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ETFE Tight Buffered Fibre

ETFE is an engineering plastic with high performance, and it is a copolymer of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene, with excellent general property, such as outstanding resistance to heat and flame, low temperature resistance, insulation resistance, chemical resistance, and particular less viscous performance. Therefore, ETFE tight buffered fibre also has above-mentioned performance, and can be applied to heat resistance, flame retardant and other special field.

All of YOFC ETFE tight buffered fibre have past 100kpsi proof-test, with a primary coating of UV-cured acrylate to a diameter of 250μm and a secondary ETFE buffer to 900μm.

The primary coating and secondary buffer could be mechanically removed to the 125μm glass diameter in one step, which could be used for direct termination with connectors. Also it permits mechanical stripping in short lengths (about 15mm) to remove the secondary buffer and leave the 250μm primary coating intact, which is available for splicing to similar buffered fibres from loose-tube gel-filled cables.

Applications
  • Temperature and stress monitoring
  • Hazardous environment connectivity
  • Linking optical communication modules/optical link couplers
  • Providing an effective resistance to water vapor, oils/fuels, acids/alkalis, and solvents, which could adversely affect the fibre's signal transmission capabilities 
Characteristics
  • Highest flame retardant grade of UL94 V-0
  • Flexibility at low temperature
  • Retention of properties after aging at elevated temperatures up to 150℃


Dimension of TBF (Customer sizes are available through minimum order.)

Outer Diameter(μm)

Core Concentricity Error

Non-circularity

900 ± 50

< 6%

< 3%

Material Properties

Flame Retardant Grade

UL94 V-0

Safety and Environment

RoHS

Tubing Shrinkage @85℃, 4 hours

≤ 0.5%

Property

Value

Test Method

Flexural Modulus (MPa)

641.1

ASTM D790

Tensile Strength at 23℃ (MPa)

37.9

ASTM D1708

Elongation at 23℃ (%)

>300

ASTM D1708

Melt Point (℃)

220 - 255

ASTM D3159

LOI

34

ASTM D2863

Fibre Attenuation

Fibre

Typical Value(dB/km)

Max Value(dB/km)

--

SM

MM

SM

MM

Wavelength (nm)

1310

1550

850

1300

1310

1550

850

1300

Attenuation

0.338

0.193

2.85

0.60

0.380

0.250

3.50

1.50

Environmental Proerties

Operating (℃)

Static Diameter (mm)

Storage (℃)

Dynamic Diameter (mm)

Installation (℃)

-55 to +150

10 x Tight tube diameter

-40 to +80

20 x Tight tube diameter

-20 to +50

Product Colour

 

Blue

BU

 

Orange

OR

 

Green

GN

 

Brown

BR

 

Gray

GY

 

White

WHT

 

Red

RD

 

Black

BK

 

Yellow

YW

 

Violet

VT

 

Pink

PN

 

Light Blue

LB

  • Customer colors are available through minimum order.
  • Customized : YOFC can provide different tight buffered materials, such as ETFE, LCP, TPEE, PFA, PEEK, PA.

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