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SMAP cable manufacturing has commenced! - SUBCO

SMAP cable manufacturing has commenced!

Fiber.colouring

We’re pleased to announce that manufacturing has commenced, and the team at ASN are currently working on colouring the fibres individually. Fundamentally, this allows technicians to distinguish each cable – making it easier to splice and connect. To colour code optical fibres, an ultraviolet light-curable ink is mixed with a carrier fluid. This mixture is then applied to a horizontally moving optical fibre by an ink applicator. This process will be applied to over 150,000km of fibre