What is Fiber Terminal Box?

Fiber optic termination box refers to a box shape for fiber optic cable management solutions. They are used to fixed the optical cable terminals, cable and pigtail fusion and splicing, and protect or distributer the optical fiber links in FTTH networks. Fiber terminal box is similar with cross connect cabinet, but the role is different. Cross connect cabinet is to connect tow fiber cables, while the terminal box is used to connect the fiber cable terminal with the pigtails with a protective effect. Usually the fiber optic boxes include the optical distribution frame and fiber optic terminal box. In general, fiber terminal box is for a few closed cores, and the open type is called ODF (optical distribution frame). Fiber termination boxes can be with 12 cores or 24 cores.
Cross connect cabinet and Fiber terminal box comparation
Fiber optic termination box is used to connect the two sections of fiber optic cable. The termination box is the access to the place of the ends of the cable, and then connect to the optical switches via the fiber patch cables. Therefore, the terminal box is usually installed on a 19-inch rack, and can accommodate a number of cable ends. In practical work, roles of cross connect cabinet and fiber termination boxes are different, cross connect cabinets are divided into fiber cable cross connect cabinet and copper cross connect cabinet, which are used when front cable premising, while fiber termination boxes are used for protecting the cable terminal from external damages. Optical distribution frame can also be divided into fiber optic patch panels and copper patch panels, they are the same role with cross connect cabinet, but they are used indoor of carriers'data center.
Fiber optic cable terminal box is generally suitable for indoor or none open-air outdoor use. Applications of fiber termination boxes is universal, they are widely used in telephone, agricultural telephone network system, data and image transmission system, CATV cable television series, indoor cable through force access and branch connection, played the role of the pigtail disk storage and protection of joint. Ingellen, among some Chinese most popular fiber termination box manufacturers, provides a full range of typical fiber terminal box (FTB) with 12 ports or 24 ports. The fiber optic boxes are made of cold rolling steel and the surface of the box use the technique of dim blowing plastic. This type fiber optic box is typically installed with FC, SC, ST or LC adapters on the patch panel. This fiber terminal box could be installed on the wall or put in horizontal line.