3M reveals low-profile FTTH solutions with Clear Track Fiber Pathway
products
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Customers can enjoy fast fiber connectivity in their homes with a new
FTTH pathway solution that is virtually invisible. The new Clear
Track product family from 3M can seamlessly and inconspicuously
route fiber from outside to inside residential and commercial settings,
providing installers, contractors and service providers with
revolutionary new resources for more aesthetic network expansions.
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3M™ Clear Track Fiber Pathway contains rows of mushroom-like protrusions engineered to refract light, resulting in near invisibility. (Photo: 3M)
The 3M Clear Track product family includes technology poised to set new
industry benchmarks for craft-friendly installations, while creating a
nearly invisible network footprint.
3M™ Clear Fiber Drop Cable – This all-dielectric FTTH Clear
Fiber Drop cable transitions fiber cable from outdoors, where
ruggedness is required, to indoors, where aesthetics are desired,
without the need for a splice or connection point. With easy-peel
technology, the flat, jacketed cable opens to expose a single 900 µm
clear buffered ultra bend-insensitive fiber (ITU-T G.657.B3) that’s
ready for indoor routing with the 3M Clear Track Fiber Pathway. Clear
Fiber Drop Cable can easily be pulled through conduit due to its low
friction, low profile cable design.
3M™ Clear Track Fiber Pathway – The Clear Track Pathway captures
and routes a single 900 µm clear fiber to the desired outlet or terminal
while remaining virtually invisible. The pathway features 3M’s
proprietary clear tape adhesive backing with an easy-peel liner. It
installs directly to most walls without staples, heat guns, glues or
leaving behind a bulky raceway.
3M™ 900 µm Clear Fiber – The clear buffered and ultra
bend-insensitive, Clear Fiber locks into the Clear Track pathway and
provides high-performance bandwidth and low insertion loss even with
multiple 90º corners. The fiber can be easily repositioned and
reinstalled for convenient extensions and rerouting.
3M™ Clear Track Fiber Installation Tool – Compact and mechanical,
the Clear Track Installation Tool is a hand-held rolling device that
requires no power source. It secures Clear Fiber in the Clear Track
Fiber pathway with required pressure and precision. The installation
process requires limited training to operate.
3M™ One Pass Mini Surface-Mount Wall Outlet – Available with
SC/APC or SC/UPC adaptors, the One
Pass Mini Surface-Mount Wall Outlet is an equally low-profile way to
complete the Clear Track FTTH connection near an ONT or customer premise
equipment.
This new fiber pathway and drop cable solution is set to make its
official debut June 13-14 at the 2016 FTTH Connect Conference and Expo
in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Booth #730.
3M
Clear Track Pathway answers market demands for unobtrusive indoor
fiber deployment that installs easily and maintains the aesthetic
integrity of interior décor. It’s proving to be beneficial in single-
and multi-family units by simplifying the installation process to a few
hand-held tools, as opposed to the relatively intensive labor involved
with ductwork, crawl spaces, raceways or even stapling. Tenant and
homeowner disturbance is minimal and the time to install is greatly
reduced – a bonus for service providers seeking to roll-out fiber
quickly, especially in large apartment complex, condominium or office
settings. Early installations include a luxury, mid-rise apartment
building in Austin, Texas, where the 3M Clear Track solution as well as
3M One Pass Hallway Pathway Solution were piloted based on their
flexibility, low-profile design and unobtrusive installation process.
As a world leader in communications technology, 3M is a Network of
Networks connecting products, people and companies by harnessing the
power of 45+ technology platforms to create customer-centric
innovations. The Network of Networks connects smart buildings to smart
phones, data centers to desktops, greenfield to brownfield, wireline to
wireless and customers to their goals. Find out more at 3M.com/Telecom
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