OPGW

Application

Distributed temperature sensing

Distributed acoustic sensing

Distributed sensing of hazardous activity near power lines, lightning strikes, short circuits

Optical fiber

Stainless steel tube filled with water-blocking gel

Stranded wires (aluminum-clad steel wires and/or aluminum alloy wires)

Optical fiber

Aluminum-clad stainless steel tube filled with water-blocking gel

Stranded wires (aluminum-clad steel wires and/or aluminum alloy wires)

Central strength member (aluminum-clad steel wire or aluminum alloy wire)

Optical fiber

Stainless steel tube filled with water-blocking gel

Stranded wires (aluminum-clad steel wires and/or aluminum alloy wires)

Features

3 products in one: a ground wire, data transmission and power line monitoring
Protection of power lines from lightning strikes
ACS wires are highly corrosion- and thermal-resistant
Does not create additional loads on transmission towers during the construction of fiber optic communication lines

Design options

DSS-element: stainless steel tube with optical fiber to monitor changes in sags

Parameters
Temperature rating	−60 °C … +85 °C	-76 °F … +185 °F
Maximum rated design tension	15–165 kN	3372–37093 lb
Crush resistance	1–1.5 kN/cm	571–857 lb/in
Rated breaking strength (RBS)	25–275 kN	5620–61822 lb
Cable diameter	8–25 mm	0.315–0.984 in
Fiber count	up to 96
Minimum bending radius	x 20D