For UAE project teams, the key is to match this exact configuration to the port schedule, optical budget and delivery documentation. This duplex armored patch cable terminates two LC UPC connectors on an OS2 9/125µm single-mode unit with a low smoke zero halogen jacket over a helical stainless steel tube. It answers the technical 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 frequently 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 assembly is identical to the OFCR-rated LC-LC cord: the identical G.657.A1 bend-insensitive glass, the identical 0.3dB insertion loss ceiling, the identical 1310/1550nm single-mode window. The difference is only the jacket setup. That means a project may mix LSZH and riser versions across building zones while keeping one optical specification and one supplier part series.

Armor plus LSZH: protection inside and out

The steel tube protects the fibers from the building; the LSZH jacket protects the building occupants from this 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 patch cords are frequently procured individually and default to riser compounds. This series makes the LSZH need easy to satisfy, since the LSZH build carries the identical optical and mechanical ratings as the riser model, differing only in the jacket compound.

Length options and customization

Standard 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. Made-to-order lengths beyond this range are manufactured to order. Because in public-region installations the path is normally surveyed in advance, ordering to the measured length keeps excess cable out of the evacuation pathway. Specifying the precise path length avoids the two the slack storage problem of an overlong cord and the strain risk of one that is too short.

Quality control and testing

Each 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 Factory Support

Reference against the LC-LC OS2 LSZH armored series with the path length stated and the LSZH need referenced. Hybrid LC-SC and SC APC versions exist in the identical jacket setup, and further connector mixes are offered through the custom armored program. Our UAE project support can review the requirement with Shenzhen production before a formal quotation is issued.