The OPTISOK is a highly flexible and expandable nonmetallic sleeve open on one end and with a pulling ring on the other. It will expand to enclose the larger group of fiber optic connectors and grab the cable below the connector bundle by wrapping and taping to provide a gripping tool that will grab the cable(s) below the connectors. The pulling ring can be attached to a pulling line or fish tape and the OPTISOK will act as the pulling tool.

OPTISOK will contain and protect the connector bundle and save time and labor by making the pulling job easier, protecting the connectors from possible damage during the pull and facilitating the passage of the connector bundle through cramped and tight spaces. The OPTISOK can be used to pull cables through plenums, underfloor duct, office partitions, raised access floors and conduits. Three sizes are available for all applications.

The broad application of Kellems grips on a wide variety of objects requires that adequate safety factors be used to establish working loads. The approximate breaking strength of a Kellems grip represents an average calculation based on data established from actual direct tension testing done in our engineering laboratories.

It is impossible to catalog or guarantee a safety factor suitable for all applications as operating conditions are never the same. The tension, diameter, movement, number of objects gripped, gripping surface, and the attachments used are just some of the factors which vary with each application. These factors, together with the effects of abrasion, corrosion, prior use or abuse and any other variables of a specific application, must be considered by the user and the grip replaced as appropriate. Where the conditions of the application are not well defined or known or where risk of injury to persons or property is involved, a greater safety factor should be utilized.

Under normal conditions, Kellems' recommended factor of safety is five for catalog listed pulling grips, and ten for catalog listed support grips. The factory should be consulted for specific application recommendations where strength and holding power are important factors.

Any warranty as to quality, performance or fitness for use of grips is always premised on the condition that the published breaking strengths apply only to new, unused grips, and that such products are properly stored, handled, used, maintained and inspected by the user at a frequency appropriate for the use and condition of the grip.

For grip applications on materials other than those that the grips have been specifically designed for, consult the factory.