Belden’s OptiTuff® Mini Pre-Terminated Fiber Trunks combine durability, performance, and installation ease

Belden, a supplier of network infrastructure solutions, announces the release of its OptiTuff Mini Pre-Terminated Fiber Trunks. Built with the same performance characteristics as OptiTuff Mini Fiber Cables, these fiber trunks are the only assemblies that combine the durability of metal armored solutions with the performance and installation ease of non-armored solutions.

OptiTuff Mini Pre-Terminated Fiber Trunks

OptiTuff Mini Pre-Terminated Fiber Trunks will protect and organise cables—no grounding or conduit required

As a cost-effective, ruggedised replacement option for traditional metal armoured and non-armoured fiber pre-terminated products, OptiTuff Mini Pre-Terminated Fiber Trunks will protect and organise cables—no grounding or conduit required—in data centres, enterprise LAN environments, hospitality and gaming and casino environments.

Fewer cable layers plus the elimination of metal armour results in a lightweight assembly with lots of flexibility, a small diametre and small bend radius for fast and easy cable preparation, installation and pulling.  

Comparing weight and diameter

These cable assemblies don’t just stand above other cable assemblies in their category—they stand alone. When comparing weight and diametre, OptiTuff Mini Pre-Terminated Fiber Trunks are:

• 90% lighter than traditional aluminium interlock armored (AIA) trunks
• 66% smaller than AIA trunks
• 16% smaller than non-armoured trunks
• Three times smaller than non-armored trunks
• Nine times smaller than metal-armored trunks

They also boast two times the crush resistance of non-armoured trunks, increased flexibility compared to metal armored trunks and are up to 50% less expensive than AIA trunks.

Distinctive characteristics

“OptiTuff Mini Pre-Terminated Fiber Trunks build on installers’ demand for cost-effective, lighter-weight, smaller-diametre fiber cables with mechanical properties similar to metal armoured products,” says Carlos Matos, Product Manager at Belden.

He adds, “This distinctive set of characteristics makes these assemblies an optimal solution for projects that require easy-to-install fiber, including small spaces, raceways and environments with lots of tight and challenging turns—without having to worry about cable preparation or termination.”