This paper discusses the design and performance of a new central tube, dielectric cable sheath that employs two linearly applied composite rods. The new sheath design has been applied to a wide variety of core structures, including, tube-intube, filled ribbon and dry ribbon cores. The composite rods utilize novel coatings that provide optimized coupling between the rods and the cable jacket. This coupling is quantified through laboratory measurements of adhesion between rods and the cable jacket. Adhesion results are also compared with adhesion performance of rods that use other types of coatings.|This paper discusses the design and performance of a new central tube, dielectric cable sheath that employs two linearly applied composite rods. The new sheath design has been applied to a wide variety of core structures, including, tube-intube, filled ribbon and dry ribbon cores. The composite rods utilize novel coatings that provide optimized coupling between the rods and the cable jacket. This coupling is quantified through laboratory measurements of adhesion between rods and the cable jacket. Adhesion results are also compared with adhesion performance of rods that use other types of coatings.

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