What is BS EN 61300-2-7 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components about?
BS EN 61300 is a series on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components. Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components is a fibre optic telecommunications technology for delivering broadband network access to end customers. BS EN 61300-2-7 details a procedure for determining the suitability of a fibre optic device to withstand the environmental condition of a bending moment which may occur in actual use, storage and/or transport. The test is primarily intended to permit the observation of the effects of a bending moment. The bending moment may result in effects that would destroy functional utility, cause loss of physical strength, and cause changes in other important mechanical properties. Degradation of optical properties may also occur. The specimen may be a component, a connector set, a splice or other device combination intended for fibre optic usage.
Who is BS EN 61300-2-7 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components for?
BS EN 61300-2-7 on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components is useful for:
- Telecommunication component manufacturers
- Telecommunication equipment manufacturers
- Design engineers
- Quality control personnel
Why should you use BS EN 61300-2-7 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components?
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components architecture implement a point-to-multipoint topology in which a single optical fibre serves multiple endpoints by using unpowered (passive) fibre optic splitters to divide the fibre bandwidth among the endpoints. The specimen is placed in an apparatus and subjected to a bending moment which is maintained at a given temperature for a specified duration, as specified in BS EN 61300-2-7. The bending moment is smoothly applied to the specimen so as to bend its longitudinal axis.
BS EN 61300-2-7 specifies the details about force F, diameter A, diameter B, diameter C, distance D (if applicable), distance E (if applicable), the direction of the force relative to the specimen, applied load speed or feed speed up to the force F, duration of exposure, specific mounting structures, specimen optically functioning, initial examinations and measurements and performance requirements, examinations and measurements during test and performance requirements, final examinations and measurements and performance requirements, deviations from the test procedure and additional pass/fail criteria. Using BS EN 61300-2-7 you can specify the procedure for determining the suitability of a fibre optic device to withstand the environmental condition of a bending moment which may occur in actual use, storage and/or transport.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 61300-2-7:2013 supersedes BS EN 61300-2-7:1997. BS EN 61300-2-7:2013 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 61300-2-7:1997. These include:
- A complete reconsideration of the entire document, including additional normative references
- Clarification of the device under test (dut)
- Clarification of the relationship between severities, performance categories and the dut