Clearfield Takes the Prep Costs Out of High Fiber Count Cables With Ribbon Break Out Accessories

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) has announced today the addition of the FieldSmart Ribbon Break Out Box, designed to break out, manage and protect high fiber count ribbon cables, without adding to cost or installation time.

When ribbon fiber counts in excess of 144 are required, Clearfield's FieldSmart Ribbon Break Out Box is the solution. Providing full protection for multi-fiber breakout of up to 864 fibers, the Break Out Box protects as we transition to other Clearview Multiplied fiber management solutions.

"Ribbon fiber presents a set of cable management challenges not seen when working with loose-tube designs," explains Johnny Hill, chief operating officer for Clearfield. "The FieldSmart Ribbon Break Out Box provides a robust, intuitive, and repeatable way to breakout high count ribbon fiber consistent with our design methodology of reducing materials costs and service turn up time." The Ribbon Break Out Box consists of a housing unit, transportation tubes and cable clamps. Whereas ribbon break outs were only available in counts of up to 144, the new Ribbon Break Out Box allows the user to easily scale up to 864 counts--adding to faster turn up rates, 12 fibers at a time for the user.

Clearfield's Break Out Box guarantees every fiber is protected. It is a cost effective, highly reliable fiber protection device that will simplify the field tech's day and reduce the cost of FTTx deployment.

Availability

The Break Out Box is available for ordering and will ship with the housing unit, transportation tubes and cable clamps. Contact your Clearfield sales representative for more information on ordering the FieldSmart Ribbon Break Out Box.

About Clearfield, Inc.

Clearfield, Inc. designs and manufactures the WaveSmart Platform of Powered Optical Signal products, including the WaveSmart PowerNode 1550 EDFA, and the FieldSmart Fiber Management Platform, which includes its latest generation FieldSmart Fiber Distribution System (FDS), FieldSmart Fiber Scalability Center (FSC) and FieldSmart Fiber Delivery Point (FDP) series. The FDS, FSC and FDP product lines support a wide range of panel configurations, densities, connectors and adapter options, and are offered alongside an assortment of passive optical components. Clearfield provides a complete line of fiber and copper assemblies for inside plant, outside plant and access networks. Clearfield is a public company, traded on NASDAQ: CLFD.

More information about Clearfield, Inc., its products and its people can be found at www.ClearfieldConnection.com.

    Source: Clearfield, Inc.

Released August 6, 2009