F101 (Formerly F1) QFCI

Applications

These steel armoured optical fibre cables are flame retardant, low smoke, halogen free and fire resistant, used for communication and emergency systems that need to be operational during fire.

Standards

  • IEC 60794
  • IEC 60811-2-1
  • IEC 60331-25
  • IEC 60332-3-24
  • IEC 60332-3-22
  • IEC 60754-1,2
  • IEC 61034-1,2
  • NEK 606:2016

Construction

F1 QFCI F1 QFCI
Fibre Element Loose tube core design.
Central Strength Element Steel wire or fibre reinforced plastic (FRP).
Water Blocking Element Jelly filled tube with water blocking swellable tape and water blocking yarn.
Overall Fire Barrier
Bedding Halogen free and flame retardant thermoplastic compound.
Armour Galvanized steel wire braid.
Outer Sheath Halogen free and flame retardant, UV-stabilized, thermoplastic compound, SHF1.

Electrical Characteristics

Fibre Type 9/125 50/125 50/125 62.5/125
ITU-T type G652.D G651 G651 -
IEC11801 Classification OS1 & OS2 OM2 OM3 OM1
Core Diameter μm 8.7±0.4 50±3.0 50±3.0 62.5±3.0
Cladding Diameter μm 125±1.0 125±2.0 125±2.0 125±2.0
Coating Diameter μm 245±10 245±10 245±10 245±10
Maximum Attenuation
@850 nm dB/km - 3.0 3.0 3.5
@1300 nm dB/km - 1.5 1.0 1.5
@1310 nm dB/km 0.36 - - -
@1550 nm dB/km 0.22 - - -
Minimum Bandwidth(OFL*)
@850 nm MHz.km - 500 1500 200
@1300 nm MHz.km - 500 500 600
Maximum Chromatic Dispersion
1285-1330 nm ps/nm.km 2.8 - - -
1550 nm ps/nm.km 18 - - -
Zero Dispersion Wavelength nm 1300~1324 - - -

Mechanical and Thermal Properties

Bending Radius 10×OD (fixed installed)
Temperature Range -40℃ ~ +70℃

Dimensions and Weight

No. of Fibres Construction No. of tubes×No. of fibres in each tube Number of Fillers Nominal Loose Tube Diameter (mm) Nominal Overall Diameter (mm) Nominal Weight (kg/km)
2 1×2 5 2.2 13.9 244
4 1×4 5 2.2 13.9 244
6 3×2 3 2.2 13.9 244
8 2×4 4 2.2 13.9 244
10 5×2 1 2.2 13.9 244
12 3×4 3 2.2 13.9 244
16 4×4 2 2.2 13.9 244
20 5×4 1 2.2 13.9 244
24 6×4 0 2.2 13.9 244
32 4×8 2 2.2 13.9 244
40 5×8 1 2.2 13.9 244
48 6×8 0 2.2 13.9 244