Arrayed Fiberoptics now offers sectional ribbon fiber cable. The sectional ribbon fiber approach enables several advantages over conventional ribbon fiber cable, according to the company. The company notes that ribbon fiber cable has become increasingly popular in a variety of fiber network applications, due to its comparatively small size and the ability to use a mass fusion splicer to splice all fiber simultaneously. However, conventional ribbon cables, based on the use of bonded fiber in an epoxy matrix, can be stiff in the horizontal dimension. This stiffness, besides making handling more cumbersome, can lead to undue fiber stress as well as fiber breaks.
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