We specialise in fibre and can provide the right cable for your application. There are various thicknesses of the glass fiber core which are described with their cross section: The single mode fiber cable with a cross section of 9µm and multi-mode fiber cables with cross sections of 50 µm and 62.5 µm. Single mode fiber cables are more costly than multi-mode fiber cables because of difficulties in the manufacture of an extremely thin cable with a cross section of 9µm, but they have a greater range.
Additional designations are used to describe them in terms of their quality: OS1 and OS2 for single mode fibre cables, where OS2 is the best quality and OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4 & now OM5 for multimode cables – Where OM3 and OM4 are most used, OM5 is the best quality. While Singlemode is traditionally Yellow in cable colour, OM1 in Grey or Orange, OM2 uses only Orange and OM3 uses Aqua Blue. Our standard OM4 also comes in Aqua Blue, however, many operations use Violet for OM4 as well. So, we can offer those as an alternative. OM5 tends to come in a Lime Green – Although, any colour can be requested for any fibre type if need be. We can supply all the different plug types; LWL (ST,SC,LC plugs), Pigtails and splicing.
If you are unsure of what you require, speak to one of our friendly experts on 01622-716688