Siemon offers 5U Fiber Splicing Enclosure
Siemon now offers a 5U Fiber Splicing Enclosure (FSE). The latest edition to the company’s portfolio is designed to offer flexibility and future proofing, particularly when handling the transition of outdoor to indoor fiber-optic cable at the building entrance or for dismounting high fiber counts to multiple lower fiber count cables.
The FSE features up to 12 splice trays designed to provide storage and protection of fiber splices. Each splice tray can support up to twelve 12-fiber ribbon splices in protective sleeves or twenty-four 250/900-um single splices. Thus, each FSE can house up to 1,728 ribbon fibers or 288 single splices.
The enclosure’s front panel enables easy access to the splicing area, which Siemon asserts provides industry-leading space to complete individual or mass fusion splices. The enclosure’s open sides and sliding trays also provide ready access for cable routing and splice trays as well as enabling splicing outside of the enclosure. Brush guard cable entry points with cable strain relief brackets facilitate loading and retention and minimize stress on the fibers. The unit can be rack mounted in either 19- or 23-inch equipment racks.
“With our new 5U Fiber Splicing Enclosure, we have a solution that provides Siemon’s famous levels of quality in a cost-effective footprint,” stated Tony Walker, Siemon’s fiber product marketing manager. “It complements the existing range of fiber splicing solutions that we offer and has been designed with the technician’s needs in mind, providing a high-capacity option for fiber splicing while also delivering the accessibility and manageability needed for today’s patching environments.”
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