LC to LC Duplex Armored Fiber Patch Cable, OS2, LSZH

Malaysian upgrade projects can use this configuration where its interface and fiber map align with both the installed cabling and the new hardware. This duplex armored patch cable terminates two LC UPC connectors on an OS2 9/125µm single-mode assembly with a low smoke zero halogen jacket over a helical stainless steel tube. It answers the documented specifications that forbid PVC and riser compounds: tunnels, stations, ships, high-occupancy buildings and data halls where smoke and corrosive gas from a burning cable are treated as seriously as the fire itself.

Product Highlights

• LC UPC to LC UPC duplex, OS2 9/125µm single mode
• LSZH jacket: low smoke, zero halogen in a fire
• Helical stainless steel armor against crush, impact and rodents
• G.657.A1 bend-insensitive fiber, 10/5D bend radius
• Insertion loss ≤0.3dB, return loss ≥50dB
• Stock lengths 1m to 30m; custom lengths and jackets on request

Specifications

LSZH jackets for occupied and enclosed spaces

When standard jacket compounds burn, they release dense smoke and corrosive halogen gases; in a tunnel, metro station, ship or packed office, that smoke is often the greater danger to people and to electronic hardware. LSZH compounds drastically reduce the two. Wherever the building specification names low smoke zero halogen cabling, this is the armored cord that meets it without giving up mechanical protection.

Same OS2 core as the riser version

Optically the finished assembly is identical to the OFCR-rated LC-LC cord: the same G.657.A1 bend-insensitive glass, the same 0.3dB insertion loss ceiling, the same 1310/1550nm single-mode window. The difference is only the jacket system. That means a project might mix LSZH and riser versions across building zones while keeping one optical specification and one supplier part family.

Armor plus LSZH: protection inside and out

The steel tube protects the fibers from the building; the LSZH jacket protects the building occupants from the completed cable. The combination suits evacuation routes, public concourses, transport hubs and any pathway where an armored cord would normally raise a jacket-compliance question. The cord stays 3.0mm and dresses exactly like a standard jumper.

Specifying LSZH in project documents

When the project specification calls for LSZH, name it on the cord plan explicitly rather than assuming the jacket follows the backbone cable. Patch cords are frequently procured individually and default to riser compounds. This family makes the LSZH need easy to satisfy, since the LSZH build carries the same optical and mechanical ratings as the riser version, differing only in the jacket compound.

Available lengths and custom orders

Normal length options are stocked for fast delivery: 1m (3ft), 2m (7ft), 3m (10ft), 5m (16ft), 10m (33ft), 15m (49ft), 20m (66ft) and 30m (98ft), covering the common rack-to-rack, access and frame connections this cord is built for. Customized cable lengths beyond this range are manufactured to order. In public-area installations the route is usually surveyed in advance, meaning that ordering to the measured length keeps excess cable out of the evacuation pathway. Specifying the exact route length avoids the two the slack storage problem of an overlong cord and the strain risk of one that is too short.

Testing and inspection practice

Each finished assembly is terminated with precision zirconia ferrule LC connectors and measured for insertion loss and return loss before packing; the 0.3dB and 50dB figures are verified per cord. End-face geometry is inspected for consistent physical contact, and the LSZH jacket is batch-tested for the compound it is specified to be.

Ordering and Customization Support

Specify against the LC-LC OS2 LSZH armored family with the route length stated and the LSZH need referenced. Hybrid LC-SC and SC APC versions exist in the same jacket system, and further connector mixes are available through the project-specific armored program. For Malaysian upgrades, our team can compare the requested build with the existing environment before production begins.