Fibre optics are rapidly replacing copper cables as they are far better at transmitting high rates of data by overcoming the limitation of copper technology that is in comparison inefficient and fraught with many limitations due to its electro magnetic properties.

Optical fibre cables are constructed from a single or a number of optic filaments. A filament  is a circular dielectric wave-guide designed to transport light bursts representing  data to very long distances while avoiding the many limitation of copper wires.

Fibre Optic cables are made of a core of a single or a number of filaments which are coated by a slightly less reflective (by ≈ 1%) layer. Fibre filaments are typically made of silica of various types.  A protective coating of one or two layers of cushioning material (such as acrylate) is used to separate adjacent filaments to eliminate crosstalk between them.  Fibre optics internals as described above  are typically sleeved with a variety of material that form the outer sleeve of fibre optic cables  and making them suitable for in or outdoors use by utilising various types of  polyethylene sheaths that encases the inner layer which houses the fibre filaments . To protect the very thin (Human hair’s width) internal and external lines made from steel or Kevlar strands is also added.

Fibre optics cables are increasingly adopted for use in aerospace, defence, Industrial, Medical, Ophthalmic, Semiconductor, Telecommunications and many other industries.

NueTec exclusively stocks Corning made fibre optics.