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FIMT

Fiber In Metal Tube

Application

Distributed monitoring of extended objects

Access cable

Cable side view
Optical fibers
Water-blocking gel
Stainless steel tube
Cable cut view
Cable side view
Optical fibers
Water-blocking gel
Single or double layer steel tube
Cable cut view
Cable side view
Optical fibers
Stainless steel tube filled with water-blocking gel
Outer jacket
Cable cut view
Features
  • Can be used as a cable component or as a finished sensing cable
  • Remains functional under direct flame
  • Compact size & low weight
Design options
  • Single or double layer steel tube
  • Gel-filled or gel-free FIMT
  • Plastic jacket
  • Fire rated
Parameters
Temperature rating +90 °C
+150 °C
+180 °C
+200 °C
+194 °F
+300 °F
+356 °F
+392 °F
The highest level of temperature for design with plastic encapsulation +260 °C
+300 °C and more upon request
Steel tube outer diameter range (without jacket) 1.1–6.35 mm 0.043–0.25 in
Cable diameter (with jacket) 1.9–10 mm 0.075–0.394 in
Fiber count up to 96
Minimum bending radius x 20D
Materials

Optical fibers: SM or MM, coating depends on temperature rating

Tube: stainless steel 304, 316L, Incoloy, Inconel

Jacket: HDPE, PP, ETFE, FEP, PFA

This cable is used in the following solutions

Supply experience — 3500+ km of specialty cables

1217 km

931 km

623 km

419 km

129 km

86 km

65 km

8 km

4 km

How can we help?

Anton Kytmanov

Head of Specialty Cables Sales

a.kytmanov@incab.ru