Eaton Electrical
Plastic Fiber Optic Cables

Key Features

  • Fiber optic cables allow remote sensing in areas where space is restricted or tight viewing angles are required
  • The economical plastic cable is easy to cut to length during installation for a perfect fit (see cutter accessory, 0.5 mm cable cannot be cut)
  • Single cable styles are ideal for thru-beam sensing
  • Duplex cable styles are typically used for diffuse reflective sensing
  • Pre-assembled cables are available in 0.5 mm for sensing extremely small targets

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Plastic Fiber Optic Cables from Eaton’s electrical sector offer a lower-cost alternative to glass fibers. They are available as bulk cable or preassembled with sensing tips.

Bulk fiber optic cable is ordered by the foot and can be cut to length by the user with a special cutter accessory. It can be used with lenses, adapters and terminations. Single fiber is normally used for thru-beam sensing and duplex fiber (two isolated cables running in parallel) for diffuse reflective. Order single fiber cable for both source and detector cable runs. Order duplex fiber cable equal to the length of run— separate source and detector cable not required.

Pre-assembled fiber optic cables are special purpose cables to solve a variety of fiber optic sensing applications. A fiber optic cable cutter is included only for 1 mm bundle models. The cables are available in 1 mm and 0.5 mm diameters (0.5 mm cables cannot be cut to length). Single cable is used for thru-beam sensing, duplex for diffuse reflective sensing.

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