Fiber Optic Forum

hello , i m Ali , sales man in Fo Connect company.

here is our company presentation :

FO CONNECT
FIBER OPTIC CONNECTING SPECIALIST


Dear Potential Customer & Partner,

FO Connect specializes in the manufacturing of fiber optic patchcords and
pigtails, custom and standard, multimode and singlemode, with connectors
such as SC, ST, LC, FC, MTRJ, ...etc.

FO Connect was created after its team?s experience in a manufacturing
facility of more than 200 employees, subsidiary of a renown American
company. A unique experience of many years and millions of built
connectors, for customers as prestigious as The White House, Pentagon,
FBI, Verizon, France Telecom, IBM, Cisco, Anixter, CSC, Fiberopt
Spain?etc.

We have heavily invested on equipment, necessary to produce good quality
products, as well as to be able to deliver quickly, since it is the wish
of the majority of customers. Equipments such as :
- polishing, capable to polish quickly, and especially capable to keep
perfect the geometry of the connectors ;
- oven, in order to accelerate and optimize the epoxy action ;
- microscope, to insure a good cleaning of the fiber and the surface of
the connector ;
- test, to measure the insertion and return loss, and to insure that it
meets the requirements ;
Our products are all tested, and performs to international standards

Also, our team includes qualified operators and specialized supervisors
having many years of experience in assembling connectors. This team is
key to our quality insurance.

FO Connect?s main mission is to serve the optical industry, through its
integrators, installers, distributors and telecom operators, in the US,
Europe,Africa, as well as in Morocco and the MENA region.

FO Connect is to serve the industry with the best quality and prices, a
wide variety of products, and an excellent customer service.

If you feel there is an opportunity to work together, please let us know.
We will be happy to count you amongst our international customers &
partners.


FO CONNECT
Casablanca - Morocco
Tel: +212 22342105
Fax: +212 22342106
www.foconnect.com

I am new to fiber optics and have a concern in fiber optic backbone cabling. I am preparing the bill of material for Structured cabling of a 3 storeyed building

Each floor has 200 users each, all of them are connected to IDF on each floor, which inturn is connected to an MDF on each floor.


My confusion is about the fiber backbone from each floor to MDF. How many cores fiber is required from each floor ? and how about the connections from fiber patch panel to the active switch ? What is the criteria in determining the number of cores of fiber in backbone cabling?


Highly appreciate for your helpful reply