ADSS
ADSS is a Optical fibre cable (type by construction) cable designation: ADSS = All-dielectric self-supporting aerial cable: no metal, hung between poles on its own aramid strength.
1 coding system recognises this code
Optical fibre cable (type by construction)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
ADSS | All-dielectric self-supporting aerial cable: no metal, hung between poles on its own aramid strength |
ADSS as the cable designer builds it, ADSS 24F
Overall diameter 10.5 mm, 89 kg/km. An optical fibre cable has no conductor and no voltage: every size is its maker's, the layers no maker prints drawn at a typical value.
| Layer | Material | Thickness, mm | Over the layer, mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central strength member | FRP (glass-reinforced plastic) | 2.3 | |
| Loose tube (gel-filled, fibres inside) | PBT | 0.26 | 1.7 |
| Swelling tape (water block) | Swelling | 0.36 | 6.4 |
| Strength yarns | Aramid yarn | 0.36 | 7.1 |
| Sheath | PE | 1.7 | 10.5 |
ADSS on a drum
The smallest drum that passes every check, for 10.5 mm and about 89 kg/km as the cable designer builds it. Drums as their makers print them; lengths are estimates within a few per cent of the cable makers' own tables: whole layers, wound diameter 1.05 × OD, 50 mm freeboard under the flange rim.
| Length | Drum size (its makers) | Layers | Gross weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | KTG 7 (710 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG | 10 of 11 | 70–73 kg |
| 1,000 m | KTG 9 (900 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG | 12 of 15 | 136–140 kg |
Barrel at least 20 × OD = 210 mm for a cable of this kind (Telecom, data and control cable): KTG table, the cable's datasheet wins. A load rating is the drum maker's own.
Other lengths, drums and weights: the cable drum calculator
Load it on a truck: 1000 m on its drum in the loading planner
Laying, sizes and datasheet: ADSS
ADSS belongs to the family Fibre optic cables: the lowest laying temperature, bending radius, pulling, depth, drum handling and the test after laying, every rule with its sources. Laying and handling guide: Fibre optic cables
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