Charles Industries unveils buried distribution pedestal for FTTP deployments
January 4, 2005 Rolling Meadows, IL -- With the growth of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) initiatives, finding enclosure solutions for the protection of fiber splice points has become a top priority for architects of today's high-speed voice and data networks. Enter Charles Industries, which has released the Pedlock BDO Series of Fiber Distribution Pedestals, the first non-metallic buried distribution pedestal to be designed from the "ground up" specifically to protect fiber branch and drop splices.
Pedlock BDO Series Fiber Pedestals were designed to provide environmental protection for fiber-optic splice and storage points. In both greenfield and brownfield fiber deployments, BDO Series Fiber Pedestals offer easy access to branch and drop splices while protecting and storing loose buffer tube fiber-optic cables, say company representatives. A specially designed splice bracket allows technicians to mount splice trays and splitters securely with easy access to perform in-field splicing.
"We were hearing from our customers--both big and small operating companies--that the need existed for a buried distribution pedestal capable of protecting diverse splicing and splitting hardware from various manufacturers," reports Dick Hood, director of Charles Industries' Outside Plant Business Unit. "We knew there was not yet a product on the market that met all of our customers' requirements, so we exceeded our customers' expectations by engineering and manufacturing a completely new line of fiber distribution pedestals."
According to the company, non-metallic construction makes BDO Fiber Pedestals lighter, stronger, safer to work with, and more resistant to corrosion, chemicals, and impact than metallic enclosures. A lift-off dome provides 360-degree access to internal working areas and provides flood protection through its "Bell-Jar" effect design. An expanded-capacity split base is designed to easily install around conduit-fed cable bundles in new construction. BDO pedestals are an ideal solution for both rehabilitation of metallic enclosures and protection of co-located copper/fiber distribution points.
Charles engineers developed two new splice bracket options to provide users with a choice between fiber-only splicing and copper/fiber co-location splicing. On both brackets, a splice tray "holster" accommodates all commonly used fiber splice trays with a 5" x 12" or smaller footprint.