Optical Fiber Testing

Quality Control Of Outdoor Fiber Optical Cable

Quality Control - ZTO FIBER CABLE

1. Attenuation Testing By OTDR

The cable and fiber attenuation will be tested during each steps of cabling from bear fibers , loose tube twisting to cabling according to the IEC 60793 standard . The attenuation of 1310 nm ≤ 0.36db/km and 1550 nm ≤ 0.22db/km, and the cable length will be tested as well .

2. Water Penetration Testing

The cable will be tested the water penetration performance . IEC standard requests the 1m length cable no water leakage from outside within 24 hours .

Quality Control - ZTO FIBER CABLE
Quality Control - ZTO FIBER CABLE

3.High And Low Temperature Cycling Testing

Time of testing:
Transition from 0°C to -40°C:2hours;
Time per each durationat-40°C:8 hours;
Transition from-40°C to +85 °C;4hours;
duration at +85°C:8hours;
Transition from +85°C to 0°C:2hours
Standard Of IEC 60794:
Attenuation variation for reference value (the attenuation to be measured before testat+20±3°C) w 0.05 dB/km

4.Repeated Bending Testing

Quality Control - ZTO FIBER CABLE
Quality Control - ZTO FIBER CABLE

5. Cable Bending And Torsion Testing60794 Standard

No additional attenuation ≤ 0.05db/km and no damage to outer jacket and inner elements in addition of 2m sample length and ± 180 degrees .

6. Optical Cable Vibration Testing

The cable and fiber comprehensive performance should be stable during vibration 10 mins in 50HZ frequency .

Quality Control - ZTO FIBER CABLE
Quality Control - ZTO FIBER CABLE

7. Cable tensile strength testing

The fiber attenuation should stay in safe range during pulling cable by specific tension strength of different cables .