BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 BSI Standards Publication Optical fibre cables Part 5-10: Family specification — Outdoor microduct optical fibre cables, microducts and protected microducts for installation by blowing BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 60794-5-10:2014 It is identical to IEC 60794-5-10:2014 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee GEL/86, Fibre optics, to Subcommittee GEL/86/1, Optical fibres and cables A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users are responsible for its correct application © The British Standards Institution 2014 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2014 ISBN 978 580 62099 ICS 33.180.01; 33.180.10 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 May 2014 Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Text affected BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 EN 60794-5-10 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM April 2014 ICS 33.180.01; 33.180.10 English version Optical fibre cables Part 5–10: Family specification Outdoor microduct optical fibre cables, microducts and protected microducts for installation by blowing (IEC 60794-5-10:2014) Câbles fibres optiques Partie 5–10: Spécification de famille Câbles extérieurs fibres optiques en micro-conduit, micro-conduits et microconduits protégés pour installation par soufflage (CEI 60794-5-10:2014) Lichtwellenleiterkabel Teil 5-10: Familienspezifikation für Mikrorohr-Lichtwellenleiterkabel, Mikrorohre und geschützte Mikrorohre zur Installation durch Einblasen für die Anwendung im Freien (IEC 60794-5-10:2014) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2014-03-12 CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German) A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels © 2014 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members Ref No EN 60794-5-10:2014 E BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 EN 60794-5-10:2014 -2- Foreword The text of document 86A/1496/CDV, future edition of IEC 60794-5-10, prepared by SC 86A "Fibres and cables" of IEC/TC 86 "Fibre optics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60794-5-10:2014 The following dates are fixed: • latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2014-12-12 • latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the document have to be withdrawn (dow) 2017-03-12 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 60794-5-10:2014 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated: IEC 60794-1-21 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60794-1-21 IEC 60811-501 NOTE Harmonized in EN 60811-501 BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 EN 60794-5-10:2014 -3- Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application For dated references, only the edition cited applies For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies NOTE When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 60304 - Standard colours for insulation for lowfrequency cables and wires HD 402 S2 - IEC 60793-1-40 (mod) - Optical fibres Part 1-40: Measurement methods and test procedures - Attenuation EN 60793-1-40 - IEC 60793-2-10 - Optical fibres EN 60793-2-10 Part 2-10: Product specifications - Sectional specification for category A1 multimode fibres - IEC 60793-2-50 - Optical fibres Part 2-50: Product specifications - Sectional specification for class B single-mode fibres EN 60793-2-50 - IEC 60794-1 - Optical fibre cables Part 1: Generic specification - - IEC 60794-1-1 - Optical fibre cables Part 1-1: Generic specification - General EN 60794-1-1 - IEC 60794-1-2 - Optical fibre cables Part 1-2: Generic specification - Cross reference table for optical cable test procedures EN 60794-1-2 - IEC 60794-1-22 2012 Optical fibre cables EN 60794-1-22 Part 1-22: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Environmental test methods 2012 IEC 60794-1-23 - Optical fibre cables EN 60794-1-23 Part 1-23: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods - IEC 60794-1-24 - Optical fibre cables EN 60794-1-24 Part 1-24: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Electrical test methods - IEC 60794-2 - Optical fibre cables EN 60794-2 Part 2: Indoor cables - Sectional specification - IEC 60794-3 - Optical fibre cables Part 3: Sectional specification - Outdoor cables IEC 60794-4 - Optical fibre cables EN 60794-4 Part 4: Sectional specification - Aerial optical cables along electrical power lines - IEC 60794-5 - Optical fibre cables Part 5: Sectional specification - Microduct cabling for installation by blowing - EN 60794-3 EN 60794-5 BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 EN 60794-5-10:2014 Publication Year -4Title EN/HD Year IEC 60794-5-20 - Optical fibre cables Part 5-20: Family specification for outdoor microduct fibre units, microducts and protected microducts for installation by blowing EN 60794-5-20 - IEC 60811-202 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials Part 202: General tests - Measurement of thickness of non-metallic sheath EN 60811-202 - IEC 60811-203 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials Part 203: General tests - Measurement of overall dimensions EN 60811-203 - IEC 60811-601 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test EN 60811-601 methods for non-metallic materials Part 601: Physical tests - Measurement of the drop point of filling compounds - IEC 60811-602 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test EN 60811-602 methods for non-metallic materials Part 602: Physical tests - Separation of oil in filling compounds - IEC 60811-604 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials Part 604: Physical tests - Measurement of absence of corrosive components in filling compounds EN 60811-604 - ISO/IEC 11801 - Information technology - Generic cabling for customer premises EN ISO/IEC 11801 - –2– BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 CONTENTS Scope Normative references Symbols General requirements 4.1 Construction 4.1.1 General 4.1.2 Microduct optical fibre cables 10 4.1.3 Microduct 10 4.1.4 Protected microduct 10 4.1.5 Microduct fittings 10 4.1.6 Microduct hardware 11 Optical fibres 11 4.2 4.3 Installation performance tests 11 4.3.1 Installation conditions 11 4.3.2 Tests applicable 11 Mechanical and environmental tests 12 4.4 Microduct optical fibre cable 12 5.1 Tests applicable 12 5.2 Tensile performance 12 5.3 Crush 13 5.4 Impact 13 5.5 Repeated bending 13 5.6 Torsion 13 5.7 Kink 14 5.8 Bend 14 5.9 Temperature cycling 14 5.10 Water penetration 15 5.11 Ageing 15 5.12 Ribbon strippability 15 5.13 Fibre ribbon separability 15 Microduct 15 6.1 Tests applicable 15 6.2 Tensile performance 16 6.3 Crush 16 6.4 Impact 16 6.5 Repeated bending 16 6.6 Torsion 17 6.7 Kink 17 6.8 Bend 17 6.9 Microduct route verification test 17 6.10 Microduct pressure withstand 17 6.11 Ageing 18 Protected microduct(s) 18 BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 –3– 7.1 Tests applicable 18 7.2 Tensile performance 18 7.3 Crush 19 7.4 Impact 19 7.5 Repeated bending 19 7.6 Kink 19 7.7 Bend 20 7.8 Microduct route verification test 20 7.9 Microduct pressure withstand 20 7.10 Ageing 20 Annex A (informative) Examples of microduct optical fibre cables and microducts 21 Annex B (informative) Family specifications for microduct optical fibre cable, microduct and protected microduct (blank detail specifications and minimum requirements) 23 B.1 Microduct optical fibre cable description 23 B.2 Microduct description 24 B.3 Protected microduct description 25 Annex C (normative) Product constructions 26 Annex D (normative) Transmission requirements 29 Attenuation of cabled fibre 29 D.1 D.2 Fibre bandwidth requirements 30 Annex E (normative) IEC 60794-1-21, Method Exx – Microduct inner clearance test 31 Object 31 E.1 E.2 General 31 E.3 Sample 31 E.4 Test equipment 31 E.5 Procedure 31 E.6 Requirements 31 E.7 Details to be recorded 31 Bibliography 33 Figure A.1 – Microduct optical fibre cables (not to scale) 21 Figure A.2 – Protected microduct in pre-installed ducts (not to scale) 21 Figure A.3 – Protected microduct with tight integral outer duct (not to scale) 22 Table – Tests applicable for installation performance 12 Table – Tests applicable for mechanical and environmental performance of microduct cable 12 Table – Tests applicable for mechanical and environmental performance of a microduct 15 Table – Tests applicable for mechanical and environmental performance of a protected microduct 18 Table C.1 – Outdoor microduct optical fibre cable construction 26 Table C.2 – Microduct construction 27 Table C.3 – Protected microduct construction 28 Table D.1 – Multimode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) 29 Table D.2 – Single-mode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) – Premises cabling applications 29 –4– BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 Table D.3 – Single-mode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) – All other applications 29 Table D.4 – Minimum multimode fibre bandwidth (MHz × km) 30 BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 –7– OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES – Part 5-10: Family specification – Outdoor microduct optical fibre cables, microducts and protected microducts for installation by blowing Scope This part of IEC 60794 is a family specification that covers outdoor microduct optical fibre cables for installation by blowing and the associated microducts, which together make up a microduct optical fibre cable system Although primarily designed for use with outdoor microduct applications, the cable products specified herein may be used individually for short lengths in other applications as agreed upon between supplier and customer These may include short runs inside a building or in other outdoor applications, such as a transition between separate (unconnected) microduct systems, or from a microduct system to some other protective structure such as a cable conduit or tray Systems built with components covered by this standard are subject to the requirements of IEC 60794-5 where applicable Annex A shows examples of microduct optical fibre cables and microducts Annex B describes a blank detail specification for outdoor microduct optical fibre cables and the associated microducts, and incorporates some minimum requirements Detail product specifications may be prepared on the basis of this family specification using Annex B as a guide Annex C provides normative requirements for microduct optical fibre cables The parameters specified in this standard may be affected by measurement uncertainty arising either from measurement errors or calibration errors due to lack of suitable standards Acceptance criteria should be interpreted with respect to this consideration The number of fibres and microducts tested shall be representative of the microduct optical fibre cable design and should be agreed between customer and supplier Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application For dated references, only the edition cited applies For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies IEC 60304, Standard colours for insulation for low-frequency cables and wires IEC 60793-1-40, Optical fibres – Part 1-40: Measurement methods and test procedures – Attenuation IEC 60793-2-10, Optical fibres – Part 2-10: Product specifications – Sectional specification for category A1 multimode fibres IEC 60793-2-50, Optical fibres – Part 2-50: Products specification – Sectional specification for class B single-mode fibres IEC 60794 (all parts), Optical fibre cables BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 21 – Annex A (informative) Examples of microduct optical fibre cables and microducts Figures A.1, A.2 and A.3 provide examples of different microduct optical fibre cables and microducts Outer jacket Filling compound Tensile strength Member (s) Flexible buffer tubes Coloured fibres Outer jacket Filling compound Tensile member (s) strength Coloured binders Coloured fibres IEC 0016/14 Figure A.1 – Microduct optical fibre cables (not to scale) Outer duct Microduct cable in microduct Coloured microducts IEC 0017/14 Figure A.2 – Protected microduct in pre-installed ducts (not to scale) – 22 – BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 Outer jacket Microduct cable in microduct Coloured microducts IEC 0018/14 Figure A.3 – Protected microduct with tight integral outer duct (not to scale) BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 23 – Annex B (informative) Family specifications for microduct optical fibre cable, microduct and protected microduct (blank detail specifications and minimum requirements) B.1 Microduct optical fibre cable description (1) Prepared by (2) Document No: Issue: Date: (3) Available from: (4) Generic specifications: IEC 60794-1-1 and IEC 60794-1-2 Sectional specification: IEC 60794-5 Family specification: IEC 60794-5-10 (5) Additional references: (6) Microduct optical fibre cable description: (7) Microduct optical fibre cable construction: Optical fibres Additional remarks Range of fibre count Cable construction – Unfilled – Filled Sheath Additional armouring (optional) – Non-metallic armouring – Metallic armouring Additional outer sheath (optional) Marking identification – Customer requirement – Identification of manufacturer (8) Application information: Maximum outer diameter (d) mm Rated maximum tensile load N Minimum bending radius for no-load bending mm or n × d Minimum bending radius for rated-load bending mm or n × d Temperature range: – Transport and storage ºC – Installation ºC – Operation ºC Manufacturing length – Typical m – Nominal/tolerances +1 % BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 24 – B.2 Microduct description (1) Prepared by (2) Document No: Issue: Date: (3) Available from: (4) Generic specifications: IEC 60794-1-1 and IEC 60794-1-2 Sectional specification: IEC 60794-5 Family specification: IEC 60794-5-10 (5) Additional references: (6) Microduct description (7) Microduct construction Microduct Additional remarks Microduct sheath Additional microduct outer sheath (optional) Microduct marking identification – Customer requirement – Identification of manufacturer (8) Application information: Maximum outer diameter (OD) mm Minimum inner diameter (ID) mm Minimum thickness (∆D) mm Rated maximum tensile load N Minimum bending radius for no-load bending mm or n × OD Minimum bending radius for rated-load bending mm or n × OD Temperature range: – Transport and storage ºC – Installation ºC – Operation ºC Manufacturing tube length – Typical m – Nominal/tolerances +1 % BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 B.3 – 25 – Protected microduct description (2) Document No: Issue: Date: (1) Prepared by (4) Generic specifications: (3) Available from: IEC 60794-1-1 and IEC 60794-1-2 Sectional specification: IEC 60794-5 Family specification: IEC 60794-5-10 (5) Additional references: (6) Microduct bundle description (7) Microduct bundle construction Microduct Additional remarks – Material – Range of microduct count Microduct bundle sheath Additional bundle armouring (optional) – Non-metallic armouring – Metallic armouring Additional bundle outer sheath (optional) Microduct bundle marking identification – Customer requirement – Identification of manufacturer (8) Application information: Microduct – Maximum outer diameter (OD) mm – Minimum inner diameter (ID) mm – Minimum thickness (∆D) mm – Rated maximum tensile load N – Minimum bending radius for no-load bending mm or n × OD – Minimum bending radius for rated-load bending mm or n × OD Microduct bundle a – Maximum outer diameter (OD’) mm – Minimum inner diameter (ID) mm – Minimum thickness (∆D) mm – Rated maximum tensile load N – Minimum bending radius for no-load bending mm or n × OD’ – Minimum bending radius for rated-load bending mm or n × OD’ Temperature range: – Transport and storage ºC – Installation ºC – Operation ºC Manufacturing tube length – Typical m – Nominal/tolerances +1 % a Not applicable to bundles of microducts installed loosely into pre-existing ducts BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 26 – Annex C (normative) Product constructions Tables C.1, C2 and C.3 describe different types of constructions Table C.1 – Outdoor microduct optical fibre cable construction Characteristics Family requirements Test methods Lay-up According to DS Microduct optical fibre cable core According to DS – Filling compound (if used) According to DS Either IEC 60794-1-21, Method E14 or IEC 60811-601 IEC 60811-602 IEC 60811-604 – Dry blocking compound According to DS Under consideration Strength member(s) According to DS Visual inspection Remarks Visual inspection Outer cable sheath – Material According to DS – Minimum sheath thickness According to DS IEC 60811-202 – Outer cable diameter According to DS IEC 60811-203 Optional protection According to DS – Moisture barrier According to DS – Metallic tapes: According to DS Sheath abrasion According to DS IEC 60794-1-21, Method E2A Sheath marking – Configuration, dimensions According to DS Visual inspection – Abrasion resistance According to DS IEC 60794-1-21, Method E2A Or IEC 60794-1-21, Method E2B Microduct cable length Under consideration Steel needle diameter d = 1,0 mm load: N BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 27 – Table C.2 – Microduct construction Characteristics Family requirements Test methods Material According to DS Outer microduct diameter According to DS IEC 60811-203 Inner microduct diameter According to DS IEC 60811-203 Minimum microduct thickness According to DS IEC 60811-202 Strength member(s) According to DS Visual inspection Remarks This method may be adapted to measure the inner diameter Outer microduct sheath – Material According to DS – Minimum sheath thickness According to DS IEC 60811-203 – Outer microduct diameter According to DS IEC 60811-202 Optional protection According to DS – Moisture barrier According to DS – Metallic tapes: According to DS Sheath abrasion According to DS IEC 60794-1-21, Method E2A Sheath marking – Configuration, dimensions According to DS Visual inspection – Abrasion resistance According to DS IEC 60794-1-21, Method E2A Or IEC 60794-1-21, Method E2B Microduct length Under consideration Steel needle diameter d = 1,0 mm load: N BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 28 – Table C.3 – Protected microduct construction Characteristics Family requirements Test methods Microduct material According to DS Outer microduct diameter According to DS IEC 60811-203 Inner microduct diameter According to DS IEC 60811-203 Minimum microduct thickness According to DS IEC 60811-202 Lay-up According to DS Visual inspection Microduct bundle strength member(s) According to DS Visual inspection Remarks This method may be adapted to measure inner diameter Outer microduct bundle sheath – Material According to DS – Minimum sheath thickness According to DS IEC 60811-202 – Outer microduct bundle diameter According to DS IEC 60811-203 Optional protection According to DS – Moisture barrier According to DS – Metallic tapes: According to DS Sheath abrasion According to DS IEC 60794-1-21, Method E2A Sheath marking – Configuration, dimensions According to DS Visual inspection – Abrasion resistance According to DS IEC 60794-1-21, Method E2A Or IEC 60794-1-21 Method E2B Protected microduct length Under consideration Steel needle diameter d = 1,0 mm load: N BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 29 – Annex D (normative) Transmission requirements D.1 Attenuation of cabled fibre Depending on the fibre category, the attenuation coefficient of the cabled fibre shall be less than the maximum values in Table D.1 for multimode fibres and less than the maximum values in Table D.2 for single-mode fibres – for the wavelengths as stated in the tables These values are relevant for premises cabling covered in certain specifications in the IEC 60794 series and in ISO/IEC 11801, as appropriate Maximum values for the other specifications in the IEC 60794 series are given in Table D.3 The fibre category shall be agreed between customer and supplier Table D.1 – Multimode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) Fibre category Attenuation coefficient at 850 nm Attenuation coefficient at 300 nm Performance code IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.1 3,5 1,5 OM1, OM2 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.2 3,5 1,5 OM1, OM2, OM3 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.3 3,5 1,5 OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4 IEC 60793-2-10, A1b 3,5 1,5 OM1, OM2 Table D.2 – Single-mode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) – Premises cabling applications Fibre category Wavelengths nm Maximum attenuation coefficient Performance code IEC 60793-2-50, B1.1, B1.3, B6_a1 or B6_a2 310, 550 1,0 OS1 IEC 60793-2-50, B1.3, B6_a1 or B6_a2 310, 383, 550 0,4 OS2 Table D.3 – Single-mode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) – All other applications Fibre category Maximum attenuation coefficient (dB/km) at wavelengths (nm) 310 nm 383 nm 550 nm 625 nm 0,5 0,40 a N/A 0,30 0,40 a 0,40 0,40 0,30 0,40 a IEC 60793-2-50, B2 (dispersion shifted) N/A N/A 0,35 0,40 a IEC 60793-2-50, B4 (non-zero dispersion shifted) N/A N/A 0,35 0,40 a IEC 60793-2-50, B5 (wideband non-zero dispersion shifted) N/A N/A 0,35 0,40 a IEC 60793-2-50, B6_a1 or B6_a2 (bending loss insensitive) 0,40 0,40 0,30 0,40 a IEC 60793-2-50, B1.1 (dispersion unshifted) 0,40 IEC 60793-2-50, B1.2 (cut-off shifted) N/A IEC 60793-2-50, B1.3 (extended band) N/A b a 625 nm performance is optional, depending on agreement between customer and supplier b N/A = Not applicable BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 30 – Values for IEC 60793-2-50 category B6_b2 and B6_b3 fibres are under consideration Test procedure: Measurements shall be made in accordance with IEC 60793-1-40 D.2 Fibre bandwidth requirements There are no bandwidth requirements on single-mode fibre For cables containing multimode fibres, the uncabled fibre shall be specified at one of the performance levels defined in Table D.4 in terms of minimum bandwidth (MHz × km), wavelength, and type of measurement The fibre category and performance level shall be agreed between customer and supplier Table D.4 – Minimum multimode fibre bandwidth (MHz × km) Fibre category Nominal core diameter µm Overfilled bandwidth at 850 nm Overfilled bandwidth at 300 nm IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.1 50 200 500 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.1 50 500 500 N/A OM2 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.2 50 500 500 000 OM3 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.3 50 500 500 700 OM4 IEC 60793-2-10, A1b 62,5 200 500 N/A OM1 IEC 60793-2-10, A1b 62,5 500 500 N/A OM2 a N/A = not applicable Effective modal bandwidth at 850 nm N/A a Performance code OM1 BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 31 – Annex E (normative) IEC 60794-1-21, Method Exx – Microduct inner clearance test E.1 Object The purpose of this test is to confirm the maintenance of the inner bore of a microduct, following the manufacture, or the mechanical or environmental testing, of a short length (typically m maximum) of microduct or protected microduct assembly E.2 General An inner clearance test consists of passing a test object, such as a sphere, or a short length (e.g 100 mm) of the actual microduct optical fibre cable or fibre unit to be installed, through the section of microduct or microduct assembly after manufacture, or that has been subjected to a mechanical or environmental test (for example, following a crush test) A successful test indicates that the microduct has not been significantly damaged by the manufacturing process or the test applied For practical considerations, the test object shall be no less than 85 % of the nominal microduct bore diameter, unless otherwise agreed between the supplier and the customer For testing longer sections of microduct or protected microduct, the test given in IEC 60794-1-21, Method E23 may be more appropriate E.3 Sample The sample is a short (typically m maximum) section of microduct or protected microduct assembly E.4 Test equipment A test object, such as a sphere or a short length (e.g 100 mm) of the actual cable or fibre unit to be installed, with a diameter that is no less than 85 % of the nominal microduct bore diameter, and a safe method to catch the sphere or other object at the far end of the microduct E.5 Procedure Install the catcher at the far end of the microduct, place the object into the microduct and allow it to travel through to the far end The most practical method to this is by tilting the sample from horizontal to vertical E.6 Requirements The object shall pass through the microduct This confirms that the permanent deformation of the individual microduct is less than or equal to 15 % of its nominal diameter, which is considered as not significant damage E.7 – Details to be recorded Object dimensions – 32 – – Object material – Microduct information (ID, OD) – Sample length NOTE This test method will be considered for inclusion in IEC 60794-1-21 BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 BS EN 60794-5-10:2014 60794-5-10 © IEC:2014 – 33 – Bibliography IEC 60794-1-21, Optical fibre cables – Part 1-21: Generic specification – Basic optical cable test procedures – Mechanical test methods IEC 60811-501, Electric and optical fibre cables – Test methods for non-metallic materials – Part 501: Mechanical tests – Tests for determining the mechanical properties of insulating and sheathing compounds _ _ To be published This page deliberately left blank NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards Institution (BSI) BSI is the national body responsible for preparing British Standards and other 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