CASE HISTORY
The company C. had to chose if it was preferable to use pre-terminated cables or to assemble connectors "on field" in an Ethernet installation. Typical links were 30m long, with one hundred links overall.
It was made the following table:
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Laying time
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Termination time |
Total laying time
|
Total termination time
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Pre-terminated cables
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40 meters/hour |
0 |
100(sections)*30(m)/40(meters/hour) = 75 hours |
0 |
|
Non- terminated cables
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60 meters/hour |
3min |
100(sections)*30(m)/60 (meters/hour) = 50 hours |
200connectors*3min |
While the non-terminated cables appeared preferable, both in terms of installation time and costs (a pre-terminated cable is more expensive and often longer than needed), the choiche went to pre-terminated cables, because field-mounted connectors weren't reliable.
By using plastic fiber, it discovered that a work which required 10 working days could be carried out in less then 4 days:
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Laying time
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Termination time |
Total laying time
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Total termination time
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Plastic fiber
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100 meters/hour |
0,5min |
100(sections)*30(m)/100(meters/hour) = 30 hours |
200connectors*0,5min = 1,6 hours |
