Recommended Installation Procedure
Doc. No 10-8381
Release 1.0, 1/14/2005
Page 1 of 1
Contents
1
Revision History
2
General
3
Specifications
4
Contents
5
Cable Preparation
6
Closure Preparation
7
Sheath and CSM Retention
8
Cable Seal and End Plate Assembly
9
Closure Re-assembly & Splicing
10 Closure Closing and Storage
1.0 Revision History
Release #
Date
Remarks
1.0
1/5/2005
Initial Release
2.0 General
2.1 Overview
Refer to Figure 1
The Multilink Starfighter
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4048D is a fully sealed
medium capacity dome style fiber optic splice closure
designed for traditional optical fiber splicing and
FTTH applications. The closure can be installed in
Aerial, Underground, Pedestal and Wall mount
applications supporting the various types of cable
designs and splicing methods. Incorporated into the
closure is a sealing system that requires no special
tooling, mastics, adhesives nor thermal sealing
products. All cabling is individually sealed allowing
for entry or re-entry to the closure without disturbing
existing cabling.
Figure 1
The 4048D consist of six (6) primary components.
Refer to Figure 2
2.2 Split End Plate
Split end plate allows for installing mid-accessed
cables. Split end plates are gasketed and secured to
one another with three hex head bolts. End plates
have two feeder or express ports, four branch or
lateral/drop ports, a bonding and grounding lug, and
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-testing valve. Additionally, the
endplate supports the installation of closure support
bracketing for aerial, wall, pedestal or below-grade
mounting.
2.3 Integrated Slack Storage Basket
The integrated slack storage basket is designed to
allow the storage and routing of all types of fiber
bundles. A hinged cover allows for ease in accessing
and managing stored slack.
2.4 Tray Stacking Module
The tray stacking module secures up to (4)* four
4048-SSTP type splice trays. The module has a tray-
locking feature that permits each of the splice trays to
be locked in a temporary position to allow access to
the individual fibers in trays beneath.
*The closure can be equipped with a passive coupler
cassette which utilizes one tray position reducing the
capacity to three trays.
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