MPO/MTP Trunk Cable

For a straight port-to-port parallel link — say 400G-SR8 to 400G-SR8 through two patch panels — Type B is the normal answer, and it is what we ship unless you say otherwise. Type A is used when the crossover is handled elsewhere in the channel, and Type C is a legacy scheme for carrying duplex pairs over MPO. Our polarity guide works through all three end to end.

Single-mode parallel optics are almost always APC (green). The 8° angle throws back-reflection into the cladding instead of down the fibre, which matters when eight or sixteen lanes share one connector. Multimode is normally UPC/PC. APC and UPC must never be mated to each other — you will damage both.

Yes. Every fibre of every trunk is measured for insertion loss and return loss, and interferometer data for ferrule geometry (radius, apex offset, fibre height) is on file. The measured report ships with the cable and is quoted against the serial number.

Yes — lengths are cut to order up to 500 m, and we can supply a pulling eye and a protective sleeve for long conduit runs. Tell us the route length plus slack for the panels; a trunk that is 2 m short is scrap.

Both ends carry a printed label with the part number, fibre count, fibre type, polarity type and the serial number, and breakout legs are individually numbered. Tell us your own labelling convention on the RFQ and we print to it — it costs nothing and it saves an afternoon at installation.

Yes. We supply qualification samples so you can measure the loss and check the fit in your own panels before committing. Per-order test reports are standard, and sample reports can be provided in advance for tender documentation.