CommScope Trunk & Distribution Cable - Manual (Page 53)

P3 ® with ACT TM and QR ® with ACT TM cables were developed to address a question that has been clearly stated and
often repeated by the craftsmen, engineers, and technical operations managers of the broadband industry.
Why must a hardline cable be so difficult and problematic to properly core and prep?
Introduction
Traditional coaxial trunk and distribution cables require considerable attention to the preparation of the
cable end for proper connectorization. Critical to that end, preparation is the proper removal of dielectric
and bonding compound from the conductors.
The normal process requires the craftsman to first core
the cable and then clean the center conductor in a second step.
CommScope’s new patent pending P3 ® with ACT ® and QR ® with ACT ® cables virtually eliminate the center
conductor cleaning step by enabling a clean coring process in which the center conductor is cleaned of dielectric
and bonding compound during the coring process.
With this technology, the force exerted by the coring tool is sufficient to cause the dielectric to break away from the
center conductor, leaving a clean conductor that typically does not require a second dielectric removal step. The
tool and the craftsman can influence this enhanced performance characteristic of the cable.
These cables meet and exceed all ANSI/SCTE, EN50117, IEC and Cenelec testing methods for trunk, feeder, and
distribution cables.
This paper is intended to provide the craftsman with the understanding of how the cable is different and how to
optimally prepare cable with Advanced Coring Technology
® .
Cable Preparation with ACT ®
Connectorization 6.4
ACT ® - Advanced Coring Technology