CommScope Trunk & Distribution Cable - Manual (Page 3)

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Trunk & Distribution Cable Applications and Construction Manual
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Table of Contents
Section 1 ................Introduction
1.1 ACT ® - Advanced Coring Technology
1.2 ACT ® - Advanced Coring Technology
1.3 P3 Design Details and Advantages
1.4 QR Design Details and Advantages
1.5 MC 2 ® Design Details and Advantages
Section 2 ................Handling and Testing
2.1 Inspection
2.2 Unloading
2.3 Storing and Stacking Reels
2.4 Storing and Stacking Reels
2.5 Impedance/TDR Testing
Section 3 ................Aerial Installation
3.1 Overview
3.2 Pulling Tension
3.3 Bending Radii
3.4 Expansion Loops
3.5 Forming Expansion Loops
3.6 Styles of Expansion Loops
3.7 Styles of Expansion Loops
3.8 Back-Pull/Stationary Reel Set-Up
3.9 Back-Pull/Stationary Reel Block Placement
3.10 Back-Pull/Stationary Reel Passing the Pole
3.11 Back-Pull/Stationary Reel Expansion Loops an Lashing
3.12 Back-Pull/Stationary Reel Passing the Lasher
3.13 Drive-Off/Moving Reel Set-Up
3.14 Drive-Off/Moving Reel Expansion Loops
3.15 Overlashing
Section 4 ................Integrated Messenger Installation
4.1 Overview
4.2 Down Guys
4.3 Hardware and Block Placement
4.4 Moving Reel Method
4.5 Stationary Reel Method
4.6 Stationary Reel Method
4.7 Stationary Reel Method
4.8 Dead ending
4.9 Cable and Strand Separation
4.10 Pole Attachment
4.11 Splicing
4.12 Splicing