OPDC Cable
OPDC is used in power distribution network as a messenger, neutral or neutral (auxiliary) cable. Furukawa Electric, manufactures OPDC cable in Brazil and resells fixing hardware and accessories. This guarantees electrical, mechanical and optical characteristics of the cable and its components
OPDC is used in power distribution network as a messenger, neutral or neutral (auxiliary) cable. Furukawa Electric, manufactures OPDC cable in Brazil and resells fixing hardware and accessories. This guarantees electrical, mechanical and optical characteristics of the cable and its components
OPDC Cable
Stainless steel tube |
Plastic PBT |
Aluminum clad steel wires |
OPDC-M cable equivalent to 3×5 AWG consisting of a plastic tube envolved by a stainless steel tube and aluminum clad steel wires 40% IACS.
Installation Environment | Overhead distribution lines – spans up to 120m |
Operating Environment | Messenger cable for overhead distribution lines |
Characteristics | Value |
Nominal cross section area (mm2) | 61 |
Center: stainless steel tube – qty. x diameter (mm) | 1 x 3,55 |
Layer 1: aluminum clad steel wires IACS 40% – qty. x diameter (mm) | 6 x 3,60 |
Lay direction – outer layer | Left hand |
Nominal overall diameter (mm) | 10.8 |
Tensile strength (kgf) | 3,811 |
Approximate mass (kg/km) | 318 |
Electrical resistance DC at 20ºC (Ω/km) | 0.71 |
Módulus of elasticity (N/mm2) | 109,000 |
Coefficient of linear expansion (1/ºC) | 15.5 x 10-6 |
Bending radius (mm) | 278.0 |
Singlemode(SM) Optical fibers coated by acrylate.
Fiber | Color |
1 | Green |
2 | Yellow |
3 | White |
4 | Blue |
5 | Red |
6 | Violet |
7 | Brown |
8 | Rose |
9 | Natural |
10 | Gray |
11 | Orange |
12 | Aqua |
13 a 24 | Same color (1 a 12) with 1 black ring mark |
Technical Specification | Optical Fiber |
ET02000 (Annex A – Singlemode Optical Fiber Characteristics) |
ITU-T G.652.D/ |
Optical Attenuation | 0,36 dB/km at 1310nm 0,22 dB/km at 1550nm |
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