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Overmolded Flex Relief Plastic Fibers

Typical flex life is greater than 10,000 cycles
Provides additional resistance to fiber damage or breakage in high flex environments
Stainless steel threaded ferrule and stainless steel mounting hardware
PVC overmolded flex relief reduces stress at the fiber to ferrule transition
Higher tensile pull resistnace than non-overmolded design to reduce accidental damage to the fibers during installation and maintenance
Works with plastic fiber brackets: SMBFP6, SMBFP4, SMBFP4N, and SMPFP3

Construction	Optical Fiber: Acrylic (PMMA) Protective Jacket: Black Polyethylene Overmolded Strain Relief: PVC Ferrule and Hardware: Stainless Steel
Minimum Bend Radius	12 mm for 0.5 mm diameter fibers; 25 mm for 1.0 mm diameter fibers
Repeat Bending/Flexing	Life expectancy of plastic fiber optic cable is in excess of one million cycles at bend radii of no less than the minimum and a bend of 90° or less. Avoid stress at the point where the cable enters the sensor (“control end”) and at the sensing end tip. Coiled plastic fiber optic assemblies are recommended for any application requiring reciprocating fiber motion.
Chemical Resistance	The acrylic core of the monofilament optical fiber will be damaged by contact with acids, strong bases (alkalis) and solvents. The polyethylene jacket will protect the fiber from most chemical environments. However, materials may migrate through the jacket with long term exposure. Samples of fiber optic material are available from Banner for testing and evaluation.
Temperature Extremes	Temperatures below -30° C (-22° F) will cause embrittlement of the plastic materials but will not cause transmission loss. Temperatures above +70° C (+158° F) will cause both transmission loss and fiber shrinkage.
Operating Temperature	-30° to +70° C (-22° to +158° F), unless otherwise specified