SEDL / STP / STP965-EB / STP25844S

Environmental Degradation of Telecommunication Hardware

Lee, TSF
Member of scientific staff, Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario

Healey, N
Member of scientific staff, Bell Canada, 393 University, Toronto, Ontario

Trumble, WP
Member of scientific staff, Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario

Pages: 10    Published: Jan 1987

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Abstract

This paper is a survey of the corrosion problems encountered in Bell Canada's telecommunication hardware. Specifically, the environmental attack on the outdoor metallic equipment will be addressed. These metallic parts include outdoor connectors, guy strands, lashing wires, guy hooks, cabinets, and manhole equipment. To be presented are the results of material analyses, failure analyses, field testing, and accelerated laboratory testing, which include a number of investigative programs undertaken in the previous years.