Aramid Fiber Rods ARP Rods for Fiber Optic Cables

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Aramid Fiber Rods ARP Rods for Fiber Optic Cables





Aramid Fiber Rod/ ARP rod is a new type of non-metallic strength member for fiber optical cables. It is made by thermal pultrusion technique which combines complex resin as body material with aramid fiber as strength member at a certain ratio. It has been widely employed in the internet access network and it works particularly well with the indoor fiber optical cable network.

 

ARP Rod Features

1)  Light weight and high strength, both the strength and modulus of ARP rod are better than that of steel and fiberglass strength member.

2)  Low expansion, ARP rod covers a wide range of temperatures; the linear expansion coefficient is less than that of steel and fiberglass strength member;

3)  Impact resistance, resistance to fracture, Hongbo ARP rod reaches not only ultra-high tensile strength (=1700Mpa), even in case of breakage it can still maintain a tensile strength of about 1300Mpa;

4)  Good flexibility, the light and soft texture allows it to bend easily; the minimum bending diameter is only 24 times of the diameter of the rod;

5)  Indoor fiber optic cable with compact structure, excellent bending properties, especially suitable for complex wiring indoor environment.

 

Aramid Rod Specification

Normal Diameter F (mm)   Coated and Uncoated

 

Core	0.40	0.50
Coated	0.45	0.58

  

Technical Parameter

 

Aramid Rod Test Item		Unit (or Condition)	Technical Parameter
Diameter  Tolerance	Core	mm	±0.03
	Coated	mm	±0.03
Out-of-roundness	Core	%	=5%
	Coated	%	=5%
Tensile Strength		MPa	=1600
Tensile Elastic Modulus		GPa	=52
Minimum Bending Performance		—	Bending Radius 10D. No bur, no crack, no break, no decomposition, smooth surface
High Temperature Bending Performance		80°C, 24h	Bending Radius 30D. No bur, no crack, no break, no decomposition, smooth surface
Low Temperature Bending Performance		-40°C, 24h	Bending Radius 30D. No bur, no crack, no break, no decomposition, smooth surface
Note: As for coated aramid rod,   only the diameter tolerance and out-of-roundness of the coated ARP will be   checked, no check for the core only.