Connectors feature typical insertion loss down to 0.1 dB.
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Installed with no-consumables tool kit, UniCam Pretium(TM)-Performance Multi-Mode Connectors feature max insertion loss of 0.5 dB and will meet TIA-EIA-568 B.3 specs, which allow outdoor use when enclosed in environmentally protected hardware. Single-mode models offer 0.2 dB typical and 0.5 dB max insertion loss, as well as operating temperature of -40 to +75°C. No-epoxy, no-polish connectors are available with ceramic ferrule in LC, SC, and ST® compatible connector styles.
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Corning Cable Systems Introduces UniCam® Pretium(TM) Connector Product Family
Field-installable connectors feature typical attenuation as low as 0.1 dB
HICKORY, N.C. - Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, introduces an expansion of its field-installable UniCam® Connector product line. Corning's UniCam Pretium(TM)-Performance Connectors are guaranteed to achieve best-in-class optical performance, with a typical insertion loss as low as 0.1 dB. The product line enhancement also includes the new UniCam Pretium Tool Kit, which features lightweight, handheld tools, virtually zero set-up time and enables installation of a connector in less than one minute.
Corning Cable Systems' UniCam Connectors are no-epoxy, no-polish connectors that install quickly and easily in the field with a single no-consumables tool kit. The new UniCam Pretium-Performance Multimode Connectors feature a 0.1 dB typical and 0.5 dB maximum insertion loss. The connectors will meet TIA/EIA-568 B.3 specifications for insertion loss and return loss at temperatures of -40° to +75°C, which allows the connectors to be used outdoors when enclosed in environmentally protected hardware. UniCam Pretium-Performance Single-Mode Connectors offer a 0.2 dB typical and 0.5 dB maximum insertion loss, as well as the wider operating temperature range of -40° to +75°C. The connectors are available with a ceramic ferrule in LC, SC and ST® compatible connector styles.
The new UniCam Pretium Tool Kit contains a new handheld installation tool and a high-performance, diamond-blade cleaver that virtually eliminate human variability from installation. With the new tool kit, UniCam Pretium-Performance Connectors can be installed in about 45 seconds. As with all of its UniCam Connectors, every Pretium-Performance Connector is 100 percent guaranteed to meet the published specification at the time of installation, or Corning Cable Systems will replace it.
With multimode UniCam Pretium-Performance Connectors, the improved optical performance can be achieved when installing with either the new Pretium Tool Kit or the "classic" UniCam Tool Kit. Due to the precise requirements of single-mode fiber,
UniCam® Pretium(TM)-Performance Single-Mode Connectors must be terminated using the new Pretium Tool Kit in order to achieve the enhanced attenuation and operating temperature specifications. UniCam Connector installation is an economical method of field termination due to the speed of termination, low-cost tooling and guaranteed performance.
Standard UniCam Multimode Connectors are offered with a composite ferrule in SC and ST® compatible connector styles and have a 0.3 dB typical and 0.75 dB maximum insertion loss. UniCam Connectors also continue to be offered in FC and MT-RJ connector styles. Both the standard and Pretium-Performance Connectors offer fast, easy installation and the 100 percent performance guarantee. The connectors are ideal for deployments in local area networks (LANs), campuses and data centers, and the quick installation reduces the total installed cost of connectorization, making it cost effective for all fiber applications, from the main cross-connect to the workstation.
Since the product's introduction in 1993, Corning Cable Systems has sold more than 40 million UniCam Connectors. Reaching this milestone highlights the quality, reliability and customer satisfaction associated with the UniCam Connector and demonstrates Corning's unparalleled leadership position in the no-epoxy, no-polish field-installable connector market.
UniCam Pretium-Performance Connectors and the UniCam Pretium Tool Kit are currently available in Corning Cable Systems' NAFTA regions. The products will be available worldwide in June 2007.
For additional information on Corning Cable Systems products and services, contact a customer service representative at 1-800-743-2675, toll free in the United States, or (+1) 828-901-5000, international, or visit the Web site at corning.com/cablesystems.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
