Splice Boxes & Distribution Boxes

Street lockers are metal or plastic houses located above the ground often on walkways. They enable relatively easy and fast access to fiber circuits and can handle large fiber capacities. In many ways, they can offer ODF-type flexibility. Street lockers are often used to terminate larger supply cables and manage distribution cables including micro cables for blown fiber and / or subscriber drop connections.

Street lockers also store split units in PON architectures and allow flexible joining and / or patching for the customer’s dedicated fibers. Very often, they also house active equipment to support Vectoring and G.fast services over copper. Street lockers must be safe and strongly built to withstand vandal attacks and traffic accidents.

ACS – Advanced cassette system

The core products for fiber control systems are the extension cassettes. “ACS” (Advanced Cassette System) offers a flexible and modular system that meets all fiber safety requirements, such as turning radius. The Advanced Cassette System (ACS) is a modular and user-friendly fiber cassette system that can be assembled without tools. Three types of cartridges are available that support high-level fiber infrastructure.

Street cabinets – smart cabins

The smart cab series is designed and manufactured with the German market leader SICHERT GmbH. SICHERT outdoor enclosures made of fiberglass reinforced polycarbonate meet the highest standards and have been used successfully for decades. With more than 180,000 outdoor enclosures installed in Germany alone, SICHERT counts among the leading suppliers and specialists in the outdoor enclosure technology sector. HUBER + SUHNER is your partner for secure and reliable FTTx networks. The experience we have gained in the central office area of the network is integrated into our street wardrobe offer.

Fiber branch

Fiber terminal FT12

ADSL / VDSL broadband services are provided over the historic copper telephone network. New technologies such as Vectoring and G.fast achieve higher data rates through existing copper over short distances. Operators therefore need to bring fiber closer to subscribers, which is achieved by upgrading existing street cabinets containing only copper to those containing fiber and associated active equipment. A number of alternatives are available to accommodate additional fiber access points in already very densely built cabinets.

CRC – cable relief clamp

The easiest and most reliable way to fix the “release cables” on the base of the cassette system. For fixing, the cables need an aramid yarn, and depending on the amount of aramid, the pulling forces may vary.

Wall boxes work as the interface between the service provider’s optical access network (drop cable) and the internal “In-the-Home” network. A passive connection shelf at Building Entry Point (BEP) is used for joining, routing or connecting fibers.

The Optibox family of products from HUBER + SUHNER offers a comprehensive cabinet portfolio to address a wide range of applications. From large buildings such as multi-dwelling units (MDUs) to detached houses, with opportunities for lapping, splitting and splicing, the Optibox family satisfies the most demanding applications.

Optibox 4

Features
– Up to 4 adapters of SC shape
– Easy-to-use splicing and patching box, consisting of base, fiber tray and cover
– Radius protected fiber management with a minimum bending radius of 28 mm
– Dedicated storage area for unused fibers
– 2 different levels for managing up to 24 splices
– 1 cable entry and 4 cable exits (one of which is bend-radius protected through the enclosure)
– Optional lock available
– Dedicated area to accommodate gas blockers if required

Optibox 4i

Features
– Up to 4 adapters of SC shape
– Radius protected fiber management with a minimum bending radius of 28 mm
– Dedicated storage area for unused fibers
– Two different levels for managing up to 24 splices
– 1 cable entry and 2 cable exits (one at the top and one through the enclosure)
– Outside cable entries and exits are sealed with polymer cable glands
– Harsh environment protected ODC-2 (2 fibers) sockets mountable for creating “external” connections
– Optional lock available
– Enclosure suitable for outdoor applications (IP67)
– Dedicated area to accommodate gas blockers if required

Optibox 6

Features
– Up to 6 adapters of SC shape (LC, LX.5, SC, E-2000TM)
– Installer-friendly splicing and patching box, consisting of base, tray and cover
– Storage area for uncut fibers
– Radius protected fiber management with a minimum bending radius of 25 mm
– Special strain relief for incoming fiber optic cable
– Up to 12 splices distributed on two levels
– Cable input and outputs are sealed with rubber half-shell
– Optional lock available
– Dedicated area to accommodate gas blockers if required

Optibox 12

Features
– Patch panel up to 48 adapters
– Splice cassettes up to 24 modules
– Modular and flexible configurations
– Midspan system for multi-tube distribution cables
– 2 midspan cable entries
– 6 output hinged half-shell grommets cable entries

The metal boxes WBH and WBC use the LiSA side access technology and give the installer a consistent modular system from the central office to the internal area. These high-quality lockable metal boxes are easy to install and internal fiber trays allow for flexible and modular expansion to any network. The LiSA side access system is focused on installation speed and access speed. The LiSA fiber board can be installed safely and quickly, and access can be made at any time without the need for tools and without the need to interfere with pre-installed live fibers. Reliability and performance are key to the success of our industry.

The highest level of fiber protection and curb radius limitation comes as standard. The LiSA fiber board comes with up to 36 × pigtails that are pre-stripped and nicely stored ready for connection. Because pigtails are pre-stripped (outer coatings removed), we are able to store longer pigtail lengths within the board, and the process of melt splicing is more consistent and repeatable.

WBC – Wall box comapct

WBH – Wall box high capacity

Rugged outdoor antennas with fiber to antenna (FTTA) are often used for external radio installations. The installation method with boxes is cost-effective and offers installation flexibility for mobile network operators. Usually, a multi-fiber ladder cable is connected to the mast-mounted FTTA distribution box which is then connected to the remote control heads with short jumper cables.

HUBER + SUHNER offers 4 different sizes of robust outdoor FTTA distribution boxes to enable installations of 3 to 18 remote radios per site. All boxes are equipped with stainless steel mounting brackets for easy and quick mounting on posts, walls and turrets. A protective valve relieves the pressure and prevents condensation of the water. A variety of erosion holes provide flexible cable insertion and use of different cable magnification sizes.

Ruggedised outdoor distribution box