materials and labor - up to 25%
• Accommodates last minute relocations or pathway changes
• Provides a higher concentration of cables in an area than conduit
• Can be installed in campus environments due to the durability and indoor/outdoor rating of the cable
• Armor provides crush protection and protection from rodent attacks
• Compliant to NFPA 130 (2010)