2-mm Fiber Patch Cords Withstand Tight Bends, Rough Handling

The Cleerline Technology Group recently introduced 2.0-millimeter (mm) fiber-optic patch cords that are made to be 30% thinner than conventional cords. The company says its 2.0mm cords deliver “a low-profile installation without compromising strength or performance.”

“Our 2.0mm fiber patch cords are preterminated and pretested to exceed industry standards for insertion loss and reflectance, placing the ultimate time- and space-saving solution in the hands of installers,” commented Cleerline’s president Ryan Prentice.

Cleerline’s patented SSF optical fiber is the component that makes it possible for these low-profile cords to withstand tight bends and rough handling. The company explains the fiber “is up to 10,000 times stronger than traditional fiber, with a 2,000-times greater flex rating and a 1,500-times greater impact rating,” which makes the cords “well-suited for mission-critical applications where uptime, resilience, and long-term performance are essential.”

They are available with LC or SC connectors, in UPC or APC polish types, and in stock or custom lengths.

Prentice continued, “With the demand for increased bandwidth we are seeing on both commercial and residential installations to accommodate 4K and 8K video, the increased applications for AI, as well as an explosion of connected devices, integrators must consider the benefits of a fiber-optic infrastructure on behalf of their clients.” These low-profile preterminated cords “help integrators reduce installation time [and] enable more-efficient cable management in space-constrained environments,” the company concluded.

Cleerline offers an online patch cable configuration tool intended to streamline the design, quoting, and ordering processes for prefabricated fiber patch cord of any length or quantity. You can visit that configurator here.