LC APC to Unterminated Fiber Pigtail, 12 Fibers, Unjacketed Color-Coded, OS2

New Zealand engineering teams can use the documented values below to compare the product with the intended channel and as-built requirements. This fiber pigtail terminates outside-plant or backbone cable into a connectorized panel: LC APC to Unterminated Fiber Pigtail, OS2 glass, with a factory-polished LC APC connector on one end and a prepared fiber strand on the other. Fusion-spliced onto the incoming cable, it turns a raw fiber channel into a documented, testable port.

Product Highlights

• Precision Zirconia Ferrule Connectors Ensure Low Loss
• Support Both Fusion and Mechanical Splicing
• G.657.A1 Bend Insensitive Fiber & 10mm Min. Bend Radius
• Color-coded for Easy Matching of 0.9mm Fiber to Be Spliced
• Easy-strip 900µm Tight-buffered Coating

Specifications

From raw fiber route to documented port

Each structured cabling plant ends the matching way: a cable arrives at a frame, and its fibers must become ports. The pigtail is the component that makes that conversion. Spliced into a tray and presented on a panel, every strand gains a connector with a known optical signature, a mounting point in the documentation and a place in the test record. That conversion - cable to port - is where optical path quality is won or lost.

Mechanical splicing as the field fallback

Where a fusion splicer is not equivalent to offered, mechanical splices get the optical path up: the strand cleaves, seats in the mechanical splice body and locks against the field fiber. The loss is higher than a fusion joint and the reflectance worse; therefore, the practice is a fallback rather than a standard - but for urgent restoration work a pigtail that supports the two methods keeps the alternative open.

Keeping twelve-fiber splices organized

Multi-fiber splicing rewards method: full one color fully - strip, clean, cleave, splice, sleeve - before starting the next, and dress every finished strand into the tray in sequence. The color-coded set makes the pairing unambiguous, and the tray stays readable for the next technician who opens it. A tray that reads in clear terms is a tray that gets re-entered without new faults.

Color coding as a working discipline

Twelve fibers, twelve colors, one order: the TIA-598 sequence is the only thing standing between a tidy splice tray and a crossed plant. The strands in this set adhere to the standard sequence; therefore, the splicer matches colors between cable and pigtail without guesswork. When the documentation follows the matching sequence, a fault on mounting point seven months from now is found in minutes rather than traced strand by strand.

Unjacketed and bunch constructions compared

The unjacketed color-coded set presents twelve individual 0.9mm strands for direct tray work - the lightest design and the easiest to dress. The bunch design gathers the twelve strands under a shared jacket that breaks out near the relevant connector end, adding handling protection on the channel between the relevant panel and the tray. Define unjacketed where the strands stay inside a protected enclosure; define bunch where this manufactured assembly crosses open space between frames.

Bend-insensitive glass in dense trays

Splice trays and panel rear spaces punish fiber: tight routing, crowded dressing and the occasional hurried re-entry all bend strands beyond what legacy single-mode tolerated. The bend-insensitive grade used in this pigtail holds attenuation stable at bend radii that would fog conventional glass, which keeps the optical path margin intact after the tenth tray opening, not just at commissioning.

Sparing and kit planning for termination work

Pigtails belong in the termination kit in counted sets with spares: strands break, connectors get contaminated beyond recovery, and a missing spare converts a ten-minute task into a second visit. Plan one spare set per frame mounting point, keep spare strands capped and bagged, and record which set went into which tray so replacement stock can be ordered to the identical specification.

A splicing workflow that scales

Productive termination crews work to a fixed routine: mount the tray, dress the relevant cable, splice the pigtails color by color, protect every joint, test every completed port, then close and label. With the routine fixed, a two-person crew terminates a full frame mounting point in a predictable time, and the test record maps cleanly onto the documentation. The consistency additionally makes quality auditable - matching materials, matching sequence, matching pass criteria across each site.

Selecting the right pigtail for the job

Five decisions define the order: the relevant connector product line must be compatible with the relevant panel, the polish must be compatible with the plant, the fiber mode must be compatible with the relevant cable, the design must be compatible with the channel, and the count must be compatible with the tray capacity. Getting all five right at order time is what turns a box of strands into a dependable termination. Where the requirement sits outside the standard configurations, the made-to-order platforms cover the remaining combinations.

Optical Testing and Quality Checks

Each pigtail is optically tested before packing: insertion loss and return loss are verified on every terminated leg, and the ferrule end faces are inspected for scratches and contamination. The strands ship coiled, capped and bagged, with the test results offered on specify.

How to Specify and Order

Refer to this pigtail by connector, polish, fiber mode, fiber count and design when requisitioning a quotation. For configurations outside the listed options - mixed connector families, jacket ratings, lengths or project packing - send the requirement with the enquiry and the factory will cross-check the manufacturable specification. New Zealand project orders can include documentation and labeling requirements alongside the technical configuration.