The FAT was a success. Not only did all the tests pass with distinction as the customer was very satisfied with what he saw. The optical cable tested was a glass yarn armoured cable of 36 fibers, organized in 6 tubes of 6 fibers each, according to our request. This is the main fiber optics cable in this project and it will be buried along the 2400km of the railway and the core networks will run on it.
The tests included measurement of attenuation, measurement of chromaic dispersion, temperture cycling, fiber strain, cable torsion, crush and impact resistance, watertightness among others.
FATs are normal procedures (prior to production) when it envolves off-the-shelf equipment and specially when it envolves millions like in this case. The product has been approved now and production will start.
There was also time for a very interesting tour across the factory.
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