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The Zigs & Zags of Bend-Insensitive Fiber
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Presented by Greg Williams, Director of Marketing, Draka Communications and Greg Pierce, Product Manager – Fiber Optic Splice Closures, Tyco Electronics

Why Attend?
Draka Communications and Tyco Electronics are hosting this webinar to provide education on fundamentals and future of bend insensitive fiber. The presentations will convey that bend insensitive fiber has purpose and value throughout the complete fiber network, both indoor and outdoor applications. Draka and Tyco are on the leading edge of new product development and will share their vision that new products using bend insensitive fiber will be smaller, lighter, more aesthetically pleasing, and higher capacity than today’s products.

Benefit of Attending
Bend insensitive fiber brings a new dimension to the world of fiber topic cable and hardware. Bend insensitive fiber allows fiber to be bent into small radii without experiencing power loss. The benefits of bend insensitive fiber include:

  • smaller diameter and lighter weight fiber cables
  • splice closures and cabinets with the potential for higher capacity, more working room, or more safety factor
  • place more fiber cable into existing or new ducts / conduits
  • the potential for hardware to be smaller in size and more aesthetically pleasing
  • rugged new cables for complicated and congested pathways

What You Will Learn

  • What is Bend Insensitive Fiber (BIF)
  • Bend Insensitive Fiber is not new or experimental
  • Industry Standards for Bend Insensitive Fiber
  • 5 things you should know about BIF
  • How BIF fiber is in use today
  • How BIF will be used in the near future
  • What impact BIF has on network components

About the Presenters
Greg Williams, Director of Marketing, Draka Communications
8 years with Draka
Engineering degree from North Carolina State University

Greg Pierce, Product Manager – Fiber Optic Splice Closures, Tyco Electronics
22 years with Tyco Electronics (Raychem)
BS Mathematics, North Carolina State University

Sponsored by

Draka Communications
Draka offers a complete portfolio of fiber optic cable used in bandwidth-intense networks. Contractors prefer Draka’s user-friendly brands like ezPREP loose tube and ezRIBBON. Together with industry-leading optical fiber, Draka cable is ideal for MDU projects and other FTTx applications. Draka’s bend-insensitive fiber, BendBright-XS, is complemented by its proprietary coloring process, ColorLock-XS to offer unmatched reliability and world-class performance over the life of modern networks. Trust Draka for Value Innovation in real world situations. www.drakaamericas.com

Sponsored by

Tyco Electronics
Tyco Electronics Ltd. is a leading global provider of engineered electronic components, network solutions, specialty products and undersea telecommunication systems, with customers in more than 150 countries. We design, manufacture and market products for customers in a broad array of industries including automotive; data communication systems and consumer electronics; telecommunications; aerospace, defense and marine; medical; energy; and lighting. With approximately 7,000 engineers and worldwide manufacturing, sales and customer service capabilities, Tyco Electronics' commitment is our customers' advantage. More information on Tyco Electronics can be found at http://www.tycoelectronics.com/.