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The Ready-Connect system

The Ready-Connect system involves blowing pre-ferruled cables (cables with pre-fabricated semi-finished connectors) through micro-ducts directly to an FTTH termination or distribution point inside a home. The approach uses jets of cable terminal compressed air injected from a central point up to a kilometer  away and can service up to 50 homes in a single session, Draka says. Installation is completed by snapping the connector-housing around the ferrule. The ferrules are designed to reduce the risks of manually completing the connection on site.

Draka estimates that implementation time and labor costs can be reduced by as much as 50 percent with additional savings achieved through reduced cable splicing and storage space.

Draka’s Ready-Connect Duplex uses two bend-insensitive fiber cables with pre-mounted 2.6-mm diameter ferrules blown through 4-mm cable trunking inner diameter micro-ducts. The micro-duct approach is based upon jetting technology processes proven in the industry for several years as a reliable solution in large-scale FTTH installations, often involving over 200,000 homes, according to Draka.

By using ventilated end caps there is no need for a technician inside the customer premises because the fiber stops automatically once it reaches the consumer’s home, Draka says cable tie. The final connector is snapped on during a single operator visit to complete the termination.

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