Siemon recently added its one-piece UniClick housing to its LC BladePatch duplex fiber-optic jumper. The space-saving UniClick housing enables the LC BladePatch to provide easy accessibility and ease of operation in ultra-high-density fiber patching environments.

The UniClick housing features a one-piece body with an integral switch to make it fast and easy to change polarity, with no loose parts, Siemon points out. This reduces the LC BladePatch’s already small footprint, simplifying jumper installation and patching administration in even the tightest, sidestacked server, switch, and storage area network port configurations.

The UniClick housing also improves on the LC BladePatch’s patented user-friendly fiber polarity change Source: Siemonprocess by eliminating multiple components and steps, by incorporating a single polarity reversal switch. “Most fiber jumpers on the market do not support field polarity changes,” explained Alex Yao, Siemon senior product manager. “And those that do typically require a technician to disassemble the housing and physically move and twist the fibers, creating a strong risk of damage. With LC BladePatch’s UniClick housing, you simply engage the polarity reversal switch and rotate the latches. The fibers themselves never move from their factory-terminated locations.”

These new UniClick enhancements work in conjunction with LC BladePatch’s exclusive, patented push-pull latch with a proven design that allows the connectors to be securely engaged and removed via a finger grip on the end of the strain relief boot rather than defeating traditional LC latches that can be extremely difficult to access in high-density applications. To further simplify jumper installation and future patching field management, LC BladePatch jumpers feature reduced-diameter uni-tube cable and bend-insensitive glass fiber. This space-saving, flexible cable reduces cable pathway congestion for improved airflow, energy efficiency and simplified cable routing.